Dr. Frederic Geber LL.M.
Expertise
Frederic Geber is an experienced expert in public law. His practice focuses on regulatory law and European constitutional and administrative law. In particular, he advises in the automotive sector as well as on new mobility, artificial intelligence, energy, finance and data law.
For years, he has advised domestic and foreign companies and investors on significant complex and cross-border projects and transactions. He also represents his clients before German and European authorities and has extensive experience in conducting lengthy and complex proceedings before national courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Background
Frederic Geber has been a lawyer since 2016.
Before joining pswp, he was counsel at Hengeler Mueller, where he also completed part of his traineeship. He also spent part of his traineeship at the law firm Slaughter and May (London) and the European Commission (Brussels).
His regulatory practice at Hengeler Mueller covered a variety of industry sectors. In particular, he advised automotive suppliers on technical compliance in connection with the diesel matter. In this context, he dealt in depth with type approval law and advised on the further development of structures to ensure technical compliance. He also successfully led claims before the General Court of the European Union against the calculation of contributions to the Single Resolution Fund by the Single Resolution Board (SRB). In addition, he represented a transmission system operator in court proceedings related to redispatch measures.
Frederic Geber completed his studies at Saarland University in Saarbrücken. There he was awarded a doctorate in law with a dissertation on energy law. He earned an LL.M. in European Law at the University of Exeter (England) and an Executive Diploma in Law & Management at the University of St. Gallen (Executive School of Management, Technology and Law).
From 2011 to 2015, he was a research assistant at the Chair of Public Law at Saarland University (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Annette Guckelberger). In 2009, Frederic Geber was a research assistant at the Chair of European Law at the University of Exeter (Dr. Amandine Garde). During this time, he co-authored a study for the European Commission on tobacco regulation.
Frederic Geber has held lectureships on the regulation of artificial intelligence (University of Liechtenstein, 2022) as well as on European law (Saarland University, 2014) and administrative law (Saarland University, 2011-2013).
He is the author of several publications on technology regulation (automated/autonomous driving, artificial intelligence, digitalisation) in professional journals and the daily press. He also publishes on European constitutional and administrative law.