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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‘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.’
'We've been instructing Mayer Brown for our anti-dumping, countervailing duties, and EU WTO investigations and proceedings for a long time. Their advice has been very consistent and prompt - a very reliable firm to approach if one requires advice on WTO law and processes.'
'Nikolay Mizulin has profound expertise in international trade law and the commercial knowledge he has accumulated over the years makes working with him easier.'
'We have been working with Nikolay Mizulin for more than 6 years. He is very familiar with our portfolio and tailors his advice to align with our internal commercial positions. He also renders sound advice suitable to our needs.'
Key clients
- ACEA - The European Automobile Manufacturers Association
- Birla Group
- Dika Morocco Africa
- Government of Indonesia
- Government of Morocco
- LG Chem
- PGTEX Morocco
Work highlights
Representing the European Automobile Manufacturers Association in the EU anti-subsidy investigation targeting imports of battery electric vehicles (EVs) from China.
Representing Birla Group, one of India’s largest producers of optical fiber cables, in connection with ongoing antidumping and anti-subsidy investigations on imports of optical fiber cables from India.
Representing the Government of Morocco in the anti-subsidy investigation involving imports of aluminium wheels.
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Leading partners
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Nikolay Mizulin
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Dylan Geraets
Practice head
Paulette Vander Schueren; Nikolay Mizulin
Other key lawyers
Dylan Geraets