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).
He has extensive experience advising clients across a wide range of industries on complex regulatory matters. His work has includes advising automotive suppliers on technical compliance, with a particular focus on type approval law and the development of internal compliance structures. He has successfully represented clients before the General Court of the European Union in proceedings against contribution decisions by the Single Resolution Board (SRB) concerning the Single Resolution Fund. In the energy sector, he has represented a transmission system operator in litigation related to redispatch measures. In the field of AI law, he focuses on the legal requirements for the use of AI systems in companies, particularly in the areas of AI competence, risk mitigation, and compliance.
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 been regularly teaching courses on the regulation of artificial intelligence at the University of Liechtenstein and the University of Potsdam for several years. He has also taught European law and administrative law at Saarland University in Saarbrücken.
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.