Bird & Bird
Bird & Bird assists industrial manufacturers as well as large multinationals in the TMT sector with a wide range of trade compliance matters, with a particular focus on providing due diligence advice in the context of EU customs and sanctions regimes. Guided by the expertise of competition expert Hein Hobbelen, the team also regularly acts for trade associations as complainants in anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations before the European Commission. Hobbelen co-heads the practice with Hague-based lawyer Brian Mulier, a trade and tax compliance expert who is noted for his advice on export controls.
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Key clients
- European Thermal Paper Association
- Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj
- Ricoh Industry France SAS
- Felix Schoeller Holding GmbH & Co. KG
- Malta Decor Sp. z o.o.
Work highlights
- Represented the European Thermal Paper Association before the European Commission in an investigation regarding heavyweight thermal paper imports from South Korea, as well as in an action for annulment brought before the General Court and in the appeal against the General Court’s judgment before the EU Court of Justice.
- Acted for Ahlstrom-Munksjö in the European Commission's suspension review of anti-dumping duties on polyvinyl alcohol imports from China.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Hein Hobbelen, Brian Mulier