Sarah-Jane Dobson

Sarah-Jane Dobson is the global head of Product liability and Product Regulatory Risk (safety and regulatory compliance) at Ashurst, where she is a Partner in London. She specialises in regulatory, litigious and policy matters across the full product lifecycle in product safety, compliance and liability, and in consumer litigation. She has extensive experience defending corporate clients in high-stakes litigation (including in high-profile class actions), regulatory enforcement actions, inquests, public inquiries and judicial reviews, and she acts on regulatory compliance, advertising issues, global product recalls and corrective actions. Sarah-Jane’s degree in science makes her particularly well-placed to navigate clients’ highly technical product matters. Her dual legal qualification in England and Wales and Australia, her international experience and her language skills make her particularly adept at multi-jurisdictional and multi-lingual matters. She is leadership roles in prominent industry organisations, including a Board of Director and Chair of International Student Mentorships with the European Commission and OPSS for ICPHSO, Chair of International Legal Issues for DRI and Chair of International Class Actions for IADC.