Trade Remedies, Economic Sanctions, Customs, WTO Disputes

Partner - Eva Monard's practice focuses on EU trade and customs law, WTO disputes, trade remedies such as anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations, EU sanctions and trade controls, and EU internal market law. Eva represents international companies, associations, and governments. She represents clients before EU institutions, including the European Commission, and before customs authorities of various EU Member States. Eva has extensive experience in litigating trade and internal market cases before the EU courts.

In the trade remedy area, she has assisted clients in more than 80 anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and safeguard investigations in various jurisdictions, and has obtained annulments of trade remedies imposed on imports. She also advises clients on their obligations under EU export controls laws and sanctions by preparing compliance policies and by conducting due diligence of proposed transactions to ensure that clients meet their obligations as to EU trade controls (e.g., in relation to military or dual-use items) and sanctions.

Eva advises clients on EU customs law, on issues such as classification, origin and valuation. She has guided several companies through pan-European customs investigations.

Eva assists governments at all stages of World Trade Organization dispute settlement proceedings, before panels and the Appellate Body. She also advises clients on the compatibility of national legislation with WTO trade laws and free trade agreements.

M.L., Catholic University of Leuven, magna cum laude