WTO
Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Rising stars
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Baker McKenzie LLP
An Associate in Baker McKenzie's Geneva office, Claude Chase is an international trade lawyer with over a decade of experience in WTO law and dispute settlement. Claude has extensive experience advising sovereign and private sector clients on how to leverage WTO rules and dispute settlement procedures to achieve their international trade objectives. Claude previously served as a Dispute Settlement Lawyer at the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat, where he provided legal advice and assistance to adjudicators of the Appellate Body in the context of appeals before the WTO dispute settlement system. Claude's practice focuses on WTO law and litigation. He advises clients on the full spectrum of matters regulated under WTO treaties, and appears before WTO adjudicators in disputes between WTO member States.
Van Bael & Bellis
Associate Tetyana Payosova practises international trade law, with a particular emphasis on WTO law.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Baker McKenzie LLP
Pablo M. Bentes is a partner in Baker McKenzie Geneva, where he heads the global WTO disputes practice of the Firm. Pablo focuses on representing WTO Members before the WTO Dispute Settlement Body and assists private clients and trade associations on how to leverage WTO disciplines to resolve trade disputes. Pablo is one of very few practitioners in the world to have successfully represented WTO Members in all stages in WTO dispute settlement proceedings, serving as lead counsel in oral pleadings before WTO panels and the Appellate Body. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Pablo was managing director at a leading law firm in Washington DC and a Legal Officer in the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO. While working at the Appellate Body Secretariat, Pablo advised on some of the largest and most complex appeals giving rise to the leading case law in areas such as import restrictions, subsidies, trade remedies, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, among others. Pablo was featured as "Next Generation Lawyer – Dispute Resolution: International Trade" in Legal 500 US for three years in a row. Law360 has repeatedly named him a "Rising Star." He is a welcomed speaker at international podiums and publishes regularly in professional journals and international media. Pablo advises sovereign states and private clients in every stage of complex WTO disputes dealing with the inter-section between economic and non-economic objectives. He frequently appears on behalf of WTO members in oral pleadings before WTO panels and the Appellate Body.
Van Bael & Bellis
Partner Clotilde du Parc specialises in international trade law, with a particular emphasis on WTO law and EU customs law.WTO Clotilde's practice is primarily focused on WTO dispute settlement proceedings, in which she counsels and assists governments. Her assistance covers all stages of the proceedings from the consultations to the panel and appellate body stages in original and compliance proceedings, as well as retaliation proceedings. She has assisted clients in a large number of WTO disputes involving a broad range of different substantive areas, including trade in goods, anti-dumping, safeguards, technical barriers to trade, agriculture and subsidies.Clotilde regularly advises clients on the compatibility of WTO Members’ rules and practice under WTO agreements and on issues relating to bilateral and regional trade agreements. Clotilde also closely monitors the negotiations that are taking place in the framework of the Doha round, enabling her to provide tailor-made assistance to clients concerned with these negotiations. EU customs Clotilde advises clients on issues concerning EU customs classification, customs valuation and rules of origin.She regularly gives seminars on WTO law and customs law.
Leading individuals
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Akin
Jasper Helder’s practice focuses on international trade and corporate compliance matters addressing economic sanctions, export controls, customs, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering. He also advises on other aspects of trade regulation, including customs matters, trade remedies, free trade agreements and rules of origin. Jasper frequently assists U.S. clients with their EU compliance issues, advising a range of multinationals on EU and U.N. sanctions compliance for countries such as Iran, Russia, Crimea, Venezuela, North Korea etc. and on the interaction between those restrictions and U.S. sanctions. Additionally, he provides advice on the interaction between EU and U.S. export control rules, including International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Jasper’s practice further comprises EU customs compliance, in particular, customs classification, including Binding Tariff Information, and customs valuation and transfer pricing. To learn more about Mr. Helder, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/jasper-helder.html
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Chiara Klaui is known for her pragmatic and to the point advice on EU trade compliance matters addressing anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, customs, export controls, foreign direct investment as well as economic sanctions. She provides compliance trainings, conducts internal investigations, assists with voluntary self-disclosures, and develops internal compliance programs for clients in the aviation, commodities, cyber-surveillance, defense, industrial, investment funds, IT, leisure, offshore, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, and shipping sector. To learn more about Ms. Klaui, please visit her full profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/chiara-klaui.html
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Alan Yanovich advises foreign governments and multinational corporations on litigation of disputes before the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international dispute-resolution bodies; on international business and policy issues; and on legislation, regulation and interagency policy formation. To learn more about Mr. Yanovich, please visit his full profile: http://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/alan-yanovich.html