Edward Borovikov > Dentons > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
RUE DE LA RÉGENCE 58
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium

Work Department

Customs, Trade, WTO And Anti-Dumping

Position

Managing Partner

Career

Edward Borovikov is Belgium Managing Partner. Before opening the Brussels office of Salans (Dentons) in 2010, Edward was a partner with other prominent international law firms in Brussels. Prior to that, he served as a senior trade diplomat.

Edward is recognised as one of the leading international trade lawyers in Europe and worldwide with substantial experience in issues of global trade and investment, cross-border commercial regulations and international trade policy. He has in-depth experience with WTO, EU and Eurasian Economic Union trade (EAEU) and competition laws and practice, trade policy and international trade and investment negotiations, including those on trade liberalisation and WTO accession. Edward’s authoritative counsel to clients on issues of international trade, as well as competition law, reflects a valuable combination of legal skill and knowledge, broad economic understanding and well-informed diplomatic insight.

Edward represents many major exporters and advises national governments with a special focus on trade policy and negotiations, trade defence investigations, competition aspects of trade restricting measures, trade and integration agreements, market access and various WTO issues, including disputes, as well as sanctions and export control.

Languages

English, French, Italian, Russian

Education

Academic University of Law, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001, Qualified Lawyer
Moscow State University, 1991, Economist, Professor of Political Economy

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping

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International institutions, trade associations, and industrial producers rely on Dentons‘ trade expertise, with the team being especially well-disposed to act in WTO disputes surrounding Eurasian trade as well as litigation matters before EU courts in connection with anti-dumping, customs, and other trade remedy measures. The team is also active on trade compliance matters, providing due diligence advice in connection with EU sanctions and ESG-related supply chain matters. Practice head Edward Borovikov is well-versed in trade and competition law, while Xiaoyi Tang is a key contact for issues surrounding cross-border transactions. Sanctions specialists Nicoleta Tuominen and Laurens Engelen are further names to note, as is WTO expert Maria Krestiyanova.