FratiniVergano is active in the area of international trade law and regulation.  The focus of the firm is on multilateral trading arrangements, preferential trade agreements, and regional or bilateral trade relations between the EU and third countries.  

We regularly advise Governments, multinational corporations and/or private clients on a variety of issues related to market access opportunities and regulatory barriers to trade in goods and services. Our lawyers represent clients in their dealings with EU institutions and EU Member States, third country Governments, and international organizations.

In particular, the firm and its lawyers have developed considerable expertise in the following areas of international trade law and regulation:

In relation to international trade law and regulation, like in all other areas of activity, the firm strongly believes in the importance that its lawyers be constantly at the forefront of the intellectual and academic debates surrounding trade policy and the development or interpretation of its rules and procedures.

To achieve this, lawyers are encouraged and allowed time and resources to conduct research, publish articles and essays on specialized journals, speak at conferences and hold lectures or teaching courses in recognized universities or research institutes.

In recent years, lawyers in the firm have taught on various aspects of EU or WTO law at the following academic institutions:

	World Trade Institute - Bern, Switzerland;
	College of Europe - Bruges, Belgium;
	University of Torino - Torino, Italy;
	Universidad de Lleida - Lleida, Spain;
	Transport Law Institute - Udine, Italy;
	Riga Graduate School of Law - Riga, Latvia; and
	Libero Istituto Universitario Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC) - Castellanza, Italy

For a detailed list of the articles or legal essays published by lawyers in the firm, please see the pages with the individual lawyers’ profiles.

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