Bregt Natens

• Represented an EU producer of consumer electronic equipment in an EU anti-dumping investigation on unfairly traded imports from China.
• Represented a major UK chemicals producer in a UK anti-dumping investigation on unfairly traded imports from China.
• Represented an EU industry association in the food sector in bringing EU anti-dumping complaints on unfairly traded imports.
• Represented a major UK manufacturing company in bringing UK anti-dumping and anti-subsidy complaints on unfairly traded imports, as well as in related enforcement action.
• Represented several EU manufacturing companies in anti-dumping investigations initiated by foreign governments.*
• Obtained an end-use exemption from anti-dumping duties for an EU chemicals company.*
• Represented a large U.S. manufacturer in the mobility sector in an EU anti-circumvention investigation.*
• Represented a major international trading company in an EU anti-circumvention investigation.*
• Represented a sovereign in WTO dispute on EU anti-dumping practices.*
• Represented a sovereign in WTO dispute on U.S. anti-dumping practices.*
• Represented a sovereign in a complex WTO dispute concerning trade in goods and trade in services.*
• Advised a major services company on drafting a novel sector-specific annex for a free trade agreement.*
• Represented a major U.S. company to obtain significant duty refunds on a retroactive application of origin under the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement.*
• *Denotes experience prior to joining King & Spalding.

Dr. Bregt Natens is a Partner in the International Trade Team of King & Spalding. Bregt advises clients on EU, UK, and international trade law and regulations, with a focus on trade remedies, customs rules, market access and regulatory barriers. Bregt also has significant experience representing clients before EU, UK, and EU Member State authorities in the context of trade remedies and customs matters and in litigation before the EU courts and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Bregt has assisted clients in a large number of anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and safeguard cases in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and third countries. Notably, he has experience from the initial, administrative phase of trade remedies proceedings up until litigation before the Court of Justice of the EU and the WTO Appellate Body. His experience covers complaints, original investigations, all types of reviews, anti-circumvention investigations, absorption investigations, and other enforcement proceedings.

Bregt also routinely represents clients in litigation before the EU courts and EU Member State courts, and at the WTO. He has been involved in over 25 cases before the Court of Justice of the EU, concerning trade remedies, customs rules, and regulatory matters. Bregt further has extensive experience representing clients in administrative litigation before the European Commission and customs authorities.

Before entering private practice, Bregt gained experience in the Legal Affairs Division of the WTO, assisting a panel in dispute settlement proceedings.

Bregt is a regular speaker at international conferences, and he frequently teaches EU and WTO law. His research, including a monograph on trade in services, has been published by leading publishers.