Van Bael & Bellis‘ team is composed of a large roster of trade and customs experts who are very well-regarded for their ability to handle a wide range of contentious cross-border trade defence cases. The team is very active in WTO work, acting for national governments in a number of disputes surrounding anti-dumping, customs, and tariff measures. It also regularly represents multinational clients in the industrials sector in EU anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and anti-absorption investigations alongside measure expiry reviews and trade remedy challenges before the EU courts. Practice head Philippe De Baere is instructed to advise on a growing number of ESG and supply chain compliance matters as well as on questions surrounding EU sanctions and export controls. Further key contacts in the team include trade defence experts Fabrizio Di Gianni and Richard Luff, customs expert Pablo Muñiz, as well as Yuriy Rudyuk and Isabelle Van Damme.
Testimonials
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‘VBB offers a unique combination of flexibility and unmatched expertise on Trade, WTO and anti-dumping issues. Practice leaders as well as the team provides a top-notch service and advise catering for every need a client or working partners (as Government officials) may require.’
‘Business oriented and savvy. Understand every single aspect of a trade related matter. Leadership.Insightful. Collaborative and helpful.’
Key clients
- AGP Glass
- Canon Europa NV
Work highlights
- Represented Vitol in court proceedings in Belgium and the Netherlands concerning a claim for the reimbursement of anti-dumping duties paid on imports of biodiesel from Argentina.
- Advised the Government of Indonesia in a WTO dispute settlement proceeding concerning certain measures imposed by the EU and its Member States in the framework of its renewable energy directives limiting the use of palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels.