Biography: Trade & Customs

Dr Konstantinos Adamantopoulos is the partner in charge of the Brussels office of Holman Fenwick Willan LLP. He is a member of the Athens Bar, a member of the European section of the Brussels Bar, and an associate member of the American Bar Association. His practice focuses on European Law, with particular emphasis on international trade law and the WTO/GATT. He has extensive experience in proceedings before the EC, notably in anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases; EU export controls and sanctions; customs origin, valuation and classification investigations; cases relating to the adoption of safeguard measures and the application of the EU Market Access Regulation; proceedings involving temporary tariff suspensions; and GATTY/WTO dispute settlement. He has been involved on behalf of companies, trade associations and government bodies in several proceedings before the European Court of Justice and the General Court.

Konstantinos lectures and publishes frequently on European and international trade law subjects. He is the author of Anatomy of the Word Trade Organisation (Kluwer, 1997) and EU Anti-subsidy Law and Practice (Sweet & Maxwell, 2007).

Konstantinos has been practising in Brussels since 1988.

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