Talking shop – A consumer sector podcast series
Leading insights for navigating the big trends and key issues redefining the global consumer sector.
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We work with consumer sector clients globally across all aspects of their businesses, including helping them to realise the opportunities offered by new markets and new technologies, to manage risk, and to address the challenges represented by rapidly changing regulation.
We are in a new era where physical products, digital products and presence, and corporate identity cease to be separate realms. In consumer-facing businesses they now all merge into one complex and crucial concept – brand. We are in sync with this change and our approach to delivering legal services is changing too.
Whether we are working with you on IP protection, responding to regulatory intervention, addressing product liability issues and advertising litigation, implementing M&A transactions, anticipating or solving anti-trust issues, or ensuring ESG compliance, our focus is maintaining your brand's longevity, integrity, and growth.
Recent Experience
a French multinational conglomerate
focused on luxury goods on legal advice related to international sanctions regime and, particularly, on the obtention of the administrative authorisations on business transactions with its Russian subsidiary
General Mills
in relation to the successful sale of its European dough business to Cérélia, a global leader in ready-to-bake dough solutions, including strategic advice on the transaction, notification to the Competition and Markets Authority followed by Phase 1 and Phase 2 investigations, as well as an appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal against the prohibition decision
Takealot, Uber Eats and others
in the South Africa Competition Commission's Online Intermediation Platforms Market Inquiry involving a number of issues related to consumer terms and conditions, fees charged to business users, and support for small and historically disadvantaged business users
WH Smith PLC
in the £76 million deal with Modella Capital for the sale of its UK high street retail business
Metcash
on its $412 million acquisition of Superior Food Group from Quadrant, and on its related $300 million equity raising
Wesfarmers
in relation to ACCC clearance in respect of its acquisition of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries and the sale of insurance business to IAG
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Key contacts
Susan Black
Partner, Head of Consumer Sector, London
Andrew Rich
Partner, Head of Consumer Sector, Sydney
刘依兰
中国区并购业务主管合伙人，上海代表处首席代表, Mainland China and Shanghai
Benjamin Rubinstein
Partner, Head of Product Liability and Mass Tort, US, New York
Norman C. Simon
Partner, Head of Advertising Disputes, US, and Head of Class Actions, US, New York
Jean Meijer
Managing Partner, Johannesburg Office, Johannesburg and Africa Group
Alex Kay
Partner, London and Nordic Group
Pietro Pouché
Partner, Milan