Portrait d'Aude MAHY, Avocate associée - DALDEWOLF

Chambers Europe – Regulatory: Agro/Food – Europe-wide – 2024 ‘Spotlight’
‘Aude Mahy leads DALDEWOLF’s food law practice team. She has considerable expertise advising clients at a Belgian and EU level, handling contentious and non-contentious matters, including those relating to food crisis management and labelling.’

Legal500 2024 – EU Regulatory: Food Belgium
DALDEWOLF‘s ‘unique’ team combines expertise in food regulations with a deep knowledge of consumer, advertising, contracts, distribution, competition and intellectual property law. The group also has a strong record in crisis management relating to product bans and contamination, including cross-border proceedings and litigation before European and domestic courts. Food and beverages industry sector specialist Aude Mahy is singled out as ‘really an expert in her field,’ and is instructed by producers and operators across the supply chain, alongside retailers.
Practice head(s): Aude Mahy
Other key lawyers: Floriane Delbaere

Testimonials
‘Aude Mahy and Floriane Delbaere are very service-minded, have high responsiveness and sense of urgency, and a comprehensive understanding of both EU food regulations and regulations in neighbouring countries.’
‘Aude Mahy is brilliant.’
‘Aude Mahy is extremely well experienced in food and consumer goods law (industry and retail).’
‘Aude Mahy is a specialist in food law. She was very helpful in defending our case.’
‘Aude Mahy is an excellent expert in food law, totally dedicated to her clients, and very open to co-working with them on cases.’
‘Aude Mahy and her team have huge expertise in food law and dealing with Belgian food authorities. The team’s practice combines regulatory assistance and litigation. This is unique in Belgium.’
‘Aude Mahy is really an expert in her field. She is my go-to person for Belgium.’
‘Very high level of expertise in food regulation. Reactiveness, availability at any time, reactivity to provide documents, official opinions, and reports. Good teamwork. Efficient in negotiation with authorities, calm, good arguments, well prepared.’

Legal500 2024 – Industry Focus: Food in Belgium
DALDEWOLF assists clients in advisory and dispute matters along the whole food and beverage lifecycle, spanning advertising and market entries as well as national and EU-wide litigation. The firm combines in-depth expertise in regulatory issues with know-how in competition and IP law. It fields a sizeable client roster consisting of global players in addition to Belgium-based companies. ‘Top-performance support’ Aude Mahy leads the practice group and is highly regarded for her experience in food law which includes a number of high-profile matters relating to nutrition and health claims.
Practice head(s): Aude Mahy
Other key lawyers: Floriane Delbaere

Testimonials
‘The team has a clear, full, pragmatic approach. It is very constructive. The team’s competencies are expansive enough to be able to cover different topics within the scope but also able to challenge a larger scope when necessary.’
‘Very good collaboration and very constructive, oriented to results approach.’
‘Aude Mahy is a great lawyer.’
‘Aude Mahy understands and knows the food industry very well and is therefore familiar with all potential issues, which is a plus.’
‘Expertise in food regulation. Efficient in negotiation with authorities, calm, good arguments, well-prepared.’
‘Aude Mahy is a top-performance support, fast handling, high-level of knowledge in the sector, good networking also.’
‘Aude Mahy and her team are just excellent food lawyers. The team’s practice combines regulatory work and litigation. This is unique in Belgium.’
‘The firm’s strong points are the staff’s specialised skills in food law and their availability to help us solve problems. The collaboration and trust were essential to solve complex specific problems involving the client and the authorities.’

Aude Mahy is a member of the Brussels Bar (2004). She is a partner and Co-Managing Partner at DALDEWOLF. She heads the Food & Beverage team.

Aude has developed a combined expertise in commercial law and Belgian and European food law. She assists food companies in matters relating to strategic issues such as nutrition and health claims, labelling, advertising, food crisis management, food supplements, market practices, distribution networks and supply chain liability issues. In this capacity, she regularly represents her clients in court and before regulatory authorities. Aude is a recognised expert in her field and her food law practice has been consistently ranked as a “Tier-1” by the Legal 500 legal directory since 2013.

The very first EU & Belgian
food law handbook
by Aude Mahy
(preface by Christian Vrydaghs)

Available in French and in English

MAIN AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Food & Beverage
Market practices
Litigation
Food crisis management

ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

Member of the Brussels Bar
Member of the Board of Directors of the European Law Academy (ERA)
Member of the Food Lawyers Network Worldwide
Member of the European Food Law Association (EFLA)
Member of the Compliance Pro register
Member of the Marketing and Advertising Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Belgian correspondent of the European Food and Feed Law Review (Lexxion)
Formerly assistant at the Free University of Brussels, Roman and Civil Law (2005-2010)

EDUCATION

Certificate in International Food Law (EU Food Law), Michigan State University, USA (2011)
Law Degree, ULB (2004)

RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS

Books

Mahy, A., Dealing with food law in Europe – A practical approach, including a Belgian perspective, Brussels, Bruylant (Larcier), February 2023 (582 pages).
Mahy, A., Droit alimentaire – Approche pragmatique de la réglementation belge et européenne, Brussels, Larcier, collection “Droit actuel”, 2022 (592 pages).
“Quantitative Indication of Ingredients”, in Regulation 1169/2011 Food Information for Consumers – a short expert commentary!, meyer.rechtsanwalts GmbH, Sept. 2019
“European Food Labelling Laws, Cases and Health Claims”, with N. Conte-Salinas, in International food Law & Policy, (eds. G. Steier et K. Patel), Springer, 2017
« L’émergence de l’action en réparation collective : vers un nouveau risque (pour le secteur) alimentaire ? », with C. Verdure, in J. Englebert and J-L Fagnart, L’Action en réparation collective, Anthemis, Limal, Dec. 2015, pp. 223-239.
« Actualités en droit alimentaire », collective book under the direction of E. Van Nieuwenhuyze and C. Verdure, Anthemis, Limal, Dec. 2014, 250 p.
Managing Editor of “Advertising food in Europe – A comparative law analysis”, Lexxion Legal Publisher, Brussels, Berlin, 2014 (426 p.)

Articles

Mahy, A. , & Delbaere, F., Belgium ∙ Recently Adopted Belgian Guidelines on the Use of Environmental Claims, European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 17, Issue 4 (2022), pp. 331 – 333
Mahy A., « Loi du 28 novembre 2021 : une protection renforcée pour les fournisseurs de denrées alimentaires », Doctrine, in Journal des Tribunaux, 2022/13, n° 6893
A. Mahy et al., “The Response of the EU Agri-Food Chain to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Chronicles from the EU and Selected Member States”, in European Food and Feed Law Review, 2020, Vol. 15, No 4, pp. 336-356
« Arrêt « Vignoble Psagot » : une mention obligatoire peut-elle être trompeuse ? », avec R. Spangenberg, in Journal de droit européen, 2020/4, pp. 169-172
« Belgian Circular Clarifies the Use of Ingredients in the ‘Clean Label’ Trend”, with A. Servé, in European Food and Feed Law Review, 1/2020, (vol. 15), pp. 59-61
« Arrêt « Altic » : non-respect de la législation en matière de droit alimentaire et droit à déduction T.V.A »., with Y. Spiegl, in Journal de droit européen, 2020/1, p. 18
« Arrêt « OABA » : l’abattage des animaux à l’épreuve du label bio », with R. Spangenberg, in Journal de droit européen, 2019/7, p. 294
“May contain: New developments in Belgium for allergen precaution labelling”, in European Food and Feed Law Review, 4/2019, (vol. 14), pp. 371-379
« Peut contenir… » : Du neuf en Belgique en matière d’étiquetage de précaution sur l’allergène », in Food Law and Science, Die Keure, 2019/3, pp. 136-147
“Recent Developments in Belgium: Food Supplements, Use of the Term ‘Artisanal’ and Reference Doses for Allergens”, with A. Sanak, in European Food and Feed Law Review, 1/2018 (Vol.13), pp. 44-48

Conferences and seminars

19 May 2022: “EU legislative, policy and case law update” (panel moderator), Annual Conference on EU Law in the Food Sector 2022, Academy of European Law (ERA), Brussels
May 2022: Actualité en droit alimentaire: avez-vous tout suivi?, Breakfast at Stefany’s, DALDEWOLF (webinar)
Feb. 2021: Latest developments on origin labelling, BSFO Legal (online)
Oct. 2020: Chair of the Annual Conference on EU Law in the Food Sector 2020, ERA (online)
July 2020: “Sustainable nutrition food labels and claims: What’s next with the F2F?” – live talk, hosted by Competere.eu (https://www.competere.eu/food-labels-farm-to-fork/)
April 2020: Breakfast at Stefany’s DALDEWOLF, “Trade secrets in the food sector’, with V. de le Court (webinar)
March 2020 : Breakfast at Stefany’s DALDEWOLF, “Actualités en matière de publicité pour les denrées alimentaires » (webinar)
Nov. 2019: ICC – “When food Law Meets Customs”, Dusseldorf (Germany)
Nov. 2019 : Alimento, “Formation additifs alimentaires”, Charleroi
Sept. 2019: DALDEWOLF & Food Security asbl, “Food Crisis: How to react? Legal issues and Beyond”, one-day seminar, Brussels
April 2019: ERA Annual Conference in food law, “Latest development of the FIC – FoP schemes”, Brussels

Aude Mahy

Avocate - Advocaat, Partner, Co-Managing Partner

Economic Law
Food & Beverage

French, Dutch, English, Spanish

t: + 32 2 627 10 35

m: + 32 476 94 09 52

email: ama@daldewolf.com

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