Brian Sylvester

Practice Areas

Business Litigation

Consumer Products & Services Litigation

Life Sciences & Healthcare

Food & Beverage

Advertising, Marketing & Promotions

Retail & Consumer Products

Cannabis Law

Food, Supplement & Consumer Packaged Goods Litigation: Proposition 65

Career

Brian P. Sylvester, a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, focuses his practice on regulatory matters before the USDA, FDA, and analogous state regulatory bodies. He is a leading authority on food tech regulation in particular, and serves as a trusted advisor to global brands, startups, life science companies, investors, and trade associations.

Brian’s regulatory practice spans new product development, labeling, and advertising, audits and investigations, recalls and crisis management, and enforcement actions. He also has deep knowledge in import and export, due diligence, consumer litigation, comment preparation, and public policy advocacy at the federal and state levels.

In the area of food tech, Brian is a known leader in developing and executing successful regulatory strategies to commercialize alternative proteins and other innovations such as molecular farming, precision fermentation and cultivated meat technology, among others. He draws on his tenure as a former regulator at USDA to counsel clients on strategic considerations around engagement with and advocacy before USDA and FDA on numerous complex issues, including those of first impression.

Brian is a prolific author and frequent speaker at industry-leading events in the United States, the European Union, Israel, and Asia. He is regularly called upon to offer insights on trending legal issues by preeminent industry and global publications.