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Dr. Bregt Natens is a Partner in the International Trade Team of King & Spalding. Bregt advises clients on EU and international trade law and regulations, with a focus on trade remedies, customs rules, market access and regulatory barriers. Bregt has significant experience representing clients before EU member state authorities in the context of trade remedies and customs matters and in litigation before the EU courts and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Bregt has assisted clients in a large number of anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and safeguard cases in the EU, the United Kingdom, and third countries. Notably, he has experience from the initial, administrative phase of trade remedies proceedings up until litigation before the Court of Justice of the EU and the WTO Appellate Body. His experience covers complaints, original investigations, all types of reviews, anti-circumvention investigations, and compliance proceedings.
Bregt also routinely represents clients in litigation before the EU courts and EU member state courts, and at the WTO. He has been involved in over 25 cases before the Court of Justice of the EU, concerning trade remedies, customs rules, and regulatory matters. Bregt further has extensive experience representing clients before the European Commission and customs authorities.
Before entering private practice, Bregt gained experience in the Legal Affairs Division of the WTO, assisting a panel in dispute settlement proceedings.
Bregt is a regular speaker at international conferences, and he frequently teaches EU and WTO law. His research, including a monograph on trade in services, has been published by leading publishers.
Ph.D., KU Leuven
LL.M., KU Leuven
Brussels
Guest lecturer WTO Dispute Settlement, University of Stellenbosch (since 2019)
Visiting professor (full course), Law of the World Trade Organization, KU Leuven (2024-2025)
Dutch
French
February 18, 2025
Leading International Trade Lawyers Arnoud Willems and Bregt Natens Join King & Spalding in Brussels
February 18, 2025
Leading international trade partners Arnoud Willems and Bregt Natens join the firm’s Government Matters and Regulation practice group in Brussels
Represented an EU industry association in the food sector in bringing EU anti-dumping complaints on unfairly traded imports.
Represented a major UK manufacturing company in bringing UK anti-dumping and anti-subsidy complaints on unfairly traded imports.
Represented several EU manufacturing companies in anti-dumping investigations initiated by foreign governments.*
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Leading International Trade Lawyers Arnoud Willems and Bregt Natens Join King & Spalding in Brussels
February 18, 2025
Leading international trade partners Arnoud Willems and Bregt Natens join the firm’s Government Matters and Regulation practice group in Brussels
Represented an EU industry association in the food sector in bringing EU anti-dumping complaints on unfairly traded imports.
Represented a major UK manufacturing company in bringing UK anti-dumping and anti-subsidy complaints on unfairly traded imports.
Represented several EU manufacturing companies in anti-dumping investigations initiated by foreign governments.*
See moreFebruary 28, 2025
Europe’s new Clean Industrial Deal to accelerate decarbonization, reindustrialization and innovation
February 18, 2025
Leading International Trade Lawyers Arnoud Willems and Bregt Natens Join King & Spalding in Brussels
February 18, 2025
Leading international trade partners Arnoud Willems and Bregt Natens join the firm’s Government Matters and Regulation practice group in Brussels
Ph.D., KU Leuven
LL.M., KU Leuven
Brussels
Guest lecturer WTO Dispute Settlement, University of Stellenbosch (since 2019)
Visiting professor (full course), Law of the World Trade Organization, KU Leuven (2024-2025)
Dutch
French