A Taylor Wessing lifer, Katie Chandler was one of the first female associates to become a partner while on maternity leave. She hit the ground running upon making partnership, creating the firm’s UK product liability and safety practice in 2018. Product liability is a tough market to break into but Chandler’s leadership has been instrumental in quickly raising the defence team’s profile and cementing it as one of the handful of key product liability players in the UK market.
Some of Chandler’s key mandates over the past 12 months, alongside leading the firm’s litigation practice over the summer, include handling the portfolio of UK consumer claims for one of the world’s leading automotive and technology companies, managing UK product liability matters for a leading global medical devices manufacturer and advising clients in the automotive sector about diesel emissions claims.
It is a fascinating time to be a product liability lawyer, as the law is changing and evolving every day because of AI. Chandler’s team now handles some of the most high-profile complex advisory and contentious matters for well-known tech, automotive, life sciences, consumer, and retail brands.