Folkert Graafsma and Joris Cornelis join VVGB

Managing partner Peter Verhaeghe announced that he is pleased that top trade and customs lawyers Folkert Graafsma and Joris Cornelis have joined our firm as of 1 April 2016, thereby further strengthening capabilities in our tier 1 ranked EU and WTO t…

This entry was posted on 16 July 2018 by Jan Dorpmans.

Edwin Vermulst speaks at WTO Public Forum

At the WTO Public Forum, held at the WTO in Geneva from 30 September through 2 October, Edwin Vermulst participated in the session organised by the World Federation of Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) on ‘Why Rules of Origin Matter’. As trade counsel …

This entry was posted on 16 July 2018 by Jan Dorpmans.

Zoellick and Lamy praise Baetens’ research

In September 2015, “Rule-Makers or Rule-Takers? Exploring the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership“, edited by Daniel S. Hamilton and Jacques Pelkmans, will be published by Rowman and Littlefield International.

In this volume, Freya Baeten…

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VVGB lawyers Edwin Vermulst and Juhi Sud obtain landmark ECJ footwear judgment pointing to critical shortcomings in application of anti-dumping duties

On 4 February 2016, the European Court of Justice issued a landmark ruling in Joined Cases C659/13 and C34/14 (Clarks & Puma) by invalidating the anti-dumping duties paid on imports of certain footwear from China and Vietnam from 2006 until 2011.…

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VVGB lawyers Edwin Vermulst and Juhi Sud obtain zero duty for their client

VVGB lawyers Edwin Vermulst and Juhi Sud obtained a zero duty for their client Chia Far in the EU anti-dumping proceeding concerning stainless steel cold-rolled flat products from China and Taiwan. The definitive determination was published in the EU…

This entry was posted on 16 July 2018 by Jan Dorpmans.