DSK Legal is one of the few full-service law firms in India which has a full-fledged International Trade/WTO practice group. Members of the practice group hone an in-depth knowledge of the International Trade Laws, Market Access, Customs issues, and other related issues. Counsels are well equipped to handle complex cases, including full-fledged WTO disputes and assist clients at every level whether domestic, bilateral or multilateral. Counsels are also regularly engaged in Trade Remedies, Trade Policy advisory, Customs Classification, Export Control, Rules of Origin advisory, Standardization as well as Sanitary and Phytosanitary issues amongst other matters.
Counsels in the practice group have assisted major Indian and foreign manufacturers, exporters, sovereign governments, and industry clients in navigating the complexities of international trade through a range of regulatory, dispute settlement, litigation, policy, and enforcement mechanisms – across several sectors and jurisdictions. Members of the practice group regularly advice the Indian Government as well as foreign governments on multiple facets of trade and investment policy. With both legal and accounting capabilities, the redress of complex issues, which often require extensive data analysis, is seamlessly handled in-house.
On the trade remedies front, counsels have wide-ranging experience in handling some of the most complex and landmark trade remedies cases in India and abroad. In multiple instances, representations have led to discontinuation of the anti-dumping /safeguard duties or significant reduction in the quantum of such duties. The practice group has also successfully represented domestic industry clients with favourable results. Counsels also regularly appear before appellate forums such as the CESTAT, multiple High Courts and the Supreme Court, in trade remedy matters.
