Dr. Vincent Schreier
Biography
Overview
Vincent's practice focuses on liability and (re)insurance law, particularly in the field of property insurance, business interruption insurance, financial lines (D&O, professional liability insurance), cyber insurance and product liability. He regularly advises and represents clients in complex domestic and international court proceedings.
Prior to joining White & Case, Vincent worked as a lawyer in a major law firm specializing in insurance law in Düsseldorf and as a lecturer at the Free University of Berlin.
Vincent completed his legal clerkship in Berlin with stations at a major law firm specializing in insurance law in Düsseldorf, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Experience
Battery Ventures, 2024
Advised the international private equity investor Battery Ventures (Battery) on the acquisition of steute Technologies GmbH & Co. KG (steute), a developer and manufacturer of switches, sensors and other products for medical and industrial applications.
Books
The relationship between liability law and indemnity insurance (Das Verhältnis zwischen Schadensrecht und Schadensversicherung), dissertation, 2017
Book and journal articles
Commentary on travel insurance (travel cancellation, travel interruption, baggage, foreign travel health, travel insolvency insurance), in: Münchener Kommentar zum Versicherungsvertragsgesetz, vol. 4, 3rd ed. 2023
The event cancellation insurance in times of the COVID-19 pandemic (Die Veranstaltungsausfallversicherung in Zeiten der COVID-19-Pandemie), in: Wandt/Rixecker/Grote (Hrsg.), Versicherungsrecht in Wissenschaft und Praxis, Festschrift für Theo Langheid zum 70. Geburtstag, Munich 2022, p. 451-466
Pollution Insurance – Methods, Coverage and Beneficiaries under German Policies – German National Report, World Congress of the International Law Association (AIDA) 2018, ZVersWiss 2020, p. 65-79
Insurance coverage for epidemics by the example of the COVID-19 pandemic (Versicherungsschutz für Seuchen am Beispiel der COVID-19-Pandemie), VersR 2020, p. 513-520
Entitlement to payments under an accident insurance policy – comment on BGH, judgement of 22 May 2019 – IV ZR 73/18, NJW 2019, p. 2537-2538
The role of insurance law as a mirror of changing times (Die Rolle des Versicherungsrechts als Spiegel des Zeitenwandels), VersR 2018, p. 1349-1361 (with Dr. Peter Präve).
Reimbursement of fictitious repair costs of a brand-affiliated repair shop in motor vehicle hull insurance (Ersatzfähigkeit fiktiver Reparaturkosten einer markengebundenen Werkstatt in der Kfz-Kaskoversicherung), NJW 2016, p. 289-29
Liability and insurance issues regarding property damage caused by violent riots (Haftungs- und Versicherungsfragen bei Sachschäden durch gewalttätige Ausschreitungen), VersR 2017, 1173-1180 (with Prof. Dr. Christian Armbrüster)
Hesitant claims settlement by insurers – An overview of claims settlement under current law (Zögerliches Regulierungsverhalten von Versicherern – Eine Bestandsaufnahme der Schadensregulierung nach geltendem Recht), VersR 2013, 1323-1327
Berliner Preis für Versicherungswissenschaft 2017 des Vereins zur Förderung der Versicherungswissenschaft in Berlin e.V.
Helmut-Kollhosser-Preis 2017 der Forschungsstelle für Versicherungswesen der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster Berlin Award for Insurance Science 2017 (Verein zur Förderung der Versicherungswissenschaft in Berlin e.V.)
Helmut-Kollhosser-Award 2017 (Forschungsstelle für Versicherungswesen, University of Münster)
