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Arnoud's successes include the following ground-breaking cases:\n\nCase C-365/15 (interest in customs cases)\nCase T-460/14 (sweetcorn)\nCases C-659/13 (footwear Clarks)\nCases T-401/06 and C-249/10P (footwear Brosmann)\nCase T-107/08 (silico-manganese)\nCase T-314/06 (refrigerators)\nCase T-107/04 and T-151/06 (silicon)\nCase T-199/04 (bed linen)\nCase C256/16 (footwear)\nCase T-479/20 and C-517/22P (fasteners)\n{{ FIELD }}Arnoud Willems is a Partner in the International Trade Team of King \u0026amp; Spalding. Arnoud advises clients on all aspects of trade law, including trade remedies, customs, trade compliance, and trade agreements. With over 30 years of experience, he is a trusted adviser to entrepreneurs, executives, and diplomats with an unparalleled network. Arnoud deeply understands how trade rules shape global flows of capital, investment, goods, technology, and services, especially with respect to competitiveness, and the application of trade rules to various sectors. He helps clients navigate complex rules, manage their risks, and become more successful in their long-term strategy. \nArnoud has assisted complainants, respondents, associations, governments, importers, and users in more than 200 high-profile anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, safeguard, and anti-circumvention investigations. Along with representing clients in such cases before the European Commission, national and EU courts, he has worked on several third-country cases (Russia, China, Türkiye, Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil). Arnoud’s cases often involve pan-European strategies with simultaneous litigation in several countries.\nRegarding customs matters, Arnoud has broad experience in advising clients on EU customs issues, including entry, classification, valuation, origin, tariff suspensions, authorizations, audits, refunds/remissions and fraud allegations, notably OLAF and EPPO. A key aspect of his practice concerns working with EU and national authorities to help clients unlock customs issues or assist with resolving differences in approach between various EU member states.\nRegarding trade agreements, Arnoud advises clients on leveraging market access and enforcement tools provided by trade rules in the WTO, free trade, investment, and other agreements. With these tools, Arnoud has helped companies address key trade and regulatory barriers affecting their ability to move, sell and protect goods, services, and intellectual property across borders. To conclude, Arnoud has assisted governments and companies in negotiating trade agreements, especially in making them concrete, and by creating so-called gold standards by leveraging best practices.\nRecognized Band 1 International Trade/WTO — Chambers Global, 2006–2026\nRecognized as Global Elite Thought Leader in Trade \u0026amp; Customs Europe, Recommended in International Sanctions - Lexology Index, 2025-2026 Partner Recognized as Global Elite Thought Leader in Trade \u0026amp; Customs Europe, Recommended in International Sanctions Lexology I - 2025-2026 Recognized Band 1 International Trade/WTO Chambers Global - 2006-2026 Recognized Band 1 International Trade/WTO Europe-Wide Chambers Europe, 2008-2024 Clients praise Arnoud as \"a born strategist\", \"tenacious and strategic, well informed and respected, and pleasant to work with\", and that \"he masterminds all details and makes cases look simple and presents them convincingly. 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For example, Mark has represented manufacturers in proceedings involving Wooden Bedroom Furniture from China; PET Film from Brazil, China, and Taiwan; Brass Sheet and Strip from the Netherlands; Cut-to-length Carbon Steel Plate from Sweden; and Mechanical Transfer Presses from Japan.{{ FIELD }}Mark Wasden is counsel with King \u0026amp; Spalding’s International Trade group in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Mark’s practice focuses on export controls, foreign investment, international trade proceedings and policy. He regularly advises clients on commercial and military export licensing and enforcement matters; economic sanctions; national security reviews; anti-boycott compliance and enforcement; the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; antidumping, countervailing duty and other proceedings; Court of International Trade appeals; complex Customs matters; and other trade policy and legislative matters.\n\nMark works closely with U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Commerce, Department of State, Department of Defense and the Treasury Department, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., the U.S. International Trade Commission, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Counsel Legal 500 USA Rankings  Tier 2 for International Trade, 2014-2015 Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School George Washington University George Washington University Law School U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of International Trade U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia District of Columbia Maryland Customs and International Trade Bar Association American Bar Association (International Section) J. Reuben Clark Law Society Represents several U.S. and non-U.S. aerospace and defense companies in conducting internal investigations of export control and economic sanctions laws and preparing voluntary disclosures before the Bureau of Industry and Security, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control. 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