Keller and Heckman

Name

Keller and Heckman

Legal name

Keller and Heckman LLP

Website

https://khlaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Keller and Heckman is an international regulatory law firm founded in 1962 that combines attorneys with in-house scientific staff to serve food, chemicals, tobacco, pharmaceutical, and consumer-products clients across offices in Washington DC, Brussels, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Boulder.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Traditional law firm providing regulatory law, public policy, and litigation services to global companies and trade associations
2. Seminars and Continuing Education: The firm hosts educational seminars including the Annual Food Packaging Law Seminar, Advanced Pesticides Seminar, TSCA Basics and Beyond, and E-Vapor/Nicotine/Tobacco Law Symposium with registration fees
3. Food Contact Materials Services: Preparation of petitions, opinion letters, and regulatory submissions for food packaging materials approvals in various jurisdictions

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Keller and Heckman is an internationally renowned law firm providing regulatory law, public policy, and litigation services to global companies and trade associations. The firm serves industries including food and food additives, plastics, pesticides, industrial and specialty chemicals, consumer products, drugs and medical devices, transportation, and communications and technology. It is distinguished by an interdisciplinary approach that pairs attorneys with an in-house scientific staff (chemists, toxicologists, engineers) on matters of technical complexity.

Product overview

Keller and Heckman is a law firm offering legal and regulatory services with an interdisciplinary approach combining attorneys and in-house scientific staff. The firm's service portfolio consists of practice-area legal services across food and drug, chemicals, packaging, tobacco, privacy, and other regulatory domains; proprietary content platforms including seven specialized blogs/podcasts (Food & Chemicals Unpacked, Continuum of Risk, The Daily Intake, Tomorrow's Food and Feed, Consumer Protection Connection, Beyond Telecom Law Blog, and Packaginglaw.com); professional webinar series (TSCA 30/30, REACH 30/30); and in-person seminar events (Annual Food Packaging Law Seminar, E-Vapor/Nicotine/Tobacco Law Symposium, Advanced Pesticides Seminar, Navigating TSCA: Basics and Beyond). The firm also developed DeFine, a GDPR fine calculation tool.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Food & Chemicals Unpacked: Podcast hosted by Partners Mark Thompson and Katie Skaggs covering legal and scientific issues surrounding food, chemical, packaging, and consumer product industries.
• Continuum of Risk
• Consumer Protection Connection
• Beyond Telecom Law Blog
• The Daily Intake
• Tomorrow's Food and Feed
• Packaginglaw.com

Products and services

• E-Vapor, Nicotine, and Tobacco Law Symposium Annual two-day comprehensive seminar designed to provide in-depth knowledge on legal, regulatory, and scientific issues essential for tobacco, nicotine, and CBD/hemp product manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and retailers.
• Annual Food Packaging Law Seminar Comprehensive overview of food packaging regulations in the U.S. and abroad, covering basics on EU and U.S. food-contact legislation and global regulations.
• Navigating TSCA: Basics and Beyond Event covering key fundamentals and advanced topics on TSCA compliance for legal professionals, regulatory experts, and scientists.
• Advanced Pesticides Seminar Program covering sophisticated regulatory issues including pesticide advertising, EPA enforcement, FIFRA matters, PFAS issues, and compliance strategies for legal professionals and scientists.
• TSCA 30/30 Webinar Series

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Mackrell InternationalcoreOthers · 1 January 2026Global network of over 90 international law firms. Azim Chowdhury serves as Washington, DC Delegate and Chair of the Next Generation group. Provides Keller and Heckman attorneys and clients with access to legal representation in all major world markets.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. Bergeson & Campbell is a boutique law firm focused on chemical product regulation, TSCA, FIFRA, REACH, and related environmental and product-compliance matters. It is highly comparable to Keller and Heckman's chemicals, pesticides, and regulatory compliance practices.
• Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. Hyman, Phelps & McNamara is a Washington, DC regulatory law boutique focused on FDA-regulated products including drugs, devices, food, dietary supplements, and tobacco. It is a close peer for Keller and Heckman's FDA, food, drug, and tobacco regulatory work.
• OFW Law: OFW Law is a regulatory and government-relations law firm serving food, agriculture, FDA, USDA, and related life sciences clients. It is comparable to Keller and Heckman's food, food packaging, and agency-facing regulatory practices.
• Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. Beveridge & Diamond is an environmental and regulatory law firm with work across chemicals, pesticides, product stewardship, PFAS, and environmental compliance. It overlaps with Keller and Heckman's EPA, chemical control, and highly technical regulatory counseling areas.

Broad incumbents

• Covington & Burling LLP: Covington is a global law firm with major FDA, life sciences, food and beverage, consumer protection, privacy, and regulatory litigation capabilities. It is comparable as a broader incumbent serving many of the same regulated enterprise clients as Keller and Heckman.
• Hogan Lovells: Hogan Lovells is a global law firm with extensive life sciences, FDA, product safety, chemicals, privacy, and regulatory practices. It is a broader incumbent peer because it offers overlapping regulatory counsel through a much larger international platform.
• Arnold & Porter: Arnold & Porter has strong FDA, life sciences, environmental, consumer product, and regulatory litigation practices. It is comparable as a large law-firm competitor for complex agency-facing and regulated-industry matters.
• Crowell & Moring LLP: Crowell & Moring is a global law firm with regulatory, litigation, government affairs, advertising, privacy, and food and beverage capabilities. It is comparable because it serves enterprise clients facing regulatory and public-policy issues that overlap with Keller and Heckman's practices.
• Sidley Austin LLP: Sidley Austin is a large international law firm with life sciences, FDA, healthcare, privacy, and regulatory litigation practices. It is a broader incumbent peer for high-stakes regulatory and litigation work with regulated enterprise clients.
• Wiley Rein LLP: Wiley is a Washington, DC law firm known for communications, technology, privacy, consumer protection, government regulation, and litigation work. It is comparable for Keller and Heckman's communications, technology, advertising, and regulatory-policy practices.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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