Gabriele represents a wide range of international clients in the framework of EU trade remedies investigations. He also has extensive experience in assisting European companies targeted by investigations initiated by non-EU countries, including the US.
Gabriele handles customs classification, valuation and origin matters. He has broad experience in trade and customs litigation before the Italian and EU courts.
Gabriele’s expertise extends to EU export controls and trade sanctions as well as other trade-related regulations including the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
He advises clients on EU and Italian competition law. His expertise covers antitrust investigations, mergers proceedings, State aida s well as the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR).
Gabriele also assists clients on a range of regulatory and environmental matters, in particular in the automotive sector.
Client, Legal 500 2026, Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping“Gabriele Coppo stands out for his exceptional mastery of EU trade and antidumping law combined with a pragmatic, solution-oriented approach. He is highly responsive, clear in his explanations, and able to anticipate issues before they arise, which makes him a trusted and strategic advisor.
Representative matters
- Representing the Turkish exporters in a successful action for annulment of Regulation (EU) 2022/2390 amending the definitive countervailing duty imposed on imports of certain rainbow trout originating in Türkiye by Regulation (EU) 2021/823.
- Representing leading tyre manufacturer Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd.in the UK transition review of the AD/CVD measures on imports of tyres for bus and lorries (TBRs) from China.
Professional
- Admitted to Brussels Bar
- Admitted to Turin Bar
Academic
- University of Brussels (ULB), LL.M. in European Law, 2008
- University of Strasbourg, Diploma in Comparative Law, 2007
- University of Turin, Master of Laws, 2007
- University of Turin, Bachelor of Laws, 2005
- Recommended, Legal 500 2025, Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
- “Gabriele Coppo offers maximum availability and effective support in problem solving, conveying a sense of security during the decision-making process.” Client, Legal 500 2025, Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
Publications
- The CAP Under Attack? Last Developments In Trade Defence Cases Targeting European Food Products, Global Trade and Customs Journal, Vol. 13(12).
- Aiuti di stato e società di calcio in difficoltà: i recenti casi “Valencia football clubs” e “Dutch football clubs”, Rivista di Diritto ed Economia dello Sport, Vol. XII(3).
- Contractual Stability and EU Competition Law, European Sports Law and Policy Bulletin, 1/2011.
- Article 82 CE et refus de licence des droits de propriété intellectuelle: nouvelles perspectives après l’arrêt Microsoft, Revue du Droit de l’Union Européenne, No 4/2008.
- Contributor to Van Bael & Bellis, Il Diritto Comunitario della Concorrenza (Giappichelli, 2009), the Italian edition of the Firm’s competition book
- Contributor to Van Bael & Bellis, EU Anti-Dumping and Other Trade Defence Instruments(Kluwer, 2019), the standard work of reference in the field of EU trade law
