Baker McKenzie’s Import and Trade Remedies blog recently published Business consequences and recommendations on the tightened import ban on iron and steel imposed by the EU, which can be found here.
Lionel joined Baker McKenzie as customs lead in February 2022. He has over 23 years of experience in the field of customs, international trade, excises and energy levy. Lionel is lecturer at the UIA (Antwerp) and ULG (Liege). He is in charge of the customs, excises and international trade course at the Solvay Tax MBA.
In 2023, Lionel was appointed by the Global ICC board as Chair of the ICC Global Customs Valuation Working Group.
Lionel is also chairing the Indirect Taxes subcommitee of AMCHAM BE.
Lionel's Indirect Tax practice team has been recognized as Tier 1 Indirect Tax Team in Belgium by ITR World Tax.
Thomas Kukanza joined Baker McKenzie as a senior trade advisor in the Tax Practice Group in April 2022. He has over 10 years of experience in customs and international trade and in the implementation of duty optimization programs. Thomas is a guest lecturer at the University of Antwerp and holds a US customs broker licence.
Jean-Guillaume is a trade advisor in the Tax Practice Group of the Brussels office. He joined Baker McKenzie in January 2023 after 4 years of experience in a leading consulting and advisory firm.