Sidley Austin LLP, International Trade/WTO | Chambers Asia-Pacific Profile

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Chambers Review

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International Trade/WTO - Asia-Pacific Region

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Sidley Austin fields a highly regarded international trade legal team, which represents trade authorities and governments as well as corporate clients in WTO disputes. The practitioners in the USA, China and Europe work in concert to handle major international trade conflicts in the region, with a focus on the steel and energy industries, and also regularly act for tech and life sciences clients. The team is well versed in regulatory issues, export controls, trade sanctions, trade remedy investigations and proceedings. The firm additionally assists clients with pleading trade policy issues, and its clients benefit from the specialist knowledge of its team of in-house economists.

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Work Highlights

Sidley Austin advised Huawei Technologies on a range of export controls and
sanctions issues. The firm defended Huawei against charges of criminal fraud and sanctions, as well as in export control matters, in relation to its inclusion by the US Bureau of Industry & Security of Huawei in the Entity List.

Strengths

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The Sidley Austin team provides profound indirect and analytical solutions to complex and difficult problems, and will make reasonable use of their own resources to promote problem-solving.

International Trade/WTO respondent
Asia-Pacific

Sidley Austin's lawyers are competent, creative and work in a well-organised manner as a team.

International Trade/WTO respondent
Asia-Pacific

The Sidley Austin team provides profound indirect and analytical solutions to complex and difficult problems, and will make reasonable use of their own resources to promote problem-solving.

International Trade/WTO respondent
Asia-Pacific

Sidley Austin's lawyers are competent, creative and work in a well-organised manner as a team.

International Trade/WTO respondent
Asia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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Andrew W Shoyer

Band 2

Andrew Shoyer in Washington, DC is a partner at Sidley Austin. He offers clients a wealth of expertise in US and EU export controls, tariffs and sanctions.

Andrew is a trade compliance expert.

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Richard LA Weiner

Band 2

Richard Weiner frequently assists Asian clients with US investigations. He often acts for clients in the metal and renewable energy sectors.

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Shawn Higgins

Band 4

Shawn Higgins is a partner of Sidley Austin's office in Washington, DC. He acts for clients in the metal and renewable energy sectors on various US-related trade remedy issues.

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