Genevra Forwood advises and litigates on a broad range of areas of 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, and industrial emissions (the LCP and IPPC Directives). 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, and well as introducing antitrust compliance