Food Law

The firm has developed considerable expertise and strength in the agri-food law sector, offering specialization in the fields of:
• Foodstuff production and commercialization;
• Food hygiene, food safety, food quality and food control;
• Product liability.
The area of specialization also extends to the national and international contracts, customs law, insurance law, transport and logistic. The range of handled cases involve both judicial and extra-judicial proceedings in the field of transport of perishable goods, export of foodstuff, product liability and product liability insurance.
The firm offers legal assistance to producers, importers and retailers with regard to production and release for consumption of organic products, geographical indications and designations of origin, protection of trademarks, distinctive signs and unfair commercial practices.
LS lawyers assist and represent clients before the Italian Antitrust Authority and other Administrative Authorities for issues concerning the labelling, the advertising and the presentation of foodstuff and they are regularly involved in foreign arbitrations (Gafta, Fosfa, Incograin, Nofota) and at the “Associazioni Granarie” of Milan, Bologna and Genoa.