Retail & Consumer Goods

We provide legal advice to a wide range of clients, from renowned retail giants and multinational corporations to franchises, local boutiques, chain stores, restaurants, e-commerce traders, and other retail-focused businesses.

Reed Smith’s Retail & Consumer Goods Group is a comprehensive team of skilled lawyers from various disciplines, including corporate, trade, real estate, logistics, intellectual property (IP), technology, employment, data protection, competition, advertising, media, regulatory, bankruptcy, finance, and disputes. This team combines recognized experience with a strong commitment to serving clients in the retail and consumer goods sector.

We formulate winning strategies for our clients to address consumer protection, product liability, trademark, copyright and patents, data privacy and cybersecurity, labor and employment, supply chain, contracts, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), and other challenges. 

We recently advised a major U.S. clothing chain on the sale of a subsidiary to an international buyer, won a high-stakes international arbitration for a large health products chain, and helped a private-equity firm navigate its purchase of a pet food company.

Our deep understanding of the commercial and legal challenges faced throughout the retail and commercial life cycle allows us to offer practical and proactive legal guidance. Our services extend beyond strategic transactions and include day-to-day support, ensuring that our clients receive practical and proactive legal guidance at every stage of their operations. 

We advise retail clients on advertising, e-commerce, competition and antitrust, financial services, IP protection, software development, and tax matters.

Our lawyers successfully defend product liability claims and class actions, and they partner with consumer companies through all stages of dispute resolution – including litigation – with high-profile wins before courts and arbitration panels worldwide.

We’re committed to delivering strategic solutions that empower our retail and consumer goods clients to mitigate risks and achieve their business goals. 

"Reed Smith fields a respected food and beverage team, with experience advising a global and domestic clientele on a range of labeling issues and new product launches. The team also regularly handles due diligence on M&A and investments in the food and beverage space as well as advising on California Proposition 65 disputes and food recalls."

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