Owing to its skill and strong track-record in complex anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases, the trade and customs team at Bird & Bird is a long-term partner to leading industry associations and industrial clients. Practice head Hein Hobbelen brings longstanding experience in competition and trade matters and is a key contact on trade defence cases, assisting clients in the paper and chemicals segments with anti-dumping measures and investigations.

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Key clients

  • European Thermal Paper Association
  • Koehler Paper SE
  • Munksjö AB
  • Felix Schoeller GmbH & Co
  • Malta Decor sp z.o.o

Work highlights

  • Represented the European Thermal Paper Association in three distinct procedures before the Court of Justice of the European Union, regarding the anti-dumping duties levied on thermal paper.
  • Representing decor paper producers Koehler Paper, Felix Schoeller, Munksjö and Malta Decor in the context of an anti-dumping investigation targeting decor paper imports from China.
  • Representing titanium dioxide users Munksjö and Felix Schoeller in the context of an anti-dumping investigation into alleged dumped imports of TiO2 from China.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Hein Hobbelen