Consumer Protection & Product Liability

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Strategic counsel in high-stakes investigations and litigation

Our multidisciplinary team assists companies in complex consumer protection and product safety matters.

From leading tech companies to major financial institutions and manufacturers of consumer products, companies face ever-changing EU consumer protection rules and supervision by European and national authorities. We help our clients navigate regulatory scrutiny, investigations and litigation, including enforcement matters, consumer class actions and other impactful cases before Dutch and European courts.

Our team is known for its interdisciplinary approach. We bring together experts in consumer protection, product liability, EU law, litigation, class actions, administrative law, data protection, ESG and financial regulation to handle the most complex matters for our clients. Lawyers throughout our team have extensive experience engaging with the European Commission, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets, the CPC Network, and other Dutch and European regulators.

Drawing on the depth of our litigation expertise, we represent clients in high-profile consumer class actions in the Netherlands, as well as in landmark proceedings before the Dutch Supreme Court of the Netherlands and the Court of Justice of the EU. Our ability to work seamlessly across disciplines enables us to provide counsel that is strategic and robust in the face of high-stakes challenges.

Insights

7 January 2026

Decoding Europe's digital regulatory framework: our updated guide for 2026

Digital regulation and enforcement in the EU are intensifying but the rulebook remains in flux. Our updated digital guide will help in-house teams stay agile as they tackle evolving frameworks with business decisions potentially triggering obligations across digital, privacy, cybersecurity, competition and consumer protection domains.
23 July 2025

Rules on green claims: where we stand now

On 20 June 2025, the European Commission announced its intention to withdraw the proposal for a Green Claims Directive. This was prompted in part by concerns over the direction the trilogue was taking, particularly the possibility that the directive’s scope would be extended to cover approximately 30 million micro-enterprises. The Commission’s original proposal exempted micro-enterprises from most of the key obligations.
24 October 2024

Sustainability claims: managing regulatory and other risks as intolerance for greenwashing grows

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives are now critical drivers for companies – there is no getting around it. Companies often make significant ESG efforts. But when they wish to – or have to – communicate about these efforts, a growing web of regulations becomes relevant. This, coupled with increasingly active authorities who are on the look-out for greenwashing practices, means that it can be hard to establish what is, and what is not, allowed or required. Below, we will summarise the state of play and also look ahead.