International Trade

Attorney-at-law specializing in tax and legal advisory for entrepreneurs from the new technologies and e-commerce sector. I have gained expertise working on projects related to competition and consumer protection law, personal data protection law and intellectual property protection law, and my next professional goal is to confirm my tax specialization by qualification as a tax adviser.

Piotr Spaczyński is the managing partner of SSW. He advises enterprises from various industries. Apart from facilitating a number of complex transactions he has advised numerous entities in the regulated sectors and took part in international arbitration proceedings with a value exceeding USD 1 billion. He is a member of the board of the Warsaw Arbitration Court Lewiatan, a member of the supervisory board of the Mining Industry Employers Association, former member of the Polish Wind Energy Association steering committee, Senior Vice President of the Therme Group – leading global technology company and an integrator of wellness and entertainment concepts…

James has been advising numbers of US, European, Australian and Asian companies investing in China by way of setting up RO (Representative Office), JV (Joint Venture), WOFE (Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise) or merger and acquisition with Chinese companies. With 20 years of legal experience, James is expertise in advising clients on commercial and corporate matters, James currently is the legal counsel to numbers of foreign-invested companies, including Nestle Guangzhou, Swire Guangdong Coca-Cola,Tyco International, Tupperware China, Coface China, Candy China, Taly China, etc. James has been involved in a number of large-scale assignments involving cross-border liquidation and restructuring, include GITIC and…

Prior to private practice, Dr. Steven Yu served at Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Centre, the first Chinese World Trade Organization (WTO) service body, where he advised government agencies, enterprises and industry associations on trade compliance upon China’s WTO access. Dr. Yu started his private practice in 2003, focusing on trade law, foreign investment law (including Chinese enterprises’ foreign investments and foreign investments in China), corporate and commercial. He leads the Firm’s team representing Chinese clients to safeguard their trade and investment interest in various jurisdictions; on the other hand, he assists foreign chambers and many international companies for their interest…

Alexey Ivanov is a managing partner of Konnov & Sozanovsky. Alexey Ivanov has been practicing law for over 18 years. Before becoming Konnov & Sozanovsky managing partner, for 11 years Alexey acted as a partner of the Ukrainian law firm, which he founded together with his colleagues. His wide-ranging experience covers corporate law, corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, banking and foreign exchange regulations, foreign investments, competition and labor law. Being a managing partner of Konnov & Sozanovsky, Mr. Ivanov diversified company’s services by developing new legal practices like agrarian law, banking and financial law, corporate structuring and M&A. He also…