Baker McKenzie’s Sanctions & Export Controls Update Blog published “EU Imposes new Iron and Steel import restrictions from Russia and denies Russia Most Favoured Nation status,” which can be viewed here.
EU Imposes new Iron and Steel import restrictions from Russia and denies Russia Most Favoured Nation status
By Lionel Van Reet and Sophie Armstrong 1 Min ReadLionel joined Baker McKenzie as customs lead in February 2022. He has over 23 years of experience in the field of customs, international trade, excises and energy levy. Lionel is lecturer at the UIA (Antwerp) and ULG (Liege). He is in charge of the customs, excises and international trade course at the Solvay Tax MBA. In 2023, Lionel was appointed by the Global ICC board as Chair of the ICC Global Customs Valuation Working Group. Lionel is also chairing the Indirect Taxes subcommittee of AMCHAM BE. Lionel's Indirect Tax practice team has been recognized as Tier 1 Indirect Tax Team in Belgium by ITR World Tax.
Sophie is an associate in the Firm's London office and is a member of the International Commercial & Trade Practice Group. Sophie joined Baker McKenzie as a trainee in 2018, prior to which she had spent time working in Baker McKenzie's Hong Kong office, and qualified in 2020.