The effective navigation of this framework is the key to commercial success. Governmental decisions and political change impact heavily on this legal framework, in which businesses must be ready to understand and adapt to these changes, take new opportunities, and manage this impact on international trade of their goods and services.

Our global International Trade team has many years of experience advising companies and states on a wide range of matters including:

• WTO law
• Anti-dumping
• Anti-subsidy
• Safeguards
• Trade barrier regulations
• Free Trade Agreements
• Customs and rules of origin
• Export controls
• Preferential trade arrangements; and
• The interpretation and effect of bilateral and multilateral international trade and investment agreements/treaties.

We have sturdy experience negotiating and drafting international treaties governing commercial and other arrangements between states and between states and investors. The International Trade team also advises on multilateral free trade and other trade agreements. We have a deep understanding of the EU’s network of trade arrangements and recently advised on the negotiation of a preferential trade agreement with the European Union.

Our International Trade team regularly counsels companies on investment structuring to ensure that they benefit from robust protections under their contracts and international law. We also can advise on effective strategies for structuring your investments and businesses to best take advantage of the network of international investment treaties and preferential trade agreements.

Our highly experienced International Trade lawyers have extensive practical experience advising States and private investors and have also made significant contributions to the evolving academic discourse on international trade law, including on relevant issues such as international agreements on investment in services and the legal framework governing the European Union.