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- Victor Crochet Joins Nishimura & Asahi
Victor is a partner in our international trade practice. With ten years of experience working in Brussels and Geneva, he advises clients from Europe and Asia on EU regulations, trade remedies and litigations before the EU Courts, as well as on international economic law with a particular focus on WTO and free trade agreements.
With regard to EU law, Victor advises governments and corporations on how to navigate the intricacies of EU regulations with a particular focus on assisting clients impact the legislative developments of new regulations and comply with them. Victor also assists companies and governments in trade remedy investigations. He has advised clients in over fifty anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard investigations, successfully obtaining no or low duties for exporters in several instances. Furthermore, Victor has extensive experience in litigating before the Court of Justice of the European Union where he has successfully challenged several measures adopted by the EU institutions.
Turning to international economic law, Victor assists governments in WTO proceedings before panels and the Appellate Body and other appeal arrangements. His experience also includes advising governments and multinational corporations on a variety of economic policy matters such as providing legal opinions regarding the legality of measures adopted by the EU as well as third countries under international trade and investment law. Finally, Victor often assists governments with international trade and investment negotiations by helping them develop persuasive arguments during negotiations and ensure compliance with agreed upon rules.
Victor also teaches part of the course on international trade law at Cambridge University.
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Education
- 2016
- Georgetown Law Center (LL.M. in International Legal Studies, with Distinction, Dean’s List)
- 2015
- University of Leuven (Master of European and International Law, magna cum laude)
- 2014
- Melbourne Law School (Erasmus Exchange Programme)
- 2012
- University of Brussels (LL.B., cum laude)
Professional Experience
- Van Bael & Bellis, Brussels
- Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTOAB)
- World Customs Organization (WCO)