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Laurent
Ruessmann
Partner
Brussels
32.2.504.6464
32.2.504.6401 Fax
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LAURENT RUESSMANN is a partner in Sidley’s Brussels office and a member of the firm's International Trade and Arbitration Group. He assists clients in a broad range of international trade and customs matters under EU and Member State legislation, as well as under the WTO agreements.
His work involves advice and representation in connection with EU anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguards procedures and litigation, as well as various other EU, WCO and WTO trade and customs matters, including investment and market access issues, anti-fraud investigations, export controls and economic sanctions and issues related to preferential trade agreements, customs tariff treatment and duty recovery, and dispute settlement. He also has experience with life sciences regulatory matters and EU environmental law, including chemical regulation under REACH, as well as with product safety, data privacy and intellectual property rights.
Mr. Ruessmann has worked with clients in a variety of industries, including agriculture and food products, chemicals and pharmaceutical products, automobiles and auto parts, aviation, iron and steel products, metals, textiles and non-wovens, computers and accessories, other electronic equipment, other durable goods and equipment, consumer products, and banking and financial services.
Mr. Ruessmann features prominently in the trade and WTO rankings of the leading bar publications such as Chambers, The Legal 500 and Who's Who Legal. He is a frequent speaker and contributor to conferences on a variety of international trade topics.
Publications
- "The Lisbon Treaty and EU Trade Defence Instruments: A New Framework for Court Challenges and Decision-Making", International Trade Law Regulation, co-authored with Carolina Dackö, May 2010.
- "Ode to the Digital Single Market: And the Google AdWords case play a part", Computer Law Review International (CRi), co-authored with Hanne Melin, December 2009.
- "Market Economy Treatment (MET) in the Footwear case: Tackling unfair competition unfairly?", 15:4 International Trade Law and Regulation, co-authored with Arnoud Willems and Carolina Dackö, July/August 2009.
- "Revisiting the First Sale for Export Rule: An attempt to remove fairness in the interests of raising revenues, without improving legal certainty", World Customs Journal, co-authored with Arnoud Willems, April 2009.
- "The EU Approves Climate Change Legislation But Key Negotiations Still Ahead", The Environmental Counselor, co-authored with Arnoud Willems, Chris Bell and Roger Martella, April 2009.
- "Assessing the EU Working Party’s Guidance on Harmonizing U.S. Discovery and EU Data Protection Requirements", BNA Privacy & Security Law Report, March 2009.
