The International Who’s Who of Trade & Customs Lawyers has brought together six of the leading practitioners in the world to discuss the key issues facing trade & customs lawyers today.

With the benefit of over 14 years of research and tens of thousands of votes from clients and private practitioners, Who’s Who Legal takes a closer look at developing trends in the trade and customs legal marketplace worldwide.

In this section we analyse the findings of our research in greater depth to identify the firms and practitioners who stand out worldwide.

With the benefit of over 10 years of research and thousands of votes from clients and private practitioners, Who’s Who Legal takes a closer look at developing trends in the trade and customs legal marketplace worldwide.

We have selected 251 experts in 31 jurisdictions who can be considered leading trade and customs lawyers. In this section, we analyse the findings of our research in greater depth to identify the firms and practitioners who had the strongest overall performance.

A total of 24 lawyers are listed in this chapter as leading practitioners in a field in which three firms stand out as leaders in their countries.

Sidley Austin LLP is at the head of our research with ten nominees from three offices in the US, Switzerland and Belgium making the grade.

These are interesting times for trade and customs lawyers. The travails in the worldwide economy have taken their toll on international trade, and new pressures are leading countries to see trade and customs regulation as a way to alleviate domestic economic concerns.