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Lisanne Steenbergen

Hoogenraad & Haak, Netherlands

Work Department

Advertising law and food law

Career

Lisanne feels in her element in specialized fields such as food and advertising law, where her eagerness to learn is constantly stimulated to achieve the best results for her clients. The Legal 500 awarded Lisanne the title “rising star” for industry focus: food.

Lisanne advises on various aspects of food law and advertising law, including health and medical claims, food safety aspects (recalls), labelling, sustainability claims and promotions. Lisanne assists clients with enforcement action (e.g. confiscation of goods, warnings, fines and recalls) from the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA). She also represents clients before self-regulatory bodies and administrative law courts. Together with Ebba Hoogenraad Lisanne represented clients successfully before the administrative law courts on the fundamental question whether medical claims for food should be fined under the Dutch Medicines Act.

Memberships

Lisanne is a member of the Netherlands Advertising Law Association (VvRr), Dutch Association for Food Law (NVLR) and the European Food Law Association (EFLA).

Position

Associate

Education

University of Leiden, the Netherlands Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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