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Rechtsanwältin (attorney)
Leonie Evans Partner
Leonie Evans, née Kirchner, born in 1983, is Rechtsanwältin (attorney), bar-certified specialist for intellectual property law and partner at the Munich based law firm Meisterernst Rechtsanwälte. She studied law at the University of Passau and at King's College London as an Erasmus scholar where she obtained a Diploma in Legal Studies with distinction.
Leonie Evans joined Meisterernst Rechtsanwälte in 2012 and became a partner in 2023. She advises and represents national and international clients in all matters of German and European food and feed law as well as intellectual property and competition law. The focus of her legal work is on providing comprehensive advice to nationally and internationally operating companies in the food industry, in particular on issues of product categorization and marketability (including the distinction from medicinal products and medical devices), on labelling and product advertising of food supplements, foods for special medical purposes (FSMP), organic and conventional foodstuffs. Leonie Evans also focuses on sustainability issues, including green claims, the EU Green Deal, packaging law, the German Act on supply chain due diligence (LkSG) and EU sustainability legislation.
Leonie Evans is Managing Editor of the European Food and Feed Law Review (EFFL), author of German and in English publications and a regular speaker at conferences in Germany and abroad. She is a member of the European Food Law Association (efla), a member of the Committee for Sustainability and Climate Protection of the German Medicines Manufacturers’ Association (BAH) and a member of the Sustainability and Climate Change Working Group of the Food Federation Germany.
Leonie Evans advises, publishes and lectures in German and English.
Contact Law firm
Meisterernst Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Herzog-Heinrich-Str. 1, 80336 Munich
Current Events

28.03.2023
Online - Update Gesetzgebung & Rechtsprechung
(Behr‘s)

28.03.2023
Freising – Weihenstephaner Tag für Lebensmittelrecht und -politik
(Weihenstephaner Institut für Getreideforschung)

30.03.2023
Verbot von Kinderwerbung – Eine erste rechtliche & wissenschaftliche Analyse
(Meisterernst Direkt)
Job offer – Current
If you have already completed your legal training with the second state exam and are enthusiastic about the legal profession, we look forward to receiving your application.
We also offer the possibility of a study-accompanying internship, a job as a station trainee assistant or the free cooperation during the traineeship.
Current Events

28.03.2023
Online - Update Gesetzgebung & Rechtsprechung
(Behr‘s)

28.03.2023
Freising – Weihenstephaner Tag für Lebensmittelrecht und -politik
(Weihenstephaner Institut für Getreideforschung)

30.03.2023
Verbot von Kinderwerbung – Eine erste rechtliche & wissenschaftliche Analyse
(Meisterernst Direkt)
Job offer – Current
If you have already completed your legal training with the second state exam and are enthusiastic about the legal profession, we look forward to receiving your application.
We also offer the possibility of a study-accompanying internship, a job as a station trainee assistant or the free cooperation during the traineeship.
Cooperations
Our guiding principle „Thinking further“ also applies beyond the work we carry out our very selves. Through permanent cooperations and as part of different networks, our law firm and its lawyers are in constant contact and exchange with other experts.
Networks
Our lawyers inter alia engage in the following institutions:
If need be, our permanent scientific cooperation partner RDA Scientific Consultants GmbH, supports us in complex scientific and regulatory matters. We also collaborate intensively with our colleagues from the law firm Belmont | Legal specialised in commercial and company law.
Whenever legal questions with an implication of foreign law occur, we provide multinational concepts in a time-and cost-effective way thanks to our trusted and straightforward cooperation with befriended foreign colleagues.
Beyond our work for clients, our lawyers also active members in a number of specialist associations and scientific institutions. Our clients profit from the insight and contacts gained from these activities.
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RDA Scientific Consultants GmbH http://www.rda-science.com |
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Belmont | Legal http://belmontlegal.de |
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RECHTSANWALTSKANZLEI DR. VERGHO + PARTNER mbB http://vergho-donaubauer.de/ |
In multinational scenarios we work closely together with specialised foreign colleagues and other independent experts. We are therefore able to provide specifically tailored concepts across broders and clarify legal issues with foreign implications early on.
Contact
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