Profile: Richard L A Weiner

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Biography: Trade & Customs

Richard L A Weiner is the managing partner of Sidley's Brussels office and a member of the firm's international trade and dispute resolution group in Brussels and Washington, DC. He practices in the areas of EU and US regulatory law, international trade and international arbitration and litigation.

Mr Weiner re-entered private practice after serving as in-house counsellor on international trade to the European Commission. His practice encompasses issues of particular importance to clients doing business in the EU and international firms doing business in the US. He regularly counsels clients in connection with international trade and market access disputes, WTO litigation, international treaty negotiations, and EU and US trade remedy proceedings. He has been engaged by governments and stakeholders to advise on WTO concerns in sectors such as steel, aircraft, aircraft engines, electronics, automobiles, shipbuilding and foodstuffs.

Mr Weiner has extensive litigation and arbitration experience, representing governments and companies in proceedings before the WTO, the US Supreme Court and US, EU and Asian administrative agencies. He successfully represented the EU before the US Supreme Court in the high-profile AMD v Intel and Massachusetts/Burma litigations. Mr Weiner served as chairman of International Dispute Resolution Associates in Washington, DC, and was named an honorary citizen of Mexico City for devising a debt-for-environment swap for Mexico City, which was signed at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. He serves on the board of advisors for the European Institute in Washington.

Mr Weiner has written and lectured on international relations, international trade, EU competition law, telecommunications regulation and international environmental affairs.