Bert Gevers is a partner at Loyens & Loeff Brussels and heads the firm’s international trade practice. He advises his clients on all matters related to international and domestic exchange of goods and services. He has a particular focus on export controls and economic sanctions, but also deals with foreign investment controls, customs regulations, indirect taxes and anti-corruption. Many of his clients are in the high-tech and innovation industries, including the e-commerce, and the aerospace and defence sectors.
Bert assists his clients by drafting compliance programmes and giving training courses, as well as by performing internal scans and audits. He represents clients before the authorities and courts as well as before the European Commission, its advisory committees and the Court of Justice of the European Union. He has significant experience in counselling clients involved in (criminal) investigations related to their international trade activities.
Bert is the co-founder and scientific coordinator of the blog www.worldtradecontrols.com; the coordinator of the annual International Chamber of Commerce seminars on EU and US trade controls; and a regular speaker at international conferences. He is the co-founder of the Association of Trade + Investment Controls and Compliance Attorneys (AT+ICA EU) and the Global Legal Customs Association (GLCA), and a memb...
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"Bert is my go-to lawyer for all EU-related sanctions questions and advice" "He is highly knowledgeable in the nuanced and complex work of EU and global sanctions"
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