Camilla specializes in all aspects of international trade law, with a focus on EU and UK trade defence proceedings.
Camilla Nervegna
E: camilla.nervegna@vvgb-law.com
T: +32 2 542 07 80
T: +32 2 542 07 97
Experience
Camilla joined VVGB in 2022 as a trade law consultant. Since then, she has acted for clients in 20+ trade defence proceedings conducted by the European Commission and the UK Trade Remedies Authority. Most recently, she co-represented the Dingli Group in the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Mobile Access Equipment from China, helping them to achieve the best result among all investigated companies. She has also co-represented the Chinese Government and different groups of Chinese companies in the EU anti-subsidy investigation concerning imports of Battery Electric Vehicles from China.
Camilla also assists VVGB in representing clients before EU courts. At the moment, she is assisting Joris Cornelis, Folkert Graafsma and Edwin Vermulst in five ongoing cases before the General Court.
Additionally, Camilla regularly advises clients on a wide range of international trade, private international law and regulatory issues, including new EU regulatory instruments, such as the EU Deforestation Regulation.
Before joining VVGB, Camilla completed her legal studies in England (LL.B. in International and EU Law; LL.M. in International Commercial Law; and Bar Professional Training Course). She was ranked first in her LL.B. course and was awarded a prize for the best performance of her year. She was sponsored via two scholarships to undertake the Bar exams and was subsequently awarded the Lincoln’s Inn Buchanan Prize for achieving outstanding results. Camilla worked as a general legal advisor in the UK and as a trainee at the EFTA Court in Luxemburg.
She is fluent in Italian and English.
Camilla is a member of the Bar of England and Wales but has not completed pupillage.
Credentials
Education
- BPP University Law School: Bar Professional Training Course (awarded Buchanan Prize for outstanding results)
- University of Bristol: LL.M. in International Commercial Law
- University of the West of England, Bristol: LL.B. (ranked 1st in year)
Bar admissions
- Bar of England and Wales: Although Camilla was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in February 2021, she is not a fully qualified Barrister
Languages
- Italian
- English
Honors & Awards
- EFTA Scholarship, the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (2022) – Merit award to spend 3 months at the EFTA Court in Luxembourg
- Buchanan Prize, the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (2021) – For outstanding results on the BPTC
- Cassel Scholarship, the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (2019) – BPTC scholarship awarded for merit
- Excellence Award, BPP University Law School (2018) – BPTC scholarship awarded for academic excellence
- Prize for Best Performance on the LLB EU and International Law Programme, University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE), (2017)
- Bristol Futures Award, UWE (2017) – attesting to the undertaking of 3 extracurricular activities while being a full-time student
- Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, UWE (2016)
- Level 3 Awards in Leadership, Management, Coaching, and Mentoring, ILM (2015)