Anna Dias

Anna Dias has over 15 years’ experience in representing companies and governments on complex trade remedies investigations (anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and safeguard procedures) and in providing in-depth WTO law-related assistance.

Anna also advises clients on a broad variety of other trade related regulatory issues, including those resulting from the ever-increasing EU legal instruments with a direct impact in the EU market. Next to this, Anna advises companies on market access issues, such as those relating to regulatory barriers, discriminatory practices, free-trade and investment agreements, and more.

Additionally, she specialises in EU economic sanctions against third countries, and assists clients in advisory, compliance, transactional and contentious matters arising from the EU regimes of sanctions.

Anna has been a lawyer with AKD Partners as a partner since July 2023. Prior to joining the firm, she worked for over a decade in an international law firm, where she was also a partner. She also previously worked for the Brazilian mission before the World Trade Organization in Geneva.