Cassidy Levy Kent LLP
Yves Melin is a prominent legal professional, currently serving as the Founding Partner of Cassidy Levy Kent (Europe) since November 2024, focusing on international trade law with operations in Brussels, Washington DC, and Ottawa. Melin contributes to academia as a member of the Steering Committee of the Tax Institute at the University of Liège, developing university courses on customs law in French-speaking Belgium. Previously, Melin held partner positions at Reed Smith LLP, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, and McGuireWoods, specializing in EU regulatory and international trade law. Additionally, Melin has lectured on international trade law at Université catholique de Lille. Melin holds a law degree from the University of Liège and an LLM in International Trade Law from the University of Essex.
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Cassidy Levy Kent LLP
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Background: Cassidy Levy Kent (CLK) is an international law firm that focuses on legal and policy issues raised by cross-border transactions, trade controls, trade remedy litigation, including antidumping, countervailing duty and safeguard proceedings, and cases under the dispute settlement provisions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and bilateral and regional free trade agreements and investment treaties. Our lawyers are recognized worldwide as leaders in the field of international trade and investment matters. They have been involved in many of the highest profile Canadian, U.S. and international cases of the past two decades and provide sophisticated, practical advice across the spectrum of international trade issues. They have also briefed and argued numerous trade and investment disputes before international tribunals, including the WTO and the NAFTA, and have negotiated bilateral and multilateral trade agreements. CLK specializes in developing and implementing strategies for using trade and investment legal procedures and policy initiatives to achieve business objectives and to resolve disputes between private companies, between companies and governments, and between governments. CLK operates bi-nationally, with offices in Canada and the USA; these two offices act as separately constituted and regulated legal entities that provide legal and other client services in accordance with the laws of the jurisdictions in which they operate. CLK (Canada) LLP is located in the nation’s capital, Ottawa, which is the seat of the Canadian federal government. CLK (USA) LLP is based in Washington, D.C. CLK's clients include government bodies, industry associations, Fortune 500 corporations and more. Practice Areas: - Trade Remedies - Trade Policy - Market Access - Customs - Export Controls - Economic Sanctions - WTO/Dispute Settlement Contact Information: For more information, and to get in touch with CLK, please visit our website: www.cassidylevy.com