Overview

Ivan, an associate in Mayer Brown's International Trade group in Brussels, advises clients on a wide range of issues in the field of international trade, with a focus on trade remedies (including anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and safeguard investigations), EU sanctions, customs rules, and WTO law.

Ivan is active in representing clients in trade defense investigations before the investigating authorities of the EU, the US, Brazil and other jurisdictions. He also advises on market access issues, government trade policies, and internal compliance investigations in the sphere of sanctions and customs law.

Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Ivan worked for a top-tier law firm in Kyiv (Ukraine), where he obtained extensive experience in international trade law, including regulatory issues, trade remedies, and WTO law.

Ivan is fluent in English in addition to his native Ukrainian and Russian.

Spoken Languages

  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
  • English

Experience

  • Assistance to various stakeholders, including overseas manufacturers, importers and trade associations, in trade defence investigations in the EU, the US and other jurisdictions;
  • Advice to clients from chemical, car manufacturing, IT, and other industries on compliance with the sanctions regimes;
  • Assistance to multinationals in internal investigations in the sphere of customs and sanctions compliance.

Education

London School of Economics and Political Science, LLM

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Bachelor of International Law, Master of International Law

Admissions

  • Advocate in Ukraine Ukrainian National Bar Association
  • Member of the Brussels Bar (Foreign lawyer at the French Brussels Bar)
  • Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (Law Society of England and Wales)