Dr. Dylan Geraets

Dylan regularly advises on the implications of the EU's sanctions and export control regimes in relation to certain dual-use goods and other controlled items. In addition, he guides clients in respect of their day-to-day sanctions compliance efforts under the EU sanctions regimes, as well as with respect to the implementation of sanctions imposed by the United Nations.

Dylan also advises on EU regulatory issues, including ESG-related matters such as supply chain due diligence, forced labour, and environmental issues including deforestation, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), as well as instruments adopted or negotiated as part of the push for "Strategic Autonomy", such as the FDI Screening Regulation, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, and the Anti-Coercion Instrument.

In 2022, Dylan was appointed as Professor of International Trade and Investment Law at the University of Antwerp. As Member of the Academic Board of the ELSA John H Jackson Moot Court Competition on WTO Law and of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), Dylan regularly speaks at international conferences, such as the SIEL Global Conference and the BIICL Annual Conference on WTO law. His research has been published in the Journal of International Economic Law, the World Trade Review, the Journal of World Trade, and the Global Trade and Customs Journal.

Dylan holds a PhD from KU Leuven (Belgium). His doctoral dissertation entitled "Accession to the World Trade Organization: A Legal and Normative Analysis" was published in 2018 by Edward Elgar Publishing. In early 2016, Dylan gained valuable experience in the Appellate Body Secretariat of the WTO. Earlier in his career, he served at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economic Affairs of The Kingdom of The Netherlands as a trade policy advisor based at the Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the WTO in Geneva.

Dylan is fluent in English and German in addition to his native Dutch.

• Advice to chemical companies on EU export control legislation, notably in respect of dual-use items
• Representation of US and Indonesian clients before the Court of Justice of the European Union in cases against regulations imposing anti-dumping measures
• Advice to several multinational companies on customs classification matters, including the review of the Harmonized System (“HS”) nomenclature in the World Customs Organization (“WCO”)
• Compliance advice to various multinational companies pertaining to EU sanctions and export controls
• Assistance to clients in setting up ESG-compliance programmes, including in respect of CBAM, the Deforestation Regulation and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive