Steptoe LLP

The firm: Steptoe’s Brussels office brings together Belgian, British, Chinese, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Spanish, Swiss and US lawyers who advise on EU law. The multidisciplinary teams (lawyers, policy advisors, and scientists) collaborate closely with colleagues in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China to help clients anticipate and mitigate legal risks globally and efficiently through cross-jurisdictional work.

Areas of practice: Steptoe helps clients with regulatory issues and disputes arising from the implementation of EU law and regulation in:

• EU competition
• Chemicals, environment and life sciences (including food safety and food contact materials regulation, cosmetics, medical devices, nanotechnology, and other product regulations)
• International trade, customs, export controls, sanctions, and data protection
• Financial services and re/insurance

The lawyers have excellent contacts with the EU institutions and agencies and selected EU member state authorities.

Steptoe’s Brussels teams provide the following services across practices:

Advisory and compliance: keep up-to-date with regulation and enforcement (EU regulators/enforcers actively coordinate both within and outside Europe) so that clients anticipate and mitigate risks across the globe

Defend clients’ interests and rights, including through litigation: before the relevant regulators and enforcers and EU/national courts

Work with clients to help their entry/expansion on European markets: and assist in devising optimal business models and best practices