Legal and Technical Advice on Chemicals – with International Expertise

Where Law Meets Compliance
Your law firm for chemical law, dangerous goods, and global supply chains.

Do you manufacture, distribute, import or export chemical products or hazardous substances?
As a lawyer andcertified dangerous goods safety adviser, I support you – together with an interdisciplinary team – in bringing your products to market safely, legally and efficiently: in Germany, the EU and worldwide.

We combine legal expertise with product knowledge and extensive experience. As Jakob Law Firm, we support your project from initial concept to successful market launch.

Of course, we also assist with individual project phases – such as contract drafting, import/export processes, REACH registrations, GHS labelling or dangerous goods compliance – and, where needed, with custom software solutions.

Our Services – For Complex Chemical Compliance Projects

Product Approval & Market Requirements for Chemicals

• Advice on REACH, CLP, Biocidal Products Regulation, German Chemicals Prohibition Ordinance
• Drafting and review of safety data sheets (SDS) and GHS-compliant labelling
• Support with product safety, traceability and recall procedures
• Market access strategies for international manufacturers and distributors
• Assistance with classification, packaging and labelling of hazardous substances

Contract Law & Chemical Trade

• Drafting and review of supply, distributor and agency agreements
• Integration of Incoterms®, export liability clauses and force majeure provisions
• Contracts with intermediaries, authorised representatives and logistics providers
• Risk mitigation through product liability clauses, recall agreements and warranties
• NDAs for formulations and R&D activities

Customs Law & Export Control for Chemicals

• Customs classification, rules of origin and import procedures
• Assessment of export control obligations and sanctions list screening
• Support with BAFA licences, dual-use goods and embargo regulations
• Assistance with international audits and regulatory inspections
• Classification and documentation of export-relevant hazardous substances
• In-house training on REACH, dangerous goods and export compliance

Dangerous Goods Law & Chemical Transport

• Advice from certified dangerous goods safety advisers (ADR, RID, IMDG, IATA-DGR)
• Classification of substances into dangerous goods classes including packaging regulations
• Support with transport documents, labelling and loading instructions
• Assistance with internal dangerous goods procedures
• Ensuring legally compliant transport of hazardous substances worldwide

In collaboration with highly specialised interdisciplinary partners—including engineers, technicians, software developers, compliance managers, chemists, and expert translators from our network—our legal expertise can be efficiently integrated into other areas when required. This includes, for example, software development, technical assessments, technical documentation, and compliance management.

Compliance & Supply Chain Due Diligence

• Implementation of compliance management systems (CMS)
• Risk assessment and supply chain monitoring
• Compliance with the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)
• Data protection and IT law for technical product data

Software Development & Regulatory Tech for Chemicals

• Development of compliance tools (e.g. SDS generators, dangerous goods checkers, REACH modules)
• Interfaces with customs portals, supplier databases and documentation systems
• Tools for labelling, export control, substance tracking and risk management
• Digital solutions for dangerous goods labelling and transport documentation
• Version control and automated creation of multilingual labels and documents

Technical Documentation & Translations

• Advice on labels, safety data sheets and product documentation
• Drafting and review of multilingual technical texts and instructions for use
• Coordination of qualified specialist translations for global markets
• Ensuring linguistically and legally accurate labels and accompanying documents

Why Work with Us?

• Specialised in dangerous goods and international trade law
• Legal advice and certified dangerous goods expertise in one
• International experience with regulatory authorities and compliance programmes

Our Law Firm App: Legal Expertise – Clear, Concise and Industry-Focused
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With our exclusive law firm app, you gain access to clearly presented explainer videos, podcasts, and regularly updated features covering recent court decisions, legislative changes and new regulations – all specifically tailored to the needs of the chemical sector.