About Sven De Knop

Sven De Knop is an advocate in Sidley Austin’s global arbitration, trade and advocacy group, and focuses his practice on international trade law and EU law and regulations. He assists clients in international investigations and enforcement actions, including in the areas of trade defence (including anti-subsidy investigations), economic sanctions and export controls, and customs. Sven also assists clients in understanding how the relevant legal framework applies to their business and in the design and implementation of compliance programmes, and with internal investigations and compliance audits. A significant part of his practice concerns transactional support, where he assists in identifying and mitigating investment, foreign subsidy and trade controls risks.