Practice Expertise

  • Commercial Law
  • Civil Litigation
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Liability issues of legal practitioners

Areas of Practice

  • Commercial Law
  • Civil Litigation
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Liability issues of legal practitioners

Profile

Dr. Steffen Burrer is a Salaried Partner, a specialist lawyer for international commercial law and specialises in the areas of product liability and international private and international civil procedure law. With his experience of more than a decade, he is one of the practice's outstanding litigators and regularly handles court and out-of-court disputes with an international element. He also has particular expertise in European and international enforcement law and thus enforces his clients' claims in an international context. At the same time, Dr. Steffen Burrer has many years of experience in advising on product safety law and thus combines product liability law advice with product regulatory expertise, particularly in the automotive sector and in the supply industry. This includes representing clients in genuine product liability cases as well as recall cost recourse cases.

Bar Admissions
Admitted to the bar since 2013

Education
Attorney at Noerr, Munich (2013-2025)
Certified Specialist Lawyer for International Business Law (2018)
Secondment at August Debouzy, Paris (2017)
Conferral of doctorate in law (Dr. jur.) at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (2014)
Major (Res.) (2013)
Postgraduate judicial service traineeship in the circuit of the Higher Regional Court of Munich; trainee lawyer in the Litigation department of Noerr in Munich and in the Arbitration department of White & Case in Paris (2009-2012)
Reserve Officers Course (German Air Force Officer Training School), Lieutenant (Res.)
2010-2011
Doctoral studies at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (2007-2011)
Research associate with Beiten Burkhardt, Munich (2007-2008)
Research assistant at the University of Bayreuth (2002-2005)
Law studies at the University of Bayreuth with supplementary qualification in economics as well as subject-specific foreign language courses in English and French (2001-2007)

Areas of Practice

  • Commercial Law
  • Civil Litigation
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Liability issues of legal practitioners

Professional Career

Professional Associations
  • International Bar Association
  • German-French Lawyers' Association (DFJ)
  • EUCON - European Institute for Conflict Management


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