Benjamin Baur – Automotive Attorney | U.S/Florida & Germany
Automotive Attorney | U.S./Florida & Germany
20+ Years of Automotive Industry Experience | Admitted in Florida and Germany | U.S.–European Cross-Border Counsel
Benjamin Baur is an automotive attorney with more than 20 years of experience advising companies in the automotive industry on complex commercial, supply-chain, contractual, and cross-border matters.
Admitted to practice law in both Florida and Germany, he combines extensive automotive industry experience with the ability to advise clients operating across U.S. and European markets.
His practice focuses on practical legal solutions for the issues automotive businesses face every day—from commercial agreements and supplier negotiations to supply disruptions, distressed suppliers, tooling disputes, resourcing, and cross-border transactions.
Admissions
The Florida Bar
Admitted to practice in Florida
Germany
Rechtsanwalt (Attorney-at-Law)
Automotive Experience
More than 20 years of legal experience in the automotive industry, including extensive work with automotive suppliers and international automotive businesses.
Experience includes advising on matters throughout the automotive product lifecycle—from sourcing and development through series production, supply-chain disruptions, end-of-production obligations, spare parts, and aftermarket issues.
This industry background allows legal issues to be evaluated not only from a contractual perspective, but also in light of their practical impact on production, purchasing, engineering, quality, finance, and supply-chain operations.
Supply Chain Experience
Automotive supply chains require legal solutions that work under significant operational and time pressure.
Experience includes matters involving:
- supplier distress and insolvency;
- threatened or actual supply interruptions;
- supply-continuation arrangements;
- capacity and allocation disputes;
- price-increase and commercial claims;
- raw-material and cost escalation;
- customer-owned and supplier-owned tooling;
- tooling access and recovery;
- liens and security interests;
- resourcing and alternative sourcing;
- sub-supplier issues; and
- production and supply-continuity strategies.
The objective is not simply to analyze contractual rights, but to develop solutions that help protect production and mitigate business risk.
Commercial Contract Experience
Extensive experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing sophisticated automotive and commercial agreements, including:
- supply agreements;
- purchasing terms and conditions;
- development agreements;
- tooling agreements;
- nomination and sourcing documentation;
- confidentiality agreements;
- warranty and quality agreements;
- settlement agreements;
- supply-continuation agreements;
- transition and resourcing agreements; and
- other strategic commercial arrangements.
Contract advice is approached from both a legal and commercial perspective, with particular attention to risk allocation, enforceability, operational practicality, and future dispute prevention.
Cross-Border U.S.–European Experience
Dual admission in Florida and Germany provides a distinctive foundation for advising companies conducting business between the United States and Europe.
Cross-border matters can involve significant differences in contract law, commercial practices, litigation exposure, insolvency regimes, and approaches to risk allocation.
Global Automotive Law assists clients in identifying those differences and developing contractual and commercial strategies appropriate for international automotive relationships.
Representative Matters / Types of Matters
Representative types of matters include:
- negotiating solutions when critical suppliers threaten to stop shipments;
- developing strategies to maintain supply during supplier financial distress or insolvency;
- structuring supply-continuation and accommodation agreements;
- analyzing ownership and recovery rights relating to automotive tooling;
- advising on tooling payment milestones, PPAP, title transfer, possession, and access rights;
- supporting customers during supplier resourcing and production transfers;
- negotiating complex automotive supply and purchasing agreements;
- addressing price-increase, cost-recovery, and commercial disputes;
- supporting cross-border contractual matters between U.S. and European businesses;
- advising on contractual risk allocation throughout the automotive product lifecycle; and
- coordinating legal strategy with purchasing, supply chain, engineering, quality, finance, and management teams.
Languages
German — Native
English — Professional / Legal Fluency
Education
Law Degrees from the University of Würzbug, Germany and St. Thomas School of Law, Miami, Florida
Professional Memberships
The Florida Bar
German Bar Association / Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Automotive Experience. Cross-Border Capability. Practical Legal Solutions.
Global Automotive Law provides focused legal support to automotive companies facing complex commercial and supply-chain challenges in the United States, Germany, and international markets.
Legal Support. Pragmatic. Business-Focused. Risk-Mitigating.
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