Food, Beverages, and Agriculture

CONTACTS:
Gary Jay Kushner, Washington, D.C.
Andrew Skipper, London
Richard S. Silverman, Washington, D.C.
Richard Welfare, London

Companies in the food, beverages, and agriculture sectors face growing challenges from regulation; the rise of global consumer markets; supply-chain complexity; retail consolidation; and health, safety, and environmental concerns. Lawyers in our Food, Beverages, and Agriculture practice can help you thrive in a sector that is both heavily regulated and intensely competitive. Our experience with industry laws and regulations and with changing commercial dynamics supports your business strategies and ability to evaluate legal risks. Our food lawyers also have considerable experience working with regulatory authorities across the markets, enabling them to provide pragmatic regulatory risk assessments.

 

Our lawyers understand the entire food and beverage cycle, from the farm stage through production, packaging, distribution, marketing, and retailing. Close connections with the firm's Government Regulatory, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, and International Trade groups helps us identify and stay abreast of trends and proposals that may have an impact on your operations, such as food safety and inspection, package labeling, development and use of innovative ingredients, recycling, processing technologies, and farm subsidies. Our guidance addresses these and other issues, helping you expand product offerings and expand into new markets.

• Ranked number 1 in Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation: Nationwide, Chambers USA, 2012
• Ranked number 1 in Product Liability: Food: UK-wide, Chambers UK, 2013
• Ranked number 1 in EU regulatory: Food, Legal 500 EMEA 2013