Rosa Oyarzabal

Associate, Covington & Burling, Brussels

Rosa Oyarzabal Arigita is an associate in the Life Sciences team. She assists clients across a range of regulatory, legal and procedural matters in the pharmaceutical and food sectors, and her practice focuses on EU and Spanish regulatory advice.

Rosa has significant experience in the EU food and advertising rules, including green claims, and regularly advises clients in the plant-based sector on these topics. As part of her practice, Rosa also assists clients with the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and the access and benefit sharing rules of a number of jurisdictions. Rosa closely follows other biodiversity legislation, such as CITES or the upcoming EU Deforestation Regulation. As part of the ESG practice, Rosa has also assisted clients in CSRD and CS3D matters, including on scope, timeline, and implementation at national level.

Rosa has assisted in multiple litigations in front of the European Court of Justice, including as part of pro bono efforts. For example, Rosa plead in front of the Court of Justice for case C-356/21, concerning the rights of LGBTQIA+ self-employed persons to not be discriminated against when contracting with another party and during the performance of their activities.