Keller and Heckman Gains Increased Recognition Within the 2025 Chambers Europe Guide
Keller and Heckman’s Brussels office has upheld its rankings in the highly regarded 2025 Chambers Europe Guide for Regulatory: Agro/Food and Regulatory: Environment, while also earning a new ranking in TMT: Data Protection. This increased recognition highlights the scope of the firm's talented team of multinational attorneys and scientists residing in the Brussels office, further establishing Keller and Heckman as a leader across diverse practice areas within the European legal landscape and beyond.
The firm’s European Food and Drug practice maintained a Spotlight ranking in the Europe-wide Regulatory: Agro/Food category, with Partners Rachida Semail and Hazel O’Keeffe retaining their individual Spotlight rankings in the same category for their specialized knowledge in food and drug packaging law. The practice advises some of the world’s largest and most prestigious food manufacturing, food processing, recycled products, and waste conglomerates on a comprehensive range of legal and regulatory issues. The Guide recognizes Rachida, Hazel, and the entire Food and Drug practice for their commitment to providing top-tier legal services – clients noted they “always feel confident that our lawyers at Keller and Heckman know what they are doing.”
Keller and Heckman’s European Environmental practice, led by Partner Ales Bartl and U.S.-based Partner Herb Estreicher, kept a Band 3 ranking in the Europe-wide Regulatory: Environment category. The practice has extensive experience in assisting companies comply with global chemical laws and regulations, including the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation, the Classification, Labelling, and Packaging (CLP) regulation, and the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR). Client feedback emphasized the “excellent advice” clients receive on “complicated chemical regulatory questions.”
Partner Peter Craddock earned his inaugural Chambers ranking as Up and Coming within the TMT: Data Protection category in Belgium. According to client feedback stated in the Guide, Peter’s “level of sophistication is outstanding, with the ability to handle complex legal matters while providing clear, actionable solutions.” With a background in software development, Peter analyzes and advises on data protection laws and regulations with a unique perspective. Keller and Heckman’s Privacy, Data Security, and Digital Media practice covers all areas of the digital ecosystem, focusing on cutting-edge matters related to privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, AI governance, digital advertising, and more.
Along with its inclusion in the Chambers Europe Guide, Keller and Heckman garners rankings in the Chambers USA Guide and Chambers Greater China Guide. These rankings further demonstrate Keller and Heckman’s global standing as a leading law firm in a range of different industries.
About Keller and Heckman
Keller and Heckman is an internationally renowned law firm with a broad practice in the areas of regulatory law, public policy, and litigation. From offices around the world, our attorneys represent global companies and trade associations servicing a range of industries, including food and food additives, tobacco and e-vapor, plastics, pesticides, industrial and specialty chemicals, consumer products, drugs and medical devices, transportation, and telecommunications. Keller and Heckman is a pioneer in the use of interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving with an in-house scientific staff that works closely with the attorneys on matters of technical complexity.