Belgium

Sebastián Romero Melchor

Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in Spain, on October 20, 1971, he earned a Law degree at the UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO in 1994 and a Masters degree (LL M) in EU Law at the COLLEGE OF EUROPE, in Bruges in 1998.

Sebastián Romero Melchor is the founder and Managing Partner of Brussels-based firm FOOD LAW CONSULTANTS, one of the leading food law firms in the EU. In this position, he has developed a major expertise in the provision of legal and regulatory services in a wide array of areas relating to the marketing, the advertizing and the composition of innovative foodstuffs imported or marketed in the EU. Prior to setting up his own firm, Sebastián Romero Melchor has practiced as a lawyer in top-tier law firms and in the European Commission. He is the founder of the food law journal Revista de Derecho Alimentario and the European Food and Feed Law Review’s country correspondent for Spain.

He is visiting professor at the BALEARIC ISLANDS UNIVERSITY, Spain, the president of the Spanish Food Law Association, a member of the European Food Law Association and of the Latin American Food Law Association and a regular speaker in Spanish and EU food law conferences throughout the world.

Languages: English, French, Italian and Spanish.