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Jones Day
RUE DE LA RÉGENCE 4
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium

Career

Ursula Schliessner leads the Environmental, Health & Safety Practice in the Brussels Office, focusing on EU environmental, food, product and worker safety law. She is particularly focused on REACH and other EU chemicals regulations (biocides, food contact materials, cosmetics), regularly handling REACH registrations, compliance checks and substance evaluation cases, including RMOAs (risk management options analysis), classification and labeling and enforcement procedures, as well as ECHA Board of Appeal cases. Ursula established and manages some of the first-ever REACH registration and authorization consortia, ranging from two to more than 150 member companies.

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > EU regulatory: Chemicals

As a result of its combined strength in environmental, health and safety, and regulatory law, Jones Day is seen as a go-to advisor by multinational corporations, government-owned entities and public bodies requiring assistance with complex issues spanning all these fields. The firm is able to leverage its network of nine European offices to provide fluency in both EU and local regulatory nuances. Environment team lead Ursula Schliessner and newly promoted of counsel Preslava Dilkova are both noted for their REACH expertise.

Belgium > EU regulatory: Food

Noted particularly for its strength in advising on government regulatory issues, Jones Day is regularly instructed to handle product authorisations, and labelling and recall issues. Ursula Schliessner is highly regarded for her expertise in matters relating to novel foods, including notifications under the simplified procedure. The group regularly collaborates with the firm’s competition, corporate, litigation, tax and employment practices.

Belgium > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences

The team at Jones Day handles the full gamut of issues for a varied client roster of pharmaceutical companies, research institutes, and medical device manufacturers. Leveraging its network across the European Union, the firm advises on numerous digital health matters, pre-market clinical trials, and post-market studies. Practice head Cristiana Spontoni is known for acting on a variety of matters concerning product regulation, in addition to both pre and post-market issues relating to product liability, distribution, and data privacy. Ursula Schliessner maintains a health and safety focused practice, while Jörg Hladjk focuses on privacy and cybersecurity mandates, regularly advising research centers and medical device companies.