MAKSYM PODOPRYHORA advises companies, governments, and trade associations on a wide range of international trade law matters with a particular focus on:
- Trade defense (anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and safeguard) proceedings before the European Commission and non-EU investigating authorities.
- International and EU trade litigation, including World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement and trade defense litigation in EU courts.
- Compliance with EU and UK economic sanctions and export controls (carrying out transactional due diligence, assisting with license applications, conducting risk assessments, and advising on creating and implementing trade compliance policies and procedures).
Previously, Maksym served as a dispute settlement lawyer in the Rules Division of the WTO assisting a panel in trade defense dispute settlement proceedings. He also gained trade defense and WTO litigation experience in a leading Ukrainian law firm based in Kyiv.
Maksym holds an LL.M. in International Economic Law and Policy from the University of Barcelona School of Law, and a bachelor’s degree in international law from the Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Maksym is fluent in Ukrainian and English.