Genevra Forwood advises and litigates on a broad range of areas in European law.

She advises clients in a variety of industrial sectors (ranging from IT, energy, manufacturing to chemicals) on the legal aspects of their business activities in the EU, with a particular emphasis on regulatory compliance. Her practice spans EU legislation covering chemicals (REACH and the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals), electrical and electronic equipment (the WEEE and RoHS Directives), the classification and treatment of waste, industrial emissions and environmental impact assessments.

She also advises multinationals on EU employment law, in particular, on transnational issues such as European Works Councils, data protection and the implementation of global compliance codes.

Genevra also advises on the application of all aspects of EU competition law. She has particular experience of cartel investigations, in particular in defending clients in cartel proceedings, as well as introducing antitrust compliance programmes. She frequently advises on the rules and procedures governing the grant of State aid and public contracts covered by the EU public procurement directives. She has advised on the various procurement procedures, changes of contact terms and potential remedies, with a particular emphasis on the UK context.

Genevra's litigation practice spans a range of areas in European and commercial law. She has been involved in a number of cases before the EU courts in Luxembourg: SAS v. Commission (Airfreight cartel decision), Garantovaná v. Commission (successful interim measures application in respect of a fine imposed in the Calcium Carbide cartel case), Forum 187 v. Commission (fiscal State aids), Nexans v. Commission (competition investigation), TerreStar Europe v. Commission (selection process for mobile satellite services) and Labate v. Commission (staff case).

She is a member of the Bar of England and Wales and undertook her pupillage in a leading set of commercial chambers in London, where she gained first-hand experience in litigation before the English courts as well as commercial arbitrations (ICC and domestic). She is a member of the European Bar Group.

Previously Genevra worked for an agricultural trade association and for a European NGO. As a volunteer for the AIRE Centre in London she advised individuals on their rights under EU and human rights law.

Bars and Courts
Brussels Bar (E list), 2008
England and Wales, 2005

Education
Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law, King’s College London, with Merit, 2011
Bar Vocational Course, BPP Law School, London, 2005
Graduate Diploma in Law, City University, London, with Distinction, 2004
Masters, College of Europe, Bruges, 2000
MA, University of Edinburgh, 1999

Publications
Co-author, "(Not) breaking the bank" in The Commercial Litigation Journal, May/June 2011, Number 37 (with Kai Struckmann)
Co-author, "EU's Highest Court Says 'No' (For Now) To EU-Wide Patent Court" in Thomas Reuters/World Trade Executive (Eds) EuroWatch, p.3, March 2011 (with James Killick, Anthony Dawes)
Co-author, "Legal privilege for in-house lawyers in EU competition investigation: the End of the Road?" in The Commercial Litigation Journal, November/December 2010, Number 34 (with Mark Powell)

Languages
English
French
Spanish

Citizenship
British