In the recently released 2007 Chambers Global and USA guides, Chambers notes, "...Mayer Brown's international trade practice has made waves in the market as it adds to the number of former senior government officials who have entered private practice. This has created a group that is perfectly placed to provide market access, trade remedy and export control advice."
Mayer Brown's Global Trade Practice supports clients seeking to gain and maintain an advantage in the global marketplace by addressing a range of trade and governmental issues through strategic advice, litigation, counsel, advocacy, and representation in administrative proceedings.
Our team is made up of some of the most experienced senior trade professionals and lawyers from the United States, the European Union and China, 
several of whom have obtained international recognition for their representation of clients in trade defense and policy, customs and market access issues. Specifically, our team includes a former United States Secretary of Commerce and United States Trade Representative, a former European Union Ambassador to the United States, as well as former senior United States trade negotiators and senior trade officials with extensive contacts with senior government officials, vast experience negotiating market opening agreements in major markets, administering trade laws and litigating trade disputes.
Our trade team has global reach. Through our 14 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia, we have the ability and resources to quickly access existing, as well as proposed, rules, regulations and governmental actions in nearly every country and devise strategies to capitalize on opportunities or address market barriers that impede our clients' business operations.
We offer legal services in these areas:
