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About Dr. Hendric Labonté
Hendric advises on complex, high-stakes disputes, with a focus on corporate litigation, professional services claims, and arbitration. Known for his solution-oriented and adaptive approach, he provides strategic guidance for clients both out of court and in formal proceedings before arbitral tribunals and state courts.
Based primarily in our Düsseldorf office, Hendric has expanded his experience through placements in our Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Paris offices. He also completed a secondment with a professional services client, advising on a multi-jurisdictional defense against civil claims.
A native German speaker fluent in English and proficient in French, Hendric supports clients in navigating challenging legal landscapes with clarity and confidence.
Recent work
- Delivering comprehensive strategic advice to professional services client regarding shareholder actions and actions by derivative investors in individual proceedings as well as in proceedings of collective redress
- Advising a strategic investor in the health care industry in a post-M&A DIS arbitration
- Advising a PE-client in a post-M&A ICC arbitration regarding the energy sector
- Advising a local champion in cross-border litigation against a consumer goods manufacturer, including extensive coordination of expert reports
- Advising a German energy supplier in an ad hoc arbitration regarding a claim for adjustment of a long-term contract
- Advising a global corporation on the assertion of a contractual earn-out provision
- Advising in the context of post-M&A disputes in agreed arbitration (expert) proceedings
- Advising an industrial client in the context of a product defect claim to be arbitrated
- Advidising a client in the context of shareholder disputes in the event of agreed arbitration proceedings
- Advising Volkswagen AG in connection with claims from customers worldwide (excluding USA and Canada) as a result of the global recall of VW diesel vehicles due to nitrogen oxide emissions
Qualifications
- Studies, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
- Doctorate (Dr. iur.), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn
- Legal clerkship in Cologne and London
- Attorney at Law (2017)