Oliver Beiersdorf

Practice Areas

Oliver is the co-head of Reed Smith’s global aviation and aerospace group. His practice focuses on aviation, marine, commercial and product liability litigation. Oliver represents foreign and domestic airlines, product manufacturers and distributors, ship owners and operators, automobile manufacturers and other corporate clients in federal and state courts throughout the United States.

He has extensive experience in the areas of contract and insurance law, as well as international treaties, such as the Warsaw and Montreal Conventions, the New York Arbitration Convention, Death on the High Seas Act, Jones Act and Carriage of Goods by Sea Act.

Oliver’s experience includes representing clients in multi-district mass tort and other high-stakes litigation. He has tried high-profile cases for several notable firm clients. Oliver also regularly counsels clients outside of the courtroom on litigation risk management, contracts and insurance issues.

He is recognized in Chambers USA as one of America's leading aviation lawyers.