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Sanjay Notani is a Senior Partner at Economic Laws Practice (ELP) and heads the firm’s International Trade & Customs practice. His advisory work includes appellate litigation to obtain trade remedial relief from unfairly traded imports in anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty proceedings (Trade Remedial Actions) pertaining to inbound and outbound levy of duties, and disputes arising from Free Trade Agreements (FTA’s)/Regional Trade Agreements (RTA’s), including disputes at the World Trade Organization (WTO) representing India. Sanjay also provides trade advice on various FTA’s/RTA’s being negotiated and signed by India. The scope includes analysis of all matters that constitute an import or export declaration, including classification, country of origin, marking and labelling, eligibility for the relevant Free Trade Program/Agreement, and Free Trade Zone issues. He assists clients in responding to customs notices, conducting internal compliance reviews, pursuing customs rulings and advising on topics such as regulatory barriers. He has advised businesses and industry associations on a wide array of issues related to SPS and TBT (Non-Tariff Barriers), with a predominant focus on market access challenges for agri-business, labelling requirements, and technical regulations. Sanjay implemented and led a research project to monitor SPS measures that are likely to be WTO-law-incompatible. Sanjay is also representing companies and advising Governments on the standards imposed on products ranging from steel and chemicals to medical devices and certain IT Products by the Bureau of Indian Standards. Sanjay has in-depth experience advising various multinational companies on import and export controls, as well as licensing issues, specifically the dual-use goods and technologies regulations (Export Control Regulations (SCOMET)) maintained by the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of External Affairs, and other allied Ministries. He has regulatory and advocacy experience in India’s emerging legal landscape in the evolving technologies space and advises clients on issues concerning privacy, e-commerce, data localization and digital tax. Sanjay provides strategic legal and commercial advice to corporates, trade bodies and governments on the inherent challenges of doing business globally, including strategies for Global Value Chains (GVC). He has held leadership roles in committees of the ABA, IBA, IPBA, CII and FICCI. He regularly speaks and publishes on developments in international trade and customs law. Sanjay has been recognised for over a decade by Chambers Asia-Pacific, Chambers Global, and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific; Lexology Index has named him a Global Elite Thought Leader for Trade & Customs in India, and India Business Law Journal has included him among India’s Top 100 Lawyers. Weblink for profile https://elplaw.in/people/sanjay-notani/