Marcus Sohlberg

Marcus Sohlberg is counsel in White & Case LLP's International Trade Practice Group, based in Dubai. His practice focuses on international trade and investment matters under various legal regimes, in particular the World Trade Organization (WTO), but also regional treaties and local laws, such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and the European Union (EU).

Marcus advises corporate clients and sovereign governments on a diverse range of matters, including in WTO dispute settlement proceedings, the application of trade remedies rules (anti-dumping, subsidies, and safeguards), trade negotiations, as well as trade policy and regulatory compliance.

In respect of the WTO, Marcus' practice focuses on advisory work and dispute settlement cases. He represents sovereign governments and industry as complainants, respondents, and third parties before WTO panels and the Appellate Body, and advises on a wide array of regulatory issues. He has advised on and litigated cases involving trade remedy rules, tax, technical barriers to trade (TBT), sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures, services, and intellectual property rights. In this work, he has acted for various industry sectors, including aluminum, auto, chemicals, construction, consumer goods, food and beverage, industrial engineering, and steel.

In respect of trade remedies, Marcus advises on all aspects of the application of these rules, including preparation of applications before national authorities, advising companies in ongoing national proceedings, and challenging or defending trade remedy measures in WTO dispute settlement. Recent work includes defending a chemical exporter in Qatar in US AD and CVD investigations; successfully maintaining a safeguard measure on steel in the EU; successfully defending an UAE aluminum producer in an US AD investigation; defending a major Asian economy's anti-dumping measure in a WTO challenge brought by one its main trading partners; and representing a Central American country before the WTO Appellate Body in an appeal concerning regulation of consumer products.

In the area of trade policy, Marcus assists corporate clients and sovereign governments on various issues, such as trade and health, climate change, and negotiations of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements. Recent work includes preparing and analyzing proposals in the context of climate change and sustainable development, and the WTO dispute settlement reform process.

Marcus is selected for the European Commission's pool of individuals eligible for appointment as arbitrator for disputes arising under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). He is recognized by Legal500 as a "Rising Star" in the WTO practice of White & Case LLP. He is also a contributor to Oxford Reports on International Trade Law and World Trade Review. Before joining White & Case LLP, Marcus practiced with other international law firms in Switzerland and Belgium.