Annual Conference on EU Trade and Investment Law 2019 | Academy of European Law ERA | 28 November 2019 | L42 business center & workspaces, Rue de la Loi 42, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium

The aim of this annual conference is to provide legal practitioners with an update on the current challenges facing the European Union with some of its key trading partners. It will give participants the opportunity to exchange with high-level experts and acquire a better understanding of topical issues in international trade and investment law. Relevant recent developments in EU and WTO case law will also be tackled.

Key topics:
• Global trade policy environment
• EU-US trade relations in 2019 and 2020
• EU27-UK trade relations
• Trade law and the digital age
• Investment screening after Regulation (EU) 2019/452
• Investment protection in extra- and intra- EU situations

Who should attend?
Lawyers in private practice, in-house counsel, EU and national civil servants, representatives of producers’, retailers’, users’ and consumers’ organisations, trade unions, non-governmental organisations.

2019 Speakers

Vassilis Akritidis
Partner, DWF, Brussels

Fabian Amtenbrink
Professor of European Union Law, Department of International and European Union Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Renato Antonini
Partner, Jones Day, Brussels

Renita Bhaskar
Deputy Head of Unit, DG Trade, Brussels

Markus Burgstaller
Partner, Hogan Lovells International LLP, London

Philippe De Baere
Managing Partner, Van Bael & Bellis, Brussels

Alberto Di Felice
Senior Policy Manager for Infrastructure, Privacy and Security, Brussels

Sybilla Fries
Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division, World Trade Organisation, Geneva

Christoph Herrmann
Chair of Public Law, European Law, European and International Economic Law, University of Passau

Paulette Vander Schueren
Partner, Mayer Brown Europe, Brussels

Ulrich Trautmann
Senior Expert, DG Trade, European Commission