Katharina Ewert helps major national and multinational companies in the food, medical device, pharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors to navigate regulatory, litigation and procurement risks. With a strong background in general EU law and procedure, Katharina provides strategic advice to clients in a changing regulatory environment. Katharina is a member of Covington’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

In her work with a broad range of life sciences companies, Katharina regularly:

advises clients on all aspects of food development and marketing, including the regulation of ingredients, labelling and advertising;
provides strategic advice to major companies in the medicines and device space on national and EU public procurement considerations;
counsels clients on the protection of trade secrets and commercially confidential information, including in connection with freedom of information requests;
assists clients in navigating the implications of Brexit;
helps companies in evaluating marketing claims for cosmetics; and
represents clients in administrative proceedings in the national and EU courts.

Katharina’s pro bono work includes providing regulatory advice to charities and other non-profit organizations.

Katharina gained valuable experience during a secondment the in-house legal team of a global pharmaceutical company.