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With our comprehensive support, food and beverage companies navigate innovation, global markets and complex regulations. Sheppard empowers food and beverage brands to thrive and expand globally with experience across legal and business challenges. 

Technological innovations are changing the way food is delivered and marketed, how food safety is protected and the industry’s relationship with its consumers. Companies face emerging legislation and rulemaking at federal and local levels that address their workforce, the privacy of their consumers’ information, supply chain and waste, among other issues. 

Sheppard understands your business and can assist you in expanding into the global market and developing new business strategies, while protecting your products and brands along the way. Sheppard counsels food and beverage clients with experienced representation in brand development and protections, product liability, patent, trade secrets, and trademarks, immigration, privacy, regulatory, tax, and labor and employment issues.

Chambers Review

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Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation - USA - Nationwide

4
Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton boasts a robust food and beverage practice primarily focused around its California offices. The team offers clients a range of expertise in handling class actions, proposition 65 litigation and commercial litigation for clients in the food and beverage sectors. It is also well equipped to advise on regulatory matters in relation to food and dietary supplements.

Work Highlights

  • Sheppard Mullin represented Vital Farms in a lawsuit challenging the company’s egg-marketing practices.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Christopher Van Gundy
4
Christopher Van Gundy
4
Band 4
Christopher Van Gundy has a significant practice in the space which covers a range of issues, including handling false advertising claims and labeling matters.

Christopher offers excellent response time and has excellent follow-through.

Sascha Henry
4
Sascha Henry
4
Band 4

Sascha Henry is sought after by food and beverage clients for her litigation and dispute resolution expertise. As a partner and co-leader of the firm's Business Trial practice group, her wealth of knowledge is utilised by a varied clientele.

Sascha is my most trusted outside counsel. Her advice is exceptional; she is a terrific negotiator and litigator. I go back to her over and over again. 

Sascha is terrific.

Sascha has a great experience level and good perspective across a broad spectrum of clients and matters. She knows our business so she can help us with the internal matters as well.

Ranked Lawyers at
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

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USA - Nationwide

Food & Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation

Christopher Van Gundy
4
Christopher Van Gundy
4
Band 4
Sascha Henry
4
Sascha Henry
4
Band 4

Members

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Abby Meyer

Head of Department

Khirin Bunker

Kristi Thomas

Lindsay Ferguson

Head of Department

Sascha Henry

Clients

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Calavo Growers, Inc.

City Harvest

Clif Bar & Company

DAOU Vineyards

FAT Brands, Inc.

Fiji Water

Gluten Free Bites

Golden State Foods Corporation

HOWS Markets, LLC

In-N-Out Burger Corporation

Inspire Brands

Kevin's Natural Foods

Mondelez International, Inc.

Nestle Purina PetCare

Nestle USA, Inc.

Papa John's

Ricola

See's Candies

Soylent Nutrition, Inc.

Subway

US Pharma Lab

Vital Farms, Inc.

Walmart

Industries

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alcohol and spirits

food and beverage

grocery retail