Philipp Sarder

Associate

Languages spoken
English | German | French

About Philipp

Philipp Sarder is an associate in the San Francisco office and a member of the Litigation Practice Group, as well as the German Practice Group.

Educated in the US, France and Germany, he advises multinational corporations on matters involving general commercial litigation and product liability litigation in both federal and state courts, with a particular focus on the automotive industry.

Phillipp also has experience advising companies in complex commercial litigation and international arbitration matters, including post-M&A disputes.

Credentials

Education
  • University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, LL.M., 2025
  • Court of Appeals, Frankfurt am Main, Second State Examination, 2023
  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, First State Examination, 2020
  • Universite de Rennes I, Maître en Droit/Master 2, 2020
  • Universite de Rennes I, Licence en Droit/LL.B., 2017
Admissions
  • Germany, 2025
  • California, 2025
Memberships & Affiliations

  • German American Lawyers’ Association (DAJV)

  • German French Lawyers’ Association (DFJ)

  • Visiting lecturer, Université Paris Nanterre, Faculty of Law and Political Science, 2021

Expertise

Services
Litigation

Publications & Speaking Engagements

  • Co-author, “Legendierte Polizeikontrollen: Judgment from the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) of April 26, 2017, 2 StR 247/16,” German Law Journal, Volume 21, Issue 04, Cambridge University Press, 2020.