Isabel Fressynet serves as a Senior Associate at Cassidy Levy Kent’s Brussels office, specializing in a broad range of international trade matters. She provides clients with expert counsel on trade defense proceedings, customs regulations, sanctions, export controls, and supply chain due diligence.
Ms. Fressynet’s expertise includes representing clients in complex anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, circumvention, and safeguards investigations before the European Commission and the World Trade Organization. She also offers guidance on European sanctions, export controls, and compliance with supply chain regulations. Her customs expertise covers tariff classification, rules of origin, customs valuation, and special customs procedures.
Ms. Fressynet holds degrees from Université Panthéon-Assas, Université Paris-Saclay, and Georgetown University Law Center. Before joining Cassidy Levy Kent, she gained experience at other leading international law firms in Brussels and was seconded to a major German pharmaceutical company’s trade team to advise on sanctions and export controls matters.
An active contributor to the field, Ms. Fressynet frequently publishes articles on international trade issues and is a member of Greenlane, an alliance of customs and international trade law firms across Europe and beyond. She is fluent in French, English, and Portuguese.
Recent Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, SPCA/Greenlane Customs Conference in Porto – Panel on European Sanctions, 24 October 2024
- Speaker, University of Liège Customs and International Trade Seminar – Customs and Trade Policy Measures, 4 October 2024
- Speaker, University of Antwerp Export Control Seminar – EU Sanctions, Internal Compliance Program, and the EU Economic Security Package, 14-17 May 2024
- Speaker, University of Antwerp Customs Strategy and International Trade Seminar – Sustainable Supply Chains: Deforestation Regulation, 22-25 May 2023
- Speaker, Webinar on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) for Moroccan Companies, 2 March 2023
- Speaker, Reed Smith/Greenlane Customs Conference in Brussels – EU Deforestation Regulation, 24 November 2022
- Speaker, Belgian Chamber of Commerce Information Session – Binding Tariff Information & Economic Sanctions, 17 November 2022
Education
- LL.M, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C.
- Master’s Degree, Université Paris-Saclay
- Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees, Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II
Languages
- English
- French
- Portuguese
Bar Memberships
- New York
- Paris
- Brussels (E-list)