To navigate the waters of multilateral agreements and achieve results, you need a global team with an in-depth grasp of all World Trade Organization (WTO) disciplines. Dentons is that team.

Navigate with us through traditional areas of WTO law such as trade in goods, trade in services and intellectual property, as well as in less explored areas such as government procurement, regional trade agreements and trade facilitation.

Whether you’re a government, a state trading enterprise or a private company, let us find ways to help you pursue or defend your trade objectives through the WTO rules and mechanisms.

Our team has successfully defended the interests of our private and public sector clients in the context of consultations and dispute settlement proceedings under WTO's Dispute Settlement Understanding. Members of our group have been directly involved in the preparation of written pleadings and the strategy before WTO panels and the Appellate Body. This applies also to bilateral trade disputes with reference to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and WTO rules.

Benefit from our deep knowledge and extensive experience in negotiating countries’ conditions for acceding to the WTO. We can also guide you through a wide range of trade consequences that result from assuming new WTO obligations. Our knowledge of rights and obligations under WTO’s sectoral plurilateral agreements, such as the Government Procurement Agreement, can also help you achieve your business goals. Our team closely monitors developments in the WTO and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development contexts and is able to advise you on the likely impact of any new agreements or events for your policy or business strategy.

Insights

EU Council and Parliament agree to ban products made with forced labour in the EU market

March 25, 2024

EU: On March 5, 2024, the Council of the European Union (the “Council”) and the European Parliament (the “Parliament”) reached a provisional agreement on a regulation prohibiting products made with forced labour from being sold in the European Union (EU) market. The regulation would apply to the import and export of products made with forced labour.

Outcomes of the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference

March 4, 2024

Global: The World Trade Organization held its 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from 26 February to 2 March 2024. Ministers representing WTO Members of very different levels of development, and with very different (geo-)political views, met to discuss a plethora of important topics, ranging from food security and e‑commerce to fisheries subsidies and reform of the WTO, as well as domestic regulations of services and investment facilitation.

UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

January 4, 2024

United Kingdom: On 18 December 2023, the UK Government announced its intention to implement, by 2027, a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism under which a levy is imposed on imports of certain goods from countries with a lower or no carbon price. This follows the recent introduction of a similar measure in the EU.

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Recent Press Releases

Dentons named "Law Firm of the Year for Foreign Trade Law" at JUVE Awards 2022

October 28, 2022

Dentons was named "Law Firm of the Year for Foreign Trade Law" by Germany's leading legal medium at this year's JUVE Awards.

Dentons boosts UK International Trade and Regulatory practice with new partner hire

February 26, 2019

Dentons is boosting its International Trade practice in the UK with the hire of Roger Matthews. He will link up with International Trade experts across the global firm, as well as a newly-combined multi-disciplinary UK Regulatory and Trade group, to further enhance Dentons’ global international trade and regulatory expertise.

Dentons launches in Latin America and the Caribbean

May 16, 2016

Global law firm Dentons, Colombia's Cardenas & Cardenas, and Mexico’s López Velarde today formalized their combinations. The launches follow the initial announcement last December that partners of each firm approved the combinations.

With these combinations, Colombia and Mexico are now home to the world's largest law firm. With more than 7,300 lawyers serving more than 55 countries, the Firm offers clients the benefit of quality experience in and of the communities in which they want to do business or resolve a dispute—now including the Firm's first physical presence in Latin America.

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