Marcus Sohlberg

Marcus Sohlberg is counsel at White & Case LLP, based in Dubai. His practice focuses on cross-border business, trade, and investment matters under various legal regimes, including the World Trade Organization (WTO), regional treaties such as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union (EU), and local laws of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), and the State of Qatar.

Marcus advises corporate clients and sovereign governments on a diverse range of matters, including regulatory compliance, dispute resolution, application of trade remedies rules (anti-dumping, subsidies, and safeguards), negotiations, etc. In this work, Marcus has worked for various industry sectors, including aluminum, auto, chemicals, construction, consumer goods, food and beverage, industrial engineering, and steel.

In the area of regulatory compliance, Marcus assists clients on a broad range of topics, such as the application of ESG laws, regulations on chemicals and plastics, corporate sustainability, supply chain controls, subsidy and investment rules, corporate due diligence, sanctions and export controls, etc.

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; and successfully defending an UAE aluminum producer in an US AD investigation.

In respect of dispute resolution, Marcus has a wide experience of litigating commercial disputes at the World Trade Organization, as well as before the European Union courts and in domestic challenges. At the WTO, Marcus represents sovereign governments and industry as complainants, respondents, and third parties before WTO panels and the Appellate Body. 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.

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", and he has contributed to various law journals and books. Before joining White & Case LLP, Marcus practiced with other international law firms in Switzerland and Belgium.