KROHN Rechtsanwälte offers longstanding expertise in the food and consumer goods sector. The team regularly acts across the tobacco, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and chemicals industries. Among the client roster are international listed companies, German corporations and start-ups, which the practice advises on product developments, ingredients, additives, packaging, labeling and advertising; contentious matters are also covered thanks to relevant litigation experience. The practice is managed by a trio: Moritz Hagenmeyer comprehensively advises on food and consumer goods law, while Carl von Jagow focuses on consumer goods such as cleaning and tobacco products. Tobias Teufer  is well versed in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

Meisterernst Rechtsanwälte supports well-known national and international clients in approval procedures, delimitation, labeling as well as in advertising and marketing matters and is also well versed in product recalls and proceedings before the European Court of Justice. These capacities are primarily utilised in the pharmaceuticals and food sectors, which is complemented by expertise in dietary supplements, FSMP, cosmetics and chemicals; Clients also benefit from the close cooperation with the scientific sister company RDA Scientific Consultants GmbH. Founding partners Andreas Meisterernst and Christian Ballke jointly head the team; Meisterernst advises on product development, labeling and product advertising as well as recalls, while Ballke focuses on the cosmetics sector and provides expertise in material marketability and product advertising.

Meyer Rechtsanwälte routinely advises companies from the diet industry, breweries as well as milk and cheese manufacturers on food and product law, while the six-strong team also acts across the cosmetics, medical device, consumer goods, animal feed and contact materials sectors. The expertise encompasses competition and trademark law issues and clients also benefit from additional support via the scientific sister company meyer.science: this includes regulatory issues, risk assessment and crisis management pertaining to suppliers, manufacturers and supermarkets. Alfred Meyer provides comprehensive advice on food law and food contact materials.

cibus Rechtsanwälte focuses on animal products, products of non-animal origin, baked goods, vegetarian and vegan products as well as non-alcoholic drinks. Clients of various sizes are supported in compliance issues and advised on labeling checks and the approval of food and feed additives; here, the team also regularly leads in proceedings before the European Court of Justice. Clemens Comans is known for his experience in labeling of vegetarian and vegan products as well as animal by-products, while Manuel Immel has expertise in consumer information law, product liability matters and feed law. Comans and Immel jointly head the team with Sascha Schigulski (meat and meat products) and Christian Weigel (expertise in food of animal origin and non-alcoholic drinks).

domeierlegal's diverse client roster includes companies from the food, cosmetics, animal feed and consumer goods sectors, with a particular focus on the beverage industry and healthy and novel foods. Founding partner Danja Domeier has comprehensive expertise, which is frequently requested in connection with crisis management as well as administrative, criminal and regulatory disputes. Further capacities include the advice on food fortification and delimitation issues within the novel foods industry at national and international level.

Gerstberger Products & Law is instructed by nationally and internationally active companies in the food, medicinal mushroom, dietary supplement, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and tobacco industries; Ina Gerstberger's expertise encompasses regulatory, competition law and contract law issues, which are regularly utilised in the context of delimitation between product groups, crisis management, product recalls, disputes and competition proceedings.

CMS frequently advises on regulatory issues, labeling, sustainability claims and the requirements for organically certified foods. Thanks to the industry expertise in the tobacco sector, the team recently advised on alternative products such as tobacco-free nicotine products, while companies in the beverage and cosmetics industries also draw on the team's experience. Practice head Heike Blank focuses on competition, pharmaceuticals, food and cosmetics law issues, while Nikolas Gregor is experienced in IP, trademark and design law.

Gleiss Lutz follows a full-service approach and advises on traditional food law matters, including advertising claims and product qualifications; this is complemented by experience in model proceedings as well as transactions and related antitrust law matters. The client roster includes various national and European manufacturers in the cosmetics, tobacco, beverage and other food industries as well as listed trading companies. IP expert Andreas Wehlau heads the practice and advises food companies on trademark and competition law issues.

