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V V G B Advocaten-Avocats Offices
PLACE DES BARRICADES 13
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium
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Dr Joris Cornelis
Work Department
International and EU trade law
Position
Partner
Career
Joris specialises in international trade law, general EU and WTO law, customs law and sanctions. He has worked extensively and has in depth expertise in the area of anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguards, having successfully represented companies and governments in more than 100 anti-dumping and countervailing duty proceedings started by the EU, India, Argentina, Brazil and Russia including landmark cases such as Biodiesel, Solar Panels, Tyres for Buses and Lorries, OCTG pipes, WWAN Modems, Herbicides, HRF and PTA.
Joris has been involved in approximately 20 EU Court and WTO dispute settlement proceedings. In recent years, he has successfully represented Kuiburi Fruit Canning Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Xinanchem, PT Ecogreen Oleochemicals, PT Ciliandra Perkasa, PT Pelita Agung Agrindustri and Changmao Biochemical Engineering Co., Ltd. in EU Court proceedings.
In the field of WTO dispute settlement, Joris was co-counsel for Indonesia in EU – Biodiesel (Indonesia) and for Ukraine in Ukraine — Ammonium Nitrate (Russia). He is involved in the WTO proceedings concerning in China — AD/CVD on Wine (Australia).
Joris is co-editor (together with Folkert Graafsma) of the yearly “International Trade Law Review” (published by Law Business Research) and has authored a number of articles on EU trade law.
Joris is listed by Chambers, Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal and has been listed as a “Rising Star” in the Legal Media Group’s Rising Stars Guide since 2015. Joris has been praised for his “impressive skills” and “amasses endorsements from respondents with his stellar practice covering anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguards matters” in Who’s Who Legal 2022. The 2023 edition of Chambers described Joris as “a very committed lawyer [who] likes to think things through and in depth.”
Languages
English, Dutch and French
Memberships
Brussels Bar (A- List)
Co-editor (together with Folkert Graafsma) of the yearly “International Trade Law Review” (published by Law Business Research)
Author of a number of articles on EU trade law
Education
S.J.D., The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR (2005)
LL.M. in International Business Law, Kyushu University, Japan (2001)
Master of Laws, KU Leuven, Belgium (2000)
Bachelor of Laws, KU Leuven, Belgium (1997)
Personal
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Leisure
Football (active and passive); running
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
(Next Generation Partners)V V G B Advocaten-Avocats
‘ practice excels at handling contentious trade defence cases, acting in high-profile WTO disputes as well as in EU anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations for a client roster that comprises governments and large multinationals. In addition to regularly acting on customs matters for its clients, the team’s international arbitration expertise equips it to represent clients in their attempts to challenge and terminate safeguard measures and anti-dumping duties on an EU and third country level Increasingly, subsidies expert Edwin Vermulst
also advises clients in connection with EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Vermulst co-leads the practice with anti-dumping expert Folkert Graafsma, who is a key contact for WTO cases. Further key contacts in the team include Joris Cornelis, whose practice spans the breadth of international trade law, and customs and anti-dumping expert Juhi Dion Sud.
Lawyer Rankings
- Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping Belgium
- Next Generation Partners Belgium > Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping