Regional Integration

We have extensive experience in advising Governments and regional groupings on the creation of regional organisations and/or the entry into regional integration agreements.

This has left us well-positioned to respond to the increasing demands arising from the recent and fast development of regional trading blocs.

Our experience in this area includes:

• Providing assistance to the ASEAN Secretariat to achieve a further degree of regional integration, in setting-up a system of regional dispute settlement, and in negotiating an FTA with the EU;
  

• Providing legal advice to the Government of Rwanda on regional integration options and its trade position with respect to accession to the East African Community; and

• Advice to the European Commission on the compliance of certain national legislation of the former EU candidate countries with the aquis communautaire.

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