Covington & Burling LLP is ‘unique in having unsurpassed knowledge which comfortably spans every aspect of food regulation’, using its offices across Brussels, London, Frankfurt, and Dublin to act on regulatory investigations, advertising complaints and administrative challenges for its clients. The team is adept at handling policy and regulatory matters before the European Commission and skilled at advising on matters spanning food, medicine, policy, and trade, with a focus on issues including cannabis, personalised nutrition, and meat alternatives. Brian Kelly is the head of the team, and is ‘an utter delight to work with’. Bart Van Vooren is key to the team, with a practice focusing on food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- The Covington team is unique in having unsurpassed knowledge which comfortably spans every aspect of food regulation, in addition to all of the other fields of EU regulation that tend to come into focus in order to complete one's advice in this enormous field.The team is international and massively experienced not only on the advisory side but, importantly, on the litigation side, and enormously pleasant to work with.'
‘Brian Kelly is superb. His knowledge of EU regulatory affairs is unparalleled. He is an utter delight to work with and tireless on behalf of his clients. He is also enormously experienced as a litigator and is both dogged and sensible in the points he pursues.'
Key clients
- Monk Fruit Corporation
- Odysea
Work highlights
- Representing Aloe Vera of Europe, a manufacturer of Aloe Vera drinks, in litigation before the EU General Court, including a request for suspension against a Commission Regulation banning HADs, a substance that is found naturally in most plants, for an infringement of the precautionary principle.
- Instructed by Monk Fruit Corp. to launch parallel judicial reviews of decisions taken by the UK’s Food Safety Authority, and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.