Our practices
Trade remedies and international trade
We provide expert legal services in the area of international and local trade remedy laws including anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard measures. The team provides services of unparalleled technical sophistication through in-depth research and analysis, understanding of the underlying laws and rules with a forward looking perspective.
Mazhar Bangash
We represent clients in the Superior Courts of Pakistan regarding trade remedies and international trade law. As part of our service, we partner with the International Trade Law Department to handle litigation matters and provide clients with the best possible solutions.
Our team have conducted numerous investigations under Pakistan’s anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard laws, structured international business transactions, effectively utilised international trade agreements, and availed subsidies for exports and protection through tariffs within the allowed parameters of the multilateral trading system. Besides having domestic clients, we advise a diverse range of foreign clientele comprising manufacturers, exporters, and importers (amongst others) on complex issues arising while doing cross-border trade.
We are well versed in the technical procedures applicable to trade remedies and their investigations (including the NTCL National Tariff Commission) and the opportunities available to exporters and producers under the laws of Pakistan to defend their interests.
We are frequently engaged by exporters from the British Virgin Islands, China, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Korea, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, the UAE, and Ukraine to pursue an effective defence in various anti-dumping investigations.
Mazhar Bangash heads the Trade Law Department and is singled out as a highly experienced and seasoned International Trade Law expert. He is a regular panellist at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body and has recently acted as an arbitrator in a trade dispute between the US and Korea.
Experience at the WTO, dispute settlement body
- One of our partners acted as a Panellist in an anti-dumping dispute (DS 464) between the United States of America and South Korea.
- Acted as counsel for Pakistan in DS 500 against South Africa, challenging imposition of anti-dumping duties on Cement by South Africa.
- Acted as counsel for Pakistan at consultations with Egypt in relation to anti-dumping measures imposed on Matches in Boxes by Egypt.
International anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations
- Anti-Dumping & Anti-Subsidy Investigation against exports of Potassium Silicate from Pakistan and UAE to Canada: The Firm successfully defended Pakistani and UAE based exporters in an anti-dumping & anti-subsidy investigation initiated by Canada. Based on our submissions, the case was decided in favour of UAE & Pakistani exporters and no anti-dumping duties were imposed.
- Anti-Dumping Investigation against exports of Matches in Boxes from Pakistan to Egypt: Our partner successfully defended Pakistani exporters of Matches in Boxes in an anti-dumping investigation initiated by Egypt. The Government of Egypt and the Pakistan exporters reached a mutually agreed solution and no anti-dumping duties were imposed.
- Anti-Dumping Investigation against exports of Paperboard from Korea to the Philippines: The Firm advised exporters of Paperboard from Korea to Philippine in an anti-dumping investigation initiated by Philippine.
- Anti-Dumping Investigation against exports of BOPP from Egypt to Turkey: The Firm is advising exporters of BOPP from Egypt to Turkey in an anti-dumping investigation initiated by Turkey.
Domestic anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations
- Anti-Dumping Investigation against Certain Paper from China, Thailand and Indonesia: The Firm successfully defended exporters from China, Thailand and Indonesia in the anti-dumping investigation. The exporters included APP, China, Double A, Thailand and PT Fajar, Indonesia. No duties were imposed against the exporters.
- Anti-dumping investigation against alleged dumping of Hydrogen Peroxide from Belgium, China, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey: Successfully represented Hansol Chemical Company Ltd (Korea), OCI Company Limited (Korea) and OCI Corporation (Korea) in the anti-dumping investigation against alleged dumping of Hydrogen Peroxide. No anti-dumping duties were imposed.
- Anti-dumping investigation against alleged dumping of Hot Rolled Coil into Pakistan from Ukraine: The Firm successfully represented major Ukrainian producers of Iron & Steel related products in the anti-dumping investigation. In addition, the Firm also advised Sumitomo Corporation, Japan in this investigation.
- Anti-dumping investigation against alleged dumping of Colled Rolled Coils/Sheets into Pakistan from China and Ukraine: The Firm is representing major Colled rolled coils/sheets producers of Iron & Steel products in China in the subject investigation. The Firm is also representing Pakistan Iron & Steel Merchants Association, Karachi Iron & Steel Merchants Association and the Pakistan National Steel Merchants Association on behalf of the importers in the subject investigation.
- Anti-dumping investigation against alleged dumping of Galvanized Coils/Sheets into Pakistan from China: The Firm is representing Hebei Iron & Steel Company and Bengang Steel Plates Co. Ltd in the subject investigation.
- Corus Packaging Plus, Netherlands (“Corus Packaging”): The Firm represented Corus Packaging in an anti-dumping investigation initiated against dumped imports of Tin-Plate into Pakistan.
- Anti-dumping investigation against alleged dumping of BoPP in Pakistan: RIAA successfully represented exporters from UAE and Oman in the anti-dumping investigation initiated by NTC. The clients are Taghleef Dubai and Taghleef Oman.
- Anti-Dumping Investigation against Dumped Imports of Ceramic Tiles from China and Spain: The Firm successfully represented 29 Spanish exporters and their association, and the China Chamber of Commerce for Metals, Minerals & Chemicals, in an anti-dumping investigation initiated by the Government of Pakistan.
Practice areas
- Anti-Dumping
- Competition
- Countervailing
- International Trade
- Investigations
- NTC and WTO Proceedings
- Safeguard measures
- Trade Remedies
