In Conversation
Wagner shares how the Counsel team at Impossible Foods is supporting the company in its mission to create a scalable and sustainable food supply with plant-based alternatives to meat products.
I have four teams in my organisation. One is the legal team – the lawyers, paralegals and individuals who do the strictly legal work. We also have a government relations team, a regulatory affairs team, and a team called environmental health and safety. There is a lot of overlap among those functions and we call ourselves collectively the Counsel team because we’re all involved in providing counsel advice and advocacy for the company.
Part of what we do is help the company to navigate the regulations that govern the food supply and the presentation and marketing of foods to the public, both in the US and internationally. Because we are creating novel products with science, we need to think about IP on a regular basis and think about protecting that in a responsible way. And, as we grow, we enter into heavily negotiated business partnerships, and we do a lot of work to support international expansion.
