International Trade
International Trade
Hylands’ international trade team is a leader in the field of international trade law, with particular expertise in anti-dumping, countervailing, WTO dispute settlement, overseas investment, and international arbitration. In the area of international trade remedies, Hylands’ International Trade Team has handled hundreds of anti-dumping, countervailing, and safeguard measure cases since 1999, covering products such as steel, chemicals, textiles, light industry goods, machinery and electronics, and agricultural and sideline products. Additionally, Hylands provides legal services to numerous industry associations, including the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, China Chamber of International Commerce, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products, China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textile and Apparel, China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters, China Iron and Steel Association, and the China Rubber Industry Association. Furthermore, Hylands has represented a large number of clients in trade remedy investigations against China across over 30 countries and regions - including the European Union, the United States, Canada, Australia, India, and Ukraine - securing favorable outcomes such as zero tax rates, low tax rates, and case closure without measures, earning wide recognition from clients.
Hylands boasts an experienced, professional international trade legal service team, bringing together top-tier legal talents with overseas study and practice backgrounds, who are proficient in both domestic and foreign laws. Many partners have over 20 years of experience in relevant fields and have previously held positions in government agencies such as the Ministry of Commerce.
Hylands has repeatedly been named “China's International Trade Law Firm of the Year” by prestigious international legal media outlets like Chambers and Asian Legal Business. From 2020 to 2022, Hylands provided professional legal services to the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China in over a dozen anti-dumping and countervailing cases. As one of the law firms in the trade remedy lawyer pool designated by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, Hylands delivers optimal service solutions for international trade and investment to both Chinese and foreign clients.
Services
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- International Trade Remedy Investigations
- Represent enterprises in responding to original anti-dumping, countervailing, and safeguard measure investigations, as well as corresponding new exporter reviews, interim reviews, administrative reviews, sunset reviews, and anti-cir-cumvention investigations, including preparing questionnaire responses and supplementary questionnaire answers, facilitating on-site or remote verifications, submitting injury defense arguments, and participating in hearings.
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- WTO Dispute Settlement and Trade Barrier Investigation
- Assist relevant Chinese government authorities in engaging with the WTO dispute settlement mechanism, including preparing consultation materials and presenting submissions to panels and the Appellate Body; additionally, provide legal services to manufacturers or suppliers with direct ties to products or services impacted by the challenged barriers - such as supporting them in drafting questionnaire responses, navigating on-site or remote verifications, and compiling consultation materials.
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- Import and Export Compliance
- Support clients in addressing economic sanction investigations and import-export control inquiries targeting specific countries, industries, or entities; offer legal services for building trade compliance systems and global supply chain compliance frameworks, and provide legal advisory support to help clients secure removal from sanction blacklists.
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- Maritime Law Services
- Draft and review the contracts for maritime cargo transportation (including bills of lading, charter parties, and freight forwarding contracts), as well as contracts for multimodal transport and logistics warehousing. Resolve disputes arising from freight forwarding contracts, and disputes related to ship construction, purchase, repair, and scrapping contracts. Handle the disputes over compensation for damages, including ship collision damages, loss of loading/unloading equipment, appurtenances and container.
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- Customs Law Services
- Assist enterprises in mitigating import-export compliance risks and pursuing legal remedies for customs audits; and provide legal advisory services on customs rules of origin, tariff classification, dutiable value determination, and other import-export declaration-related matters.
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- International Trade Legal Consulting and Dispute Resolution
- Support clients in managing international trade legal consulting and dispute resolution matters, covering the drafting of international goods and service trade contracts, compliance analysis of policies and regulations, and security assessments of transaction structures; deliver the specialized legal consulting on frameworks such as WTO rules and INCOTERMS® 2020. Assist clients in navigating litigation and arbitration proceedings for international trade disputes, addressing issues like contract breaches, cross-border payments, and trade barriers, and provide dispute strategy development and cross-border legal risk solutions.
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- International Arbitration
- Represent clients in international arbitration cases, including arbitration filings, evidence preparation, hearing representation, and award enforcement under rules of institutions such as the ICC, SIAC, and UNCITRAL. Handle disputes related to contract breaches, project claims and cross-border investments, represent clients in legal defenses, fact verification, and legal document drafting during arbitration proceedings, and provide services including arbitration strategy development, cross-border dispute solutions, and legal opinion issuance as required by the parties.
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- International Construction Engineering
- Assist clients in the international engineering sector with legal matters across the full project lifecycle, including designing EPC/PPP/BOT model structures, applying FIDIC/NEC contract clauses, and resolve disputes such as project delays and project payment settlements; support enterprises in addressing compliance matters like green building certification and ESG risk management, and provide legal services including cross-border financing and M&A, and supply chain reviews. The service scope covers energy, transportation, and municipal engineering sectors, with clients including Fortune 500 companies, sovereign wealth funds, and international financial institutions.