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International trade

Our expert International Trade lawyers help public sector and private clients achieve their commercial aims, navigate global trade challenges and seize international growth opportunities.

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Our International Trade team offers expert guidance to help businesses navigate the complexities of global trade law and the UK’s evolving approach to international trade post-Brexit.

We support clients in maximising international growth opportunities, drawing on specialist expertise across a range of legal disciplines, including tariffs, sanctions, trade regulation and sector-specific compliance.

Our services encompass inward investment, cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), trade disputes and trade remedies, including investigations by the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA). Additionally, we provide focused support on intellectual property (IP) rights, GDPR, business immigration, environmental compliance and supply chain issues.

For businesses entering the UK market, our UK Investment Launchpad service delivers on-the-ground support for a streamlined set-up process, by providing project management alongside comprehensive legal advice. We work in close collaboration with the UK Department for Business and Trade, directly supporting businesses setting up in the UK, and through our role as a member of the UK Investment Support Directory.

With a client-centric, pragmatic approach, our team helps businesses manage risk, ensure compliance, and achieve commercial objectives on the international stage.

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UK market entry support

Entering the UK market? For tailored support, our UK Investment Launchpad service fast-tracks your setup with expert legal advice and project management.

Investment launchpad

Read our guide to doing business in the UK for essential insights on successful market entry.

Read our guide

Emerging companies looking to grow and scale in the UK can also take advantage of our BScale platform and extensive experience of acting for high-growth businesses, their founders and investors and the public and private bodies that support them.

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Public Sector: Crown Commercial Service

As trusted advisors within the public sector, in partnership with Arent Fox Schiff LLP, Burges Salmon is appointed to the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Trade Law Panel (RM6183).

Our appointment supports the provision of specialised legal advice for trade negotiations, implementation of trade agreements, and compliance with international trade laws. This includes expertise in World Trade Organisation (WTO) law and various trade agreements.

For those interested in learning more about our international trade law capabilities, please view our CCS RM6183 Prospectus to see how our team can support your public sector trade law needs.

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TRA Investigations

We know that engaging with a TRA investigation can be time-consuming and complex, but it is a vital way for the industry to have a say in how foreign imports to the UK are taxed in order to protect UK business interests.

We can assist in navigating the investigations process by:

  • assisting with a request for a trade remedies investigation or review of an existing decision.
  • being the client’s representative during the investigations and liaising with the TRA on the client’s behalf.
  • guiding the client through the investigations and required documentation.
  • representing the client during meetings and hearings with the TRA.
  • advising on the implications of each investigation stage and the TRA’s conclusions, including any possible mitigation steps that the client could take.

Our international trade lawyers are experts on TRA investigations and subsidy control and have worked on previous anti-subsidy and anti-dumping cases.

What others say

“Burges Salmon’s inward investment team were invaluable in guiding us as foreign investors to navigate the local business culture and political environment successfully. It’s a different way of thinking about the capabilities that a law firm can bring. ”

John Osborn Operations Administrator at Mayo Clinic

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