Why choose our Trade Remedies lawyers?
Our long-established Brussels-based practice has a long history of advising, representing and defending a wide variety of EU industries in relation to the full range of available trade remedies.
Our London-based trade team is already advising clients on the UK's new legal framework, including some of the first applications for new trade remedies investigations to the UK Trade Remedies Authority (TRA).
We offer clients our knowledge and expertise to:
- make robust applications for new investigations into allegations of dumping, countervailable subsidies and unforeseen surges in imports, as well as reviews of existing measures;
- navigate trade remedies investigations and reviews, including strategy-setting, active participation throughout, and effective engagement with EU or UK authorities and other parties to maximise the prospect of achieving the outcome sought; and
- challenge decisions of the TRA and the Secretary of State including through reconsiderations, appeals and judicial review.
Choosing Fieldfisher means partnering with a law firm that stands at the forefront of international trade law. Our unparalleled expertise transcends borders, offering clients a comprehensive understanding of UK and EU regimes. Our team's strength lies in our holistic approach. By putting our clients at the centre of everything we do, we ensure that your legal strategy is not just about managing risks, but seizing opportunities. With Fieldfisher, you gain more than legal expertise; you gain a strategic partner dedicated to navigating the complexities of international trade, empowering your business to thrive in a global marketplace.
Notable deals and highlights include:
- Advising many EU sectors on the implementation of the new EU methodology used to calculate dumping for imports from non-market economies and the modernisation of the EU's trade defence instruments.
- Assisting EU industries in re-establishing and maintaining a level playing field on the EU market through EU trade defence measures, including bicycles and e-bikes, electronics, steel and ferrous metals, aluminium, glass fibres, paper, and solar panels, and various products of the chemicals and plastics industries.
- Supporting EU industries to obtain fair market access in third countries in the face of unfair border or behind-the-border measures, including Australia, China, India and Turkey.
- Assisting companies in addressing market access and other trade issues related to intellectual property rights, product safety and other product or environmental regulations.
- Representing the EU tungsten carbide industry in the EU anti-dumping expiry review investigation concerning imports from China.
- Representing the EU coated fine paper industry in the EU anti-dumping and anti-subsidy expiry review investigations concerning imports from China.
- Advising UK industry leaders on a potential application for a UK trade remedy against harmful imports
- Advising a multinational company on its UK and EU strategy in an ongoing US trade remedies case.
Latest trade remedies news and views
Read more from our international trade team on trade policy and on transition reviews of anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguards measures.