John A. Faylor, LLM (Michigan)

Clients turn to John Faylor for counsel in commercial law and corporate transactions. John is standing counsel to US and German corporations in Germany, including those in the automotive supply, sporting goods, chemicals and plastics industries, high-tech, medical, and electronic equipment manufacturers. John represents clients on corporate transactions, including acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, and corporate governance issues.

Acquisitions and restructurings:

• Corporate automotive supply industry in Germany, since 1980. 
• Corporate German solar industry in Asia, since 2005. 
• International plastics and medical device industries, since 1987. 
  
   

• Second State Law Examination (bar exam), Heidelberg
• Legal Clerkship (Referendariat), Heidelberg, Berlin, Karlsruhe
• First State Law Examination, Heidelberg
• University of Heidelberg
• LLM, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• BA, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

• Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• Pennsylvania

• English
• German

• Member of the Board, Assistant Chairman, ASSIST Förderverein e.V., Cologne, Germany
• Chairman, Anti-Doping Panel of the International Archery Federation, Lausanne, Switzerland 2009 - 2021
• Member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), Lausanne, Schweiz, 1989 – 2023
• Chairman of numerous arbitration panels
• Chairman der Ethics Committee, The World Games Association, Lausanne, Schweiz, 2017 - 2023
• Chairman, Supervisory Board, Albemarle Martinswerk GmbH, Bergheim, Germany 2004 - 2016
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Lear Corporation GmbH, Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Germany 2007 - 2016
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Lear Corporation Beteiligungs GmbH, Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Germany 2007 - 2017
• Member of the Board of Directors, IST America - US Operations, Inc., Bolingbrook, Illinois 2000 - 2023
• Chairman, Supervisory Board, Ineos Vinyls GmbH, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 2001 – 2008
• Chairman, Supervisory Board, Ineos Films GmbH, Staufen, Germany, 2001 – 2010