Mr Alan Yanovich > Akin > Geneva, Switzerland > Lawyer Profile
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54 QUAI GUSTAVE ADOR
1207 GENEVA
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Mr Alan Yanovich
Work Department
Partner; International Trade
Position
Alan Yanovich advises foreign governments and multinational corporations on litigation of disputes before the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international dispute-resolution bodies; on international business and policy issues; and on legislation, regulation and interagency policy formation.
To learn more about Mr. Yanovich, please visit his full profile: http://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/alan-yanovich.html
Career
Before joining Akin, he spent 12 years at the WTO Appellate Body, the WTO’s highest tribunal. Between 1997 and 2001, Mr. Yanovich was a legal advisor at the General Secretariat of the Andean Community, and, prior to that, he served as a Colombian Government Trade Bureau commercial secretary.
Languages
Spanish and English
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1996; B.A., Georgetown University, 1993
Lawyer Rankings
Switzerland > WTO
(Leading individuals)Akin regularly provide advice to governments and private sector clients on leveraging WTO rules to overcome market access barriers as well as providing support in designing frameworks that are WTO-compliant. The team not only handles WTO dispute settlement and trade policy and trade negotiations, but also has expertise in trade remedies, trade compliance, and national security and investment screening, Alan Yanovich, who heads the practice, is an ‘experienced lawyer’ with extensive knowledge of international trade and investment matters at the multilateral, regional, and bilateral levels. Jasper Helder’s clients rely on him to assist with developing and executing mitigation strategies for trade compliance. Other key team members include Stephen Kho, who handles matters related to trade policy and international dispute resolution, and Chiara Klaui, who advises clients on EU, Swiss and UK trade compliance and drafts and supports the implementation of policies and procedures.