Biography: Trade & Customs

Folkert Graafsma is a partner in the Brussels office of Holman Fenwick Willan LLP.

Folkert specialises in international trade law, general EU and WTO law and customs law. He is particularly well regarded in the area of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy, having successfully represented clients in over 150 anti-dumping and countervailing duty proceedings, including landmark EU and US cases.

Recent anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard proceedings in which Folkert has acted include: Aluminium Road Wheels, Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA), WWAN Modems, Glass Fibre Fabrics, Fatty Alcohol and Aluminium Radiators. He was also involved in both WTO appellate review proceedings concerning EU and US Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft.

Folkert has co-authored two handbooks with Edwin Vermulst and speaks regularly at industry conferences and universities. He clerked with the European Commission and is a member of the Brussels Bar (A-list) since 1990. Folkert has a law degree from Stanford Law School and a business degree from Stanford Business School.

Holman Fenwick Willan is an international law firm, founded 125 years ago, with a team of over 400 lawyers and legal consultants worldwide, of which 140 are partners. HFW has 14 offices in 11 countries and affiliations with two offices in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, together with an extensive network of legal contacts and experts whom it can mobilise as required.

Through its global network of offices Holman Fenwick Willan offers a comprehensive range of dispute resolution and transactional legal services to all businesses in various areas, including insurance and reinsurance, shipping and transport, trade and energy, corporate projects, finance and commercial litigation.