In particular, Trajan assists clients in trade defence investigations before the European Commission and other investigating authorities. He has extensive experience in anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, circumvention and safeguard proceedings relating to a wide range of industries, including steel, chemicals, automotive, and biofuels. Trajan regularly advises on contractual implications resulting from trade defence instruments and represents clients before EU courts.
Trajan also advises clients, which include large multinationals, industry associations and governments, on questions concerning the full spectrum of EU and WTO law. He also regularly advises on questions concerning Spanish and EU competition law, including on foreign direct investment screening.
Before joining VBB, Trajan gained experience in a leading law firm in Spain and was a trainee in the office of the Director-General of the European Commission Legal Service.
Trajan regularly speaks and writes about EU and international economic law. Beyond his legal practice, he is an academic assistant at the Institute for European Studies at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Representative matters
- Successfully obtaining exemptions for POSCO’s affiliated companies operating in Türkiye and Vietnam in an EU parallel circumvention investigation concerning anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on imports of cold-rolled stainless steel.
- Advising EU wood processing industries, including plywood and parquet, in relation to several anti-dumping proceedings.
- Acting for Hoa Phat Group, a leading Vietnamese steel producer, in securing a full exemption of anti-dumping duties following an investigation initiated by the European Commission.
Pro bono
Assisting all major European associations of judges in an action for annulment before the EU General Court against the Council of the EU in a matter concerning judicial independence.
Professional
- Admitted to the Madrid Bar, 2024 (Member No. 141424)
- Admitted to the Brussels Bar (E-list), 2026
Academic
- LL.M, College of Europe, 2022 (Distinction)
- Bachelor in Law, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2021
- Bachelor in Political Science and Public Administration, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2021
- Erasmus Exchange Programme, Utrecht University, 2018-2019
- Asociación Española para el Estudio del Derecho Europeo
- Young European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration
- Taming Global Overcapacity: Breaking Down the Commission’s Proposal for a New Trade Measure on Steel Imports, EU Law Live (2025): author
- Investment arbitration under Intra-EU BITs, in International Arbitration and EU Law, Elgar 2nd Edition (2024): co-author
- Harley Davidson: The Court of Justice’s Clarification of the Economic Justification Test concerning Retaliatory Duties, EU Law Live (2024): author
- Bank Melli Iran: The Court of Justice Boosts the EU Blocking Statute at the Expense of the Freedom to Conduct Business, 57 Revista General de Derecho Europeo (2022): author
