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Patrick Ayad is a Commercial and Regulatory Partner at Hogan Lovells. He leads the firm's global Automotive and Mobility Industry Sector Group. Patrick is a leading global practitioner in the areas of international commercial contracts, global procurement and distribution law, as well as an experienced regulatory advisor. He has advised automotive manufacturers and major suppliers as well as new entrants to the automotive market across the globe on a broad range of legal issues. The fast developing field of autonomous, connected, electric and shared vehicles is a current focus of his work. He is known to be "a leading expert for automotive distribution matters and automotive sector work in general" (Legal 500, 2019)."