Leading International Trade Partner Naboth van den Broek joins Akin Gump

Appointment further strengthens the firm’s depth in international dispute settlement, policy and regulatory matters

(London and Washington, D.C.) – Akin Gump today announced that Naboth van den Broek has joined the firm as a partner in its international trade practice. He joins from WilmerHale, where he was co-chair of its International Group. Mr. van den Broek will work out of the firm’s London, Washington, D.C., and Geneva offices.

Mr. van den Broek is a highly regarded, Chambers-ranked international trade lawyer with more than 20 years of experience advising companies and governments on international dispute settlement, policy and regulatory issues.

Mr. van den Broek has deep experience in complex, treaty-based international dispute settlement and arbitration matters under World Trade Organization (WTO) and International Centre for Settlement of Investor Disputes (ICSID) rules, as well as in EU, U.K., and U.S. tribunals. He also focuses on international trade, investment and geopolitical issues; free trade agreement and other treaty negotiations; and international compliance and investigations matters.

The arrival of Mr. van den Broek marks another significant step in the expansion of Akin Gump’s global international trade practice, which now has more than 70 professionals based in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

“Naboth is a major addition to our firm and our industry-leading international trade practice,” commented Akin Gump chairperson Kim Koopersmith. “He joins us at a great time, as our trade practice, which is the largest and deepest in the world, is seeing unprecedented demand from clients and is the busiest it has ever been. We are delighted to have Naboth on board.”

Tom McCarthy, head of Akin Gump’s international trade practice, added, “We are very excited to have Naboth join us. He is a significant addition to our international trade team, especially for our work in Europe and Asia. He brings a skill set that will really help our clients and broaden our global capabilities.”

Mr. van den Broek said, “Akin Gump’s team is the premier international trade group in the world, and I am looking forward to being part of it. We are at a crossroads in terms of the challenges that companies and governments face today. I am looking forward to leveraging the firm’s global platform to help clients as they face these issues and try to navigate them. I can’t wait to get started.”

About Naboth van den Broek

Mr. van den Broek has over twenty years of experience advising companies and governments at the intersection of international law, policy, government and strategy.  In addition to his law practice, Mr. van den Broek is adjunct professor of International Trade and Investment Law at Georgetown University Law Center in the United States, a senior distinguished fellow at the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) and a member of the IIEL’s Advisory Board.  

Mr. van den Broek studied law at Leiden University in the Netherlands and Georgetown University Law Center in Washington. D.C., as well as international politics at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris. He is admitted to the Amsterdam (Netherlands), Brussels (EU List) and Washington, D.C. (Special Legal Consultant) bars and is a registered foreign lawyer in England and Wales. He speaks Dutch, French, English, German and Spanish.

About Akin Gump’s International Trade Practice

Akin Gump’s international trade practice has more than 70 lawyers and professionals across nine offices and three continents. It sits at the nexus of the firm’s broader regulatory work, which includes more than 150 government regulatory lawyers and advisors, and its leading public law and policy practice, which is the largest such practice in the industry. It offers an array of services designed to optimize clients’ ability to engage in the cost-efficient and timely exchange of goods and services across borders, in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The firm’s lawyers and advisors assist clients with issues before the WTO; the EU Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union; the EU Directorate General for Trade; EU member states’ national customs, export controls, sanctions and foreign trade administrations, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; the International Trade Commission; the U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce and Justice and affiliated agencies such as the Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Bureau for Industry and Security; the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and the U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies and offices that deal with international trade regulation.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers and advisors in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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