Events

The consumer products and retail sector group organises seminars and events on key legal issues raised by current sector trends.

If you would like to be added to our invite list, please contact Tiana Morales.

Our programme of events is as follows:

Product Liability Seminar

Lunchtime 28 November 2008
Speaker: Maija Laurila, European Commission

The sector group also organises an annual programme of international dinner debates for senior management. Previous debates have included:

Food safety: Understanding the regulator's approach to risk, recall and enforcement

Speaker: Andrew Wadge, Chief Scientist of the UK's Food Standards Agency

How to get your money back: a guide to retail trading administrations

Speakers: Alastair Beveridge, Partner of Kroll; and Andrew Pepper chief operating officer of Hilco

Rebranding antitrust enforcement: the OFT’s renewed focus on consumers

Speaker: Sean Williams, Office of Fair Trading

For further information about our events please contact Tiana Morales.

Getting it right: product recall in the EU

What is driving the high level of consumer safety activity in the EU? This report answers this and other questions on the basis of a major international study into industry attitudes to product safety and recall in the EU. (March 2008)

Read the report

News

Freshfields named top firm in Consumer Products and Retail sector View

Company administrations rocket by over 60% as credit crunch develops into 'consumer industries' crunch View

Briefings

European Commission: focus on food  View

Opportunities for foreign investment in China’s dairy sector  View

Awards

Private equity deal of the year - IFLR European Awards: Deals of the Year (2008)

Anheuser Busch's strategic alliance with Tsingtao - Asian Counsel: Deals of the year (2004)

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