Automotive Industry

Arnold & Porter brings a powerful litigation bench, a sophisticated transactional practice, renowned regulatory expertise, and decades of industry experience to address the broad range of legal challenges affecting companies in the automotive sector. Our inter-disciplinary Automotive group has worked with the world's leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of automobiles, trucks, engines and fuels, including Toyota Motor North America, Suzuki, Hyundai, and Tesla; and we also represent global distributors and suppliers of automotive parts, including Bosch.

Our breadth of services span:

• antitrust investigations and litigation
• corporate matters, joint ventures and financial transactions
• data system privacy, telematics, hacking
• environmental compliance, enforcement and rulemaking proceedings
• intellectual property and trade secrets
• international trade proceedings
• litigation and class actions
• product safety, recalls, and liability issues
• technology transactions

Automotive sector clients turn to Arnold & Porter to address novel issues relating to emerging technologies, connected cars, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence, as well as complex regulatory, trade and compliance concerns. We regularly serve as national trial and strategic counsel in high stakes litigation, and our lawyers have successfully managed and tried automotive and transportation-related product liability, mass tort, antitrust, and complex actions in the most notorious plaintiffs' jurisdictions. Our cross-border capabilities allow us to provide comprehensive, one-stop solutions for clients operating in global markets.