At Mayer Brown, the international trade team brings deep experience to high-value trade defence investigations, sanctions compliance matters, and complex WTO disputes. Possessing ‘profound expertise in international trade law’, team co-head Nikolay Mizulin is regularly entrusted on trade defence investigations and disputes by leading industry associations, major international industrial and manufacturing companies, and foreign government bodies. Longstanding trade compliance and regulatory expert Paulette Vander Schueren also co-leads the practice, acting for leading global manufacturing companies on sanctions clearance, export control, and EU carbon regulation matters. Counsel Dylan Geraets bolsters the team in international trade disputes and due diligence mandates.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Mayer Brown understands our business and is able to give us valuable, actionable and targeted trade related advice when needed.’

  • ‘Mayer Brown is our go-to counsel on WTO, anti-dumping and countervailing duties investigations. The team is very knowledgeable in EU trade disputes and renders prompt and complete advice.’

Key clients

  • ACEA - The European Automobile Manufacturers Association
  • Birla Group

Work highlights

Representing the European Automobile Manufacturers Association in the EU anti-subsidy investigation targeting imports of battery electric vehicles (EVs) from China.

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Practice head

Paulette Vander Schueren; Nikolay Mizulin

Other key lawyers

Dylan Geraets