Mr Claudio Mereu

Partner at Fieldfisher

Speaker

Claudio Mereu is a Partner in Fieldfisher's Brussels office. For over 25 years, he has focused on EU Regulatory law with an emphasis on the chemicals (REACH), pesticides, biocides, and life sciences industry sectors, as well as other regulated industries, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, toys, electrical, and electronic equipment.

Claudio is humbled and proud to count the largest global companies, consortia, and law firms among his client network, having built and deepened these relationships over 25 years. He advises on a wide range of issues related to product approval in the EU, provides advocacy support, and handles litigation before European and national courts. He also counsels companies on strategic and business law matters relating to their commercial agreements and presence in Europe.

His expertise covers all aspects of product regulations and restrictions, including notification, data protection, mutual recognition, classification & labelling, marketing and use restrictions, parallel imports, environmental liability, product recalls, and data compensation negotiations, among others.

Claudio represents chemical companies before the European institutions, member state authorities, scientific committees, and the European courts. He also advises clients on the importation, regulation, and sale of medical devices, pharmaceuticals, GMOs, novel food, food supplements, and food contact materials.

He was involved in the first case of data sharing arbitration in Italy and in a case of alleged abuse of dominant position in pesticides markets, both of which he successfully resolved. Since then, he has defended a multitude of cases over 25 years in various fora, ranging from EU courts, to ECHA's Board of Appeal, arbitration panels, and national courts.

Claudio regularly speaks at international conferences as an expert speaker and panellist on pesticides and chemicals and is highly recommended as "Tier One" and "Leading Individual" by Legal 500, Chambers Europe, Who's Who Legal, and the Life Sciences Industry Report. He has contributed to a number of publications on pesticides, REACH, GMOs, and medical devices.

Claudio is a Member of the Rome Bar (Avvocato) and the Brussels Bar (Avocat). He is Italian-French bilingual and fluent in English and Spanish.