Associate
Languages spoken
English | German
Till Hackstein’s practice focuses on product liability, commercial litigation and international dispute resolution. Educated in the US and Germany, he advises multinational corporations and sovereign entities in high-stakes and complex disputes before the US and German state courts, and before international arbitral tribunals.
Till’s practice spans across a broad range of industries and business sectors, including automotive, technology, energy and capital markets. He advises clients on a diverse range of disputes in these areas, with a particular focus on product liability, post-M&A, environmental-related issues and securities actions.
Prior to joining the firm, Till completed a two-year clerkship with the Frankfurt Court of Appeals in Germany, and worked as an associate at another leading US law firm, in its Frankfurt office.
Defense Matters
Advised on post collision vehicle fire wrongful death and survival actions.
Advised on crashworthiness wrongful death cases alleging structural and restraint design defects.
Advised on severe bodily injury and traumatic brain injury cases alleging design defects, including advanced driver assistance performance, airbag non deployment, brake failures and other issues
Advised on construction and product liability disputes involving allegedly defective valves.
Advised on national coordination counsel (product liability and asbestos/toxic tort) for a premium automotive manufacturer, coordinating litigation strategy across the US.
Advised on commercial warranty and supply disputes, including a business-to-business (B2B) limited warranty case concerning solar panels, and a parts development and supply dispute between US and German companies with coordinated US and Germany.
Advisory Work
Advising foreign companies on corporate structuring for US expansion to manage litigation risk, including preserving corporate separateness and maintaining personal jurisdiction defenses for non-US entities.
Advised a leading German car manufacturer in product liability disputes as coordination counsel during pre-litigation investigations, and litigation proceedings before state courts across the US, and as local counsel before California state courts.
Advised a leading US car manufacturer in emissions-related mass litigation proceedings before German trial and appellate courts.
Advised a leading global chemical company in an ICC arbitration with a seat in Germany, concerning a post-M&A dispute with an amount in dispute exceeding €500 million.
Advised a South American sovereign in German bondholder litigation proceedings before German trial and appellate courts, and in enforcement proceedings in Germany and the US.
Advised a Brazilian oil company on German substantive and procedural law in a Dutch securities class action.
Named in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Germany 2023-2025 for Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation
Mentioned, JURISDICTION—MOTOR VEHICLES—C.D. Cal.: Claimant’s attempt to remand products liability action to state court fails where one of the defendants was fraudulently joined, Wolter Kluwers Product Liability News, February 5, 2026.