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Peter Shervington

Legal Director

Peter is a Legal Director in our Litigation and Dispute Management group. He is experienced in product liability and product risk management.

Peter has over 14 years of experience advising on product liability and safety issues, recalls and crisis management and supply chain disputes arising from product defects. He acts for a wide range of major industrial clients including automotive OEMs and Tier 1/Tier 2 suppliers, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, consumer products brands and tech businesses. 

In addition to handling product safety crises, global recalls and major, multijurisdictional product liability disputes, Peter is regularly engaged by major corporates to understand and manage safety risks before problems occur, through compliance reviews, training and crisis management planning. He is well-regarded for his engaging public speaking and regularly comments in the UK and international media on product safety issues.

Peter's recent experience includes:

  • advising a global manufacturing brand on regulatory notification requirements and recall strategy following the identification of a potential EMC interference issue affecting products in over 30 jurisdictions
  • undertaking a major review of product compliance and liabilty risk management for a leading global chip designer expanding into automotive safety applications
  • advising a leading PPE equipment supplier in a dispute with the UK Department of Health over allegations that millions of items of PPE equipment were non-compliant with medical device regulations
  • defending an automotive manufacturer in a major, multimillion-dollar, cross-border dispute arising from a fatal accident
  • advising consumer products, industrial and tech businesses on compliance issues relating to low voltage, EMC and ATEX (explosive atmospheres) regulations, vehicle type approval, construction products and machinery regulations, among other areas
  • advising a robotics business on the management of product liabilty risk in negotiation of a major international contract to design and build a breakthrough automated medical device
  • advising automotive clients on the management of legal risk issues arising from the adoption of EV and automated driving technologies
  • Recognized in The Legal 500 rankings for his product liability work
Peter Shervington

Legal Director

Peter Shervington

Legal Director

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