Ivan Baranenko

Associate, Mayer Brown

Ivan, an associate in Mayer Brown's International Trade group in Brussels, advises clients on a wide range of issues in the field of international trade, with a focus on trade remedies (including anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and safeguard investigations), EU sanctions, customs rules, and WTO law.

Ivan is active in representing clients in trade defense investigations before the investigating authorities of the EU, the US, Brazil and other jurisdictions. He also advises on market access issues, government trade policies, and internal compliance investigations in the sphere of sanctions and customs law.

Prior to joining Mayer Brown, Ivan worked for a top-tier law firm in Kyiv (Ukraine), where he obtained extensive experience in international trade law, including regulatory issues, trade remedies, and WTO law.

Ivan is fluent in English in addition to his native Ukrainian and Russian.

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EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (EU CBAM)

Practice Notes

This Practice Note covers the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of 10 May 2023 establishing the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (the EU CBAM Regulation). The EU CBAM establishes equivalent rules to those imposed by the EU emissions trading system (ETS) for goods with high embedded greenhouse gas emissions being imported into the EU. This Practice Note covers the scope of the EU CBAM, the transition period reporting requirements, and the obligations to submit CBAM declarations and surrender CBAM certificates as applicable from 2026 onwards. It also provides practical guidance on the calculation of embedded emissions, the administration of the CBAM via registries, and the consequences of non-compliance. This Practice Note also covers proposals for reform of the EU CBAM pursuant to the omnibus simplification package, as published in February 2025.

EU Law

The EU Forced Labour Regulation

Practice Notes

This Practice Notes discusses Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market (the EU Forced Labour Regulation). It covers background information and the broader regulatory framework addressing human rights in cross-border supply chains, the scope of the Regulation and its application, the role of the competent authorities, the investigation process which aims to identify and address products made with forced labour before they enter, or if already present, to remove them from the EU market. The Practice Note explains the content of the decisions issued at the end of the investigation process, the enforcement provisions, the consequences for economic operators as well as the Union Network Against Forced Labour Products, the database of forced labour risks areas or products, the single information submission point and the Forced Labour Single Portal, which are established by the Regulation.

EU Law