International Trade and Investment

Contacts:
Lourdes Catrain, Brussels
Beth Peters, Washington, D.C.
H. Deen Kaplan, Washington, D.C.

We offer sophisticated, informed advice on the full range of trade matters, including trade policy, legislation, compliance and enforcement, litigation, and administrative proceedings. Our clients rely on the International Trade and Investment group to handle issues such as export and import controls, economic sanctions, anti-corruption, foreign direct investment, trade agreement negotiations, and anti-dumping and subsidy cases. With more than 40 offices in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East, Hogan Lovells is one of the few firms that can handle large, varied, and complex trade matters in every major world market.

Lauded by Chambers Global for our "comprehensive knowledge of the trade world and its latest developments" and by Legal 500 for our ability to "craft analysis in a way that is useful in the real world," our lawyers and advisors have helped bring leadership to international trade initiatives for several decades. These include negotiations and disputes arising under the World Trade Organization (WTO), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and other multilateral and regional agreements.

• "Good global spread… [the firm] is really prioritising trade work [….] It has expertise at all ends of the practice, with people who do trade policy and traditional trade remedy and customs," Chambers Global (2010) 
• "A high-quality team in legal ability, extremely responsive in customer service, and well respected by government entities throughout the world," Legal 500 Europe Wide (2010) 
• "[A] deep bench, years of experience and a broad practice that excels in many areas," Chambers USA (2009)
• "[A] regulatory and business powerhouse […] widely commended for the breadth of its international trade practice which does everything well," with trade lawyers who "know how to effectively work through the administrative processes of various agencies of the government," Legal 500 US (2009)

• Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
• Hugo Paemen, head of the European Commission's Washington delegation; the European Commission's Deputy Director-General for External Relations
• John Warner, U.S. Senator for the Commonwealth of Virginia; Secretary of the Navy; Under Secretary of the Department of Defense
• Jeanne Archibald, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Treasury
• Warren Maruyama, General Counsel, U.S. Trade Representative
• Robert Kyle, Associate Director for International Economic Policy, White House Office of Policy Development; Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs, Office of Management and Budget; International Trade Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
• Raymond Calamaro, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Policy Director to a U.S. Senator
• Jun Wei, Deputy Division Director, Legislative Affairs Commission in the Chinese National People's Congress
• Roy Zou, Legal Officer, Department of Treaty and Law in the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs