Customs and Trade Law Group

Our dedicated customs and trade law team is unique in the Irish market and comprises of partners with significant expertise in customs law, EU law, regulatory law and trade law, with extensive experience in advising clients across a wide range of industries, including technology, logistics, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage and aviation. Our customs and trade law team is more relevant than ever in today’s changing global markets. Ireland is an open economy, and as a member of the EU, has been at the forefront of the Brexit considerations.  In that context, our lawyers regularly advise on international trade questions and disputes.

The customs and trade law team assists clients on a broad range of customs and trade law matters including in respect of the following areas:

• Customs valuation and customs classification of goods;
• Customs special procedures including customs warehousing and inward processing reliefs;
• Determining the customs origin of goods;
• Anti-dumping and countervailing duties;
• Customs audits and appeals;
• EU free movement principles, international treaties and WTO trade law; 
• Supply chain due diligence;
• Export controls and export licensing;
• Trade barriers in goods and services;
• EU trade and financial sanctions;
• European Commission notifications and EU regulations in areas such as telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage standards, product safety and intellectual property rights;
• The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD);
• The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD);
• The EU’s carbon levy on imports, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM);
• The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR);
• The EU Technical Standards Directive;
• The EU Forced Labour Regulation (FLR).  

Our cross-departmental team can help businesses navigate the potential impact of the new US and EU tariffs and can discuss the impact that any tariffs or other trade restrictions could have for your business.       

Our customs and trade law team is at the forefront of advising clients dealing with emerging international issues, where the EU is enacting laws with extra-territorial reach and in assisting internal clients managing the tension between conflicting ESG requirements around the globe. We have represented clients in investigations and disputes in a broad range of areas, in the Irish Courts and in the European Court of Justice (CJEU).       

Our Team