EU Law and Practice Contributed by: Edward Borovikov, Laurens Engelen, Aurore Ancion and Semen Medvedkov, Dentons
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Authors
Edward Borovikov is the co-managing partner at Dentons Belgium. Edward is recognised as one of the leading international trade lawyers in Europe and worldwide, with substantial experience in issues
Laurens Engelen is a partner in Dentons’ Brussels office. As a member of the firm’s corporate practice group, Laurens advises a variety of clients across sectors on domestic and cross-border M&A
of global trade and investment, cross-border commercial regulations and international trade policy. He has in-depth experience with WTO, EU and Eurasian Economic Union trade and competition laws and practice, trade policy and international trade and investment negotiations, including those on trade liberalisation and WTO accession. Edward’s authoritative counsel to clients on issues of international trade and competition law reflects a valuable combination of legal skill and knowledge, broad economic understanding and well-informed diplomatic insight.
transactions, the structuring of joint ventures and venture capital deals. In addition, Laurens devotes a significant portion of his practice to advising European and international clients on compliance with EU sanctions and export control regulations, including a six-month secondment to an international client in its global sanctions and export controls department. His experience advising on compliance with sanctions makes Laurens ideally placed to ensure that the transactions of the firm that he advises on are conducted in compliance with applicable laws.
Aurore Ancion is an associate in Dentons’ Brussels office and a member of the French-speaking Brussels Bar. She mainly assists the Brussels team in matters related to EU litigation, sanctions and
Semen Medvedkov is a professional support lawyer in Dentons’ Brussels office and a member of the international trade and customs practice group. Since 2020, Semen has been advising on various trade
international trade. Aurore was previously a member of Dentons’ Belgian corporate law team and gained experience in a variety of legal issues focusing on cross-border mergers and acquisitions transactions. She also has a background in matters of Belgian commercial and contractual law, social and labour law, regulatory matters and litigation.
and customs matters in different jurisdictions, including the European Union, Eurasian Economic Union/Russia, Turkey and India, among others. His experience extends to WTO rules, customs, trade policy, export controls and sanctions. Semen graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, where he gained extensive knowledge of international economics and trade policy. He also holds an LLM in International Economic Law and Policy from the University of Barcelona and an LLM in International Business Law from Université Libre de Bruxelles.
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