Noerr's product compliance team advises on food-related product law (including product compliance, product liability and regulatory issues) and focuses on cosmetics, consumer goods and products that come into contact with food. The practice is co-led from Munich by Arun Kapoor (focus on technical compliance, product regulation of consumer products, product recalls) and Thomas Klindt (civil product liability issues and public law). The team regularly cooperates with Evelyn Schulz, who heads the life sciences practice in Dresden, and assists companies in the food and pharmaceuticals sectors with regulatory issues, sales and contract law issues.

REINHART Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB's three-strong team advises on the entire value chain of a product, including production, sale, packaging, labeling and advertising matters. Product manufacturers from various industries such as dietary supplements, specialty foods, mineral water, confectionery, cosmetics and pet food are supported. Food and cosmetics law expert Andreas Reinhart also has expertise in biocides law and jointly heads the practice with Stephanie Reinhart, who is well versed in animal feed law.

Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein comprehensively supports the entire product life cycle, including the advice on food, advertising and competition law as well as labeling checks, new product ideas and the marketability of individual ingredients. Numerous food manufacturers, including beverage and spirits companies, as well as cosmetics manufacturers, rely on the expertise of the team, which is led by IP specialist Thomas Körber.

Companies from the food, beverage, cosmetics and personal care sectors regularly instruct Bird & Bird LLP on labeling, trademark and competition law issues. The team also advises on novel tobacco products, CBD products and the classification of new products. The IP lawyer Uwe Lüken and Niels Lutzhöft, who focuses on regulatory issues in the pharmaceuticals, food and consumer goods sectors, jointly head the practice.

GvW Graf von Westphalen's Hamburg-based team focuses on the food and animal feed industries and comprehensively advises on competition, antitrust and media law matters as well as product liability; Particularly noteworthy is the cooperation with the firm's media team, which benefits clients especially in crisis management. The practice is co-led by Ronald Steiling and Carsten Bittner, both of whom are experienced in administrative, feed and food law and frequently represent companies and associations from the food industry before national and European courts. The team was strengthened in January 2024 with the addition of Markus Kraus (German and European food law; animal welfare and cosmetics law) from Weiss Walter Fischer-Zernin Rechtsanwälte.

The IP experts at Harmsen Utescher advise German and international trademark associations, associations and distributors on pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics law issues. In addition to marketability of new products and labeling issues, the team's competencies also include expertise in the advertising of food and cosmetic products. Practice head Rainer Kaase has particular experience in German and international trademark law and is also well versed in pharmaceutical, medical, food and cosmetics law, while John-Christian Plate, who focuses on pharmaceutical and food law, regularly leads in court proceedings, as was recently demonstrated in an ongoing case regarding e-cigarettes. Till Lampel offers longstanding experience in trademark and competition law.

Hogan Lovells International LLP's consumer products practice acts integrated into the global network and advises international companies on compliance, food law regulations and government enforcement actions; further mainstays include product recalls and litigation. The range of expertise also includes the approval of novel foods, food supplements and food packaging, with the team increasingly acting across the area of ​​sustainable products, including vegan and vegetarian fish and meat substitute products. Regulatory expert Thomas Salomon and Florian Unseld, who handles antitrust matters in the luxury goods sector, jointly head the practice and are supported by Christiane Alpers, who is well versed in regulatory matters.

King & Spalding LLP's FDA & life sciences team advises on regulatory issues at the interface between food and pharmaceutical law and is also frequently active in competition law litigation and disputes pertaining to the Health Claims Regulation. The diverse client roster includes international food and life sciences companies as well as manufacturers of dietary supplements and kitchen appliances. Ulf Grundmann leads the practice and comprehensively advises on the entire product life cycle; he is well versed in medical device, pharmaceutical and cosmetics law as well as food law disputes.

KOZIANKA & WEIDNER Rechtsanwälte focuses on health-related foods, in particular food supplements, foods for special medical purposes (FSMP) and novel foods.  The team advises German and international food and pharmaceutical manufacturers on the delimitation of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and medical devices. Practice head Michael Weidner is experienced in food, pharmaceutical and competition law issues as well as across the entire product value chain.