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Mr Olivier Prost
Work Department
Competition/International Trade
Position
Olivier Prost has been a partner at Gide’s Brussels office since 2002. He is admitted to the Paris Bar (1993) and the Brussels Bar (1994). In 2008, he was appointed as a French foreign trade advisor (Europe section).
Olivier started the international trade law and WTO litigation practice at Gide. He advises companies and governments in the use of trade defense instruments (anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard measures). He is also very active in several areas which are becoming increasingly important to international trade due to the impact of globalization: market access and regulatory barriers, tax discrimination, health and environment, energy, trade secret and export control.
He intervenes also in the formulation, interpretation and implementation of EU laws in several industries regularly affected by trade laws, including in European and international litigation.
Career
Gide Loyrette Nouel associate (since 1995)
Gide Loyrette Nouel partner (since 2002)
Languages
French and English
Education
Postgraduate degree (DEA) in Community law, University of Paris I Panthéon and Rennes I, France (1989)
Admitted to the Paris Bar (1993)
Associated member of the Brussels Bar (E list) (since 1994)
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Competition: EU and global
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I‘s deep partner bench ensures that the gamut of relevant issues can be expertly handled. Benoît Le Bret take the lead on state aid work, while Stéphane Hautbourg has considerable expertise in the merger control field. Laurent Godfroid and Romain Rard are noted for their particular focus on French competition law issues. Ségolène Pelsy ‘provides commercial and actionable advice‘. Olivier Prost
operates predominantly at the intersection with international trade law.
Belgium > Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
(Hall of Fame)The ‘very experienced lawyers’ at Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I are instructed by major companies and trade associations in connection with the EU’s trade remedy measures, with the team both advising on trade compliance and representing clients in anti-dumping and anti-subsidy complaints and investigations before the European Commission. Export controls are a key areas of focus for the practice, which is particularly noted for its ability to advise on company’s trade relations with China and compliance with the EU’s sanctions on Russia. Practice head Olivier Prost is a longstanding expert on trade defence matters. Anna Claudia Coelho Dias departed the firm in July 2023, while senior counsel Wolfgang Müller joined from an in-house role at the European Commission.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame Belgium > Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
- Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping Belgium
- Competition: EU and global Belgium