White & Case LLP serves as the trusted advisor of a number of major companies and trade associations, with a particular focus on the steel industry, and focuses on acting in trade defence and WTO investigations and disputes. The team is very active in advising on the maintenance and enforcement of anti-dumping duties, while also handling matters related totrade safeguards and remedies for clients in their capacity as materials exporters. Trade compliance is a further area of expertise for the team, which is regularly instructed to advise on sanctions, supply chain, and customs matters. A consortium of lawyers leads the practice: James Killick handles trade defence and anti-dumping matters, Geneva-based Jasper Wauters is a key contact for WTO work, and Genevra Forwood and Sara Nordin are experts on sanctions and export controls.
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‘I really appreciate W&C's team knowledge, client relationship, solution-oriented mindset, network and market knowledge. ’
‘The team has an outstanding knowledge of WTO law. They are not only excellent lawyers, but also economic and political advisors able to provide insight on international negotiations and activities necessary to build our advocacy strategy. They have a deep knowledge of our company and the internal way of working. They are a reference point for WTO law around the world and in particular in the Middle East. ’
‘W&C is highly specialised, reliable, competent, and available.’
‘Genevra Forwood is one of the very best partners practising trade law across Europe. She has a profound knowledge of the industry and her own practice and has the capacity to integrate herself in a very effective way into the business dynamics. ’
‘A great team of worldwide significance.’
‘Genevra Forwood is brilliant, very committed and trustworthy.’
Key clients
- EUROFER
- Saudi Aramco
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
- Moroccan agricultural association
- Moroccan fisheries association
- Japan Business Council in Europe
Work highlights
- Successfully represented Eurofer, the European Steel Association with 39 members in 22 countries, in an anti-dumping case against imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Turkey.
- Acted for the Moroccan agricultural association and the Moroccan fisheries association in the ‘Western Sahara’ litigation before the Court of Justice of the European Union, concerning challenges brought to EU-Morocco trade agreements under public international law principles.
- Advised Saudi Aramco on a wide variety of trade policy issues and trade disputes across all jurisdictions.
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James Killick, Genevra Forwood, Sara Nordin, Jasper Wauters