Isabel Jakobs

Rechtsanwältin (Lawyer), Associated Partner

Compliance & Investigations
Liability & Insurance
Life Sciences
Product Liability

Isabel Jakobs

Dr Isabel Jakobs advises German and international companies on product liability and product safety law, i.a. with a particular focus on the life sciences sector. She acts for clients before and outside the courts in liability disputes and administrative proceedings involving the authorities. In addition, she advises clients on product law requirements for the German and European market and also assists in transactions with a view to product regulation. Isabel is the author of academic publications on various product safety and product liability topics. She also gives guest lectures on quality and process management at the University of Kassel.

Distinctions

  • Recommended for Dispute Resolution/Product Liability and Health by Legal 500 (2022/2023).

Career

Studied law at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich
Traineeship under the remit of Munich Higher Regional Court, including a seat at a leading international commercial law firm in Paris
Doctorate (Dr. jur.) at Augsburg University
Experience as a lawyer with an international law firm in Munich with a focus on life sciences
At Noerr since 2019
Admitted to the Munich Chamber of Lawyers

Lectures

  • "Quality and Law"; regular guest lecture at the University of Kassel

Publications

  • Germany - Liability for Medicinal Products and the Right to Disclosure under German Law" (co-author, in European Pharmaceutical Law Review 2/2018)
  • Comment on a decision of Kammergericht Berlin, ruling of 23 May 2016, 20 U 207/15 (co-author, in MPR 2/2018)
  • Betreiberspezifische Aspekte der neuen Europäischen Medizinprodukteverordnung (co-author, in GuP 2017)
  • Rückruf fehlerhafter Medizinprodukte bei deliktischer Produkthaftung, Dissertationsschrift (PhD thesis), published in „Augsburger Schriften zum Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukterecht"
  • Software als Medizinprodukt: Haftungs- und versicherungsrechtliche Aspekte (co-author, in MPR 1/2019)
  • Messverfahren von Emissionshöchstwerten bei Zigaretten und Zulässigkeit des Verweises auf (private) ISO-Normen“ (comment on ECJ ruling, February 22, 2022 - C-160/20; in ZfPC 3/2022).
  • Doctor A.I.: Künstliche Intelligenz und Medizinprodukte, (in Robotik und Produktion, 21 April 2022)
  • Poland: Advertising Medical Devices – The New European and Polish Regulatory Framework (co-author, in CEE Legal Matters, 7 February 2023)