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Claudio Mereu is a partner in our Brussels office, where he heads the
EU Regulatory Group
and the firm's Life
Sciences Group.
His practice focuses on European Union 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, and fuel additives (including devising
lobbying strategies and general compliance issues).
Claudio advises on regulatory compliance issues, task
force/consortia formation (under pesticides, biocides and REACH),
product defence strategies and product circulation across the
European Union.
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related litigation before European courts, national courts and WTO
panels, and counsels companies on a wide range of business law and
antitrust matters relating to their international agreements and
commercial presence in Europe (distribution agreements, supply
contracts, letters of access, data compensation agreements, R&D
joint ventures, etc.). |
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, amongst others). In the
life sciences sector, Claudio advises on a wide range of issues
relating to the importation, regulation and sale of medical
devices, pharmaceuticals, GMOs, novel food, food supplements and
food contact materials, for which he has been recommended for
several years by “Global Counsel - Life Science Industry
Report”.
He regularly represents chemical companies before the European
Institutions, Member State authorities, Scientific Committees, and
the European Courts. He was involved in the first case of data
sharing arbitration in Italy and in a case of alleged abuse of
dominant position on pesticides markets, both of which he
successfully resolved on behalf of his clients. He also obtained
interim relief measures in a landmark case against a product
restriction decided by the European Commission. Since many years
Claudio is being regularly invited to major international
conferences as an expert speaker and panellist on
pesticides/chemicals and is highly recommended by Legal 500,
Chambers Europe and the Life Sciences Industry
Report.
Claudio graduated in law at the University of Modena (Italy),
where he specialised in European Community law. He studied one year
of law and economics at the University of Leicester (UK) and
obtained his postgraduate diploma in European Community law at
King's College (University of London). He is admitted to practice
in Belgium as avocat and is a member of the Rome bar.
He is fluent in English, French, Spanish and Italian.
Publications
- Schizophrenic stakes of GMO Regulation in the European Union
(EJRR, 2012/02, p. 202-211)
- Reports: Biotechnology: On the new European Regulation on Plant
Protection Products (EJRR 2011/4, p. 553-556)
- Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies in the food sector : state of
play of the legislative framework / Michela Velardo & Claudio
Mereu (Agro FOOD industry hi-tech, September-October 2011,
vol.22#5, p. 39-41)
- New pesticides regulation enters into force (Specialty
Chemicals online, August 2011)
- Legal aspects of REACH and the medical devices sector/Olivier
Lantres, Alison Dennis & Claudio Mereu (PLC Cross-border Life
Sciences Handbook 2011)
- Overview of a new European Parliament and Council Regulation
concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market /
Claudio Mereu & Peter Chapman (Chimica Oggi/Chemistry Today,
2010/02, p. 4-6)
- Legal aspects of REACH and the medical devices sector/Olivier
Lantres, Alison Dennis & Claudio Mereu (PLC Cross-border Life
Sciences Handbook 2010).