About

Provided by Baker McKenzie

Our International Commercial & Trade practice encompasses 219 trade specialists at the forefront of advising our clients on complex international matters across all key markets. We are also at the forefront on advising clients on all elements of their supply chain and related trade aspects from structuring to cross-border procurement and distribution and compliance.

We are a full service international firm and have extensive experience advising on the full range of international trade issues including WTO disputes and advisory work; Free Trade Agreements advisory work; customs, excise and supply chain advisory, including Brexit and COVID impact; export controls, economic and financial sanctions and cybersecurity; trade remedies (anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguards); foreign direct investment restrictions and requirements; trade compliance and audit controversy management; trade-related enforcement matters (in criminal and administrative proceedings), as well as international investigations and foreign investment review and national security regimes, which materially overlap with trade and investment policy.

We provide the above services across all four regions of our Firm and this is crucial to being a global trade powerhouse. We are one of the very few trade practices to be present on the ground in the major trade capitals (DC, London, Brussels, Geneva, Beijing and Tokyo).

Chambers Review

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International Trade/WTO - Global Market Leaders
3
Band 3
What the team is known for

Baker McKenzie has an impressive global practice. The firm is able to provide strong trade expertise in Europe and North America, and boasts an impressive presence in Asia. The firm offers:

       • A truly global service, leveraging its vast international network to advise its portfolio of multinational clients on a wide range of international trade matters.

       • Experience acting for significant names in the oil and gas, automotive and e-commerce sectors.

       • Recognised strength in customs, export controls and sanctions.

       • Notable capability in trade remedy cases.

Notable practitioners

London-based Sunny Mann is global chair of the firm's international trade practice. Other key contacts include Sydney-based Anne Petterd, who chairs the Asia-Pacific practice, and Jennifer Revis is a London-based contact and heads the EMEA practice.

Strengths

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