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  • EU/International Trade Outlook 2026 – How to Best Navigate Increasingly Choppy Waters?
    25 Mar 2026 14 min read
  • Hungarian Competition Authority fines pharma distributor for OTC advertising
    12 Mar 2026 4 min read
  • From gig to guarantee: how the EU is transforming platform work
    05 Mar 2026 7 min read
  • New EU rules to prevent the destruction of unsold textiles
    17 Feb 2026 6 min read
  • Transposition Time Updates – Nordic Trio: Denmark, Finland, and Sweden Progress Towards New EU Product Liability Directive Implementation
    12 Feb 2026 6 min read
  • Transposition Time Updates – New Year Rings in the First EU Member State adoption of the new Product Liability Directive
    09 Jan 2026 7 min read
  • EU Cyber Resilience Act’s implementing provisions published in the Hungarian Official Journal
    07 Jan 2026 3 min read
  • Hungary revises size thresholds for NIS2 implementation
    07 Jan 2026 3 min read
  • Signing with e-signature in CEE 2026
    05 Jan 2026 2 min read

Consumer products is one of the fastest growing sectors in CEE. For many years, we have helped leading international and domestic brands establish a presence in the region and to grow and protect their business successfully.

Our advice is informed by an in-depth understanding of the sector and covers all critical opportunities and challenges for your business, including globalisation, online marketplaces, supply chain management, growing retail buyer power and increasing consumer pressure and media scrutiny. All place new demands on your management and business strategy but also drive the need for commercially astute legal advice. Whether you are a supplier, investor or other stakeholder, we have sector specific experience in transactional, regulatory and contentious matters.

Our international team is structured around the key sectors of consumer products including cosmetics, clothing, electronics, health & beauty, food & drink, retail, household equipment and manufacturing.

We provide a comprehensive legal and regulatory service from the financing and acquisition of companies, through antitrust and unfair competition law, media management, nutritional and health claims, advertising and marketing, strategies for the protection of intellectual property rights, data protection, outsourcing, distribution agreements, real estate transactions, product recalls and more. Our experts will keep you informed of the latest sector insight and developments, giving you a commercial as well as a legal edge.

Highlighted experience

  • Partner in Pet Food

    as sole legal adviser covering general commercial, corporate maintenance, food safety and contractual matters, and regulatory compliance.

  • Johnson & Johnson

    on a full range of issues from termination cases to day-to-day legal questions, including restructuring and redundancy projects.

  • Hungarian branch of German retailer

    as sole legal adviser in Hungary, providing comprehensive legal support on a wide range of matters, from high-level strategic advice and project-based work to handling sensitive food regulatory issues.

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Consumer Products Insights

EU/International Trade Outlook 2026 – How to Best Navigate Increasingly Choppy Waters?

25 Mar 2026 14 min read

Hungarian Competition Authority fines pharma distributor for OTC advertising

12 Mar 2026 4 min read

From gig to guarantee: how the EU is transforming platform work

05 Mar 2026 7 min read

New EU rules to prevent the destruction of unsold textiles

17 Feb 2026 6 min read

Transposition Time Updates – Nordic Trio: Denmark, Finland, and Sweden Progress Towards New EU Product Liability Directive Implementation

12 Feb 2026 6 min read

Transposition Time Updates – New Year Rings in the First EU Member State adoption of the new Product Liability Directive

09 Jan 2026 7 min read

EU Cyber Resilience Act’s implementing provisions published in the Hungarian Official Journal

07 Jan 2026 3 min read

Hungary revises size thresholds for NIS2 implementation

07 Jan 2026 3 min read

Events

  • Hungary
    08 Apr 2026

    CMS at Fordham IP & Policy Conference

  • Hungary
    10 Apr 2026

    About cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions

  • Hungary
    17 Apr 2026

    Pharmaceutical industry trends: evergreen topics and emerging challenges, with a focus on promotion,...

  • Hungary
    21 Apr 2026

    On the Pulse webinar series 2026 - Spring/Summer

  • Hungary
    24 Apr 2026

    Overview of the new Consumer Protection Act: outlook and practical considerations

  • Hungary
    28 Apr 2026

    IP Insights webinar series 2026

  • Hungary
    02 May 2026

    CMS at INTA 2026

  • Hungary
    08 May 2026

    Experience with restructuring bond transactions and fiduciary asset management (trust structure)

  • Hungary
    22 May 2026

    Sale of a company or assets in insolvency proceedings

  • Hungary
    29 May 2026

    The new Bankruptcy and Liquidation Act (Hungary)

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