Vanessa Edwards is a partner in our London office. Her experience means that she is uniquely placed to advise on the implications of European Union regulation for business and on strategies to influence the legislative process. Ms Edwards focuses her practice on trade and regulatory matters involving EU law, with particular emphasis on EU environmental legislation including REACH (Regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals), and on EU international trade, competition, public procurement and State aid law.
Ms. Edwards joined K&L Gates in 2008 after 15 years at the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") in Luxembourg, the ultimate arbiter for ruling on the interpretation of EU law. At the ECJ, she was involved in several hundred cases in a wide variety of areas, including anti-dumping, biotechnology, capital movements, competition, consumer protection, copyright, cross-border trade, customs, environmental regulation, financial services, insolvency, parallel imports, public procurement, state aid, tax and trade marks. Before working at the ECJ, Ms. Edwards had spent 10 years in practice at an international law firm in London. She is also Visiting Professor of EU Company Law at King's College London and European Case-law Editor for the Oxford Journal of Environmental Law.