Trends in the Consumer Products Industry

08.30 - 09.00

Registration and coffee

09.00 - 09.10

Welcome note

09.10 - 10.00

Design rights - From Cinderella to Superstar
Pamela Zimmermann, Head of Legal - Leifheit AG
Gordian Hasselblatt, CMS Cologne
Gabriela Staber, CMS Vienna
Tom Heremans, CMS Brussels

10.00 - 10.45

Restrictions of internet sales in the light of antitrust law
Virginie Coursière, CMS Paris
Dietmar Rahlmeyer, CMS Düsseldorf

10.45 - 11.15

Coffee break

11.15 - 12.00

Handling communication crises in the Consumer Products sector
Hartmut Vennen, Managing Director Strategic Communications - FTI
Michael Kamps, CMS Cologne
Heike Blank, CMS Cologne
Susan Barty, CMS London

12.00 - 12.45

The most tax-efficient locations for Intellectual Property - Best practices
Samantha Dames, CMS London
Tanja Schaub, CMS Zurich

12.45 - 01.30

Networking lunch

01.30 - 02.15

The new challenges of Brand Divestment - Carve-out topics in Consumer Products M&A
Christoph Hett, Executive Director - UBS
Hendrik Hirsch, CMS Frankfurt

02.15 - 03.00

Unfair trading practices in the food supply chain – a wind of change from Brussels?
Roxanne Feller, Director of Economic Affairs – FoodDrinkEurope
Michael Bauer, CMS Brussels