Melanie Schub
Counsel Global Regulatory
Languages
English, German
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Melanie Schub specializes in product-related regulatory issues. In addition, she advises clients on matters of contract, trade and distribution law. She has extensive industry-specific experience, particularly in the automotive, industrials and technology sectors.
Melanie primarily helps clients around the world deal with European as well as national product requirements. Her practice particularly covers the areas of environment, chemicals, and circular economy.
Since joining Hogan Lovells, Melanie has supported clients in particular in complex cross-border product compliance issues. She advises, among others, on legal obligations, including potential corrective measures, as well as rules of conduct and defends clients in regulatory proceedings. Furthermore, she advises companies on European market entry requirements and on the market launch of innovative products in various jurisdictions. Her work therefore regularly includes the coordination of multi-jurisdictional reviews.
Melanie also advises companies on contract projects, such as development and cooperation agreements.
Melanie studied in Munich and joined Hogan Lovells in 2017.
Representative experience
Advising numerous international automotive companies on complex global product compliance cases, including support in internal investigations and optimization of internal product compliance processes.
Advising numerous automotive companies on the interpretation of type approval requirements, particularly with respect to emissions and CO2.
Defending several international automotive companies in regulatory proceedings.
Advising numerous companies on obligations under REACH, RoHS, CLP, etc.
Advising several automotive companies on requirements regarding end-of-life vehicles.
Advising several companies on European market entry requirements.
Advising automotive companies on charging solutions for EVs.
Supporting automotive companies in contract negotiations, in particular with regard to the regulation of regulatory responsibilities.
Credentials
- Second State Exam in Law, Higher Regional Court of Munich, 2017
- First State Exam in Law, LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), 2015