• With two illustrious, long-standing partners, Edwin VERMULST and Folkert GRAAFSMA, and two up-and-coming, next generation partners, Juhi DION SUD and Joris CORNELIS, the firm has an unparalleled reputation among its clients and peers.

• VVGB is one of the few firms that combines the full spectrum of international trade law experience and has represented clients (including Fortune 500 companies, leading multinationals and governments) in well over 250 anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard investigations. This includes representing clients before EU Courts in over 50 proceedings and representing clients in front of the customs authorities and local courts of several EU Member States concerning a wide variety of customs and trade issues.

• VVGB also assists clients in third country trade defence cases; most recently, in the United Kingdom, Thailand, South Africa, Brazil, Colombia, India, Canada, the United States, China, Egypt and the Eurasian Economic Union.

• VVGB has extensive experience in the field of WTO litigation. V V G B represented the Indonesian Government in the Indonesian (and Argentine) WTO challenges against the so-called cost adjustment methodology used by the EU in the EU anti-dumping proceedings against Biodiesel from Indonesia (and Argentina). The firm has handled several other WTO cases in past years, most recently an ongoing WTO dispute between Australia and China concerning wine.

• VVGB’s achievements include the representation of the leading global footwear brands, the Wacker Group, Hyundai Steel, Huawei, Electrosteel, LG Electronics, Brabantia and DSM, Tisco (the largest Chinese stainless steel producer) and Reliance (an Indian conglomerate). V V G B has also represented the Government of China in EU anti-subsidy investigations concerning Optical fibre cables, Organic coated steel, Solar panels, Solar glass, Filament glass fibres, Hot-Rolled Flat products and Glass Fibre Fabrics.

• VVGB is also recognised for its expert advising on EU Customs law, including customs classification, valuation, and rules of origin, and assists, among others, Huawei, FESI and leading sport footwear brands in customs matters in several EU Member States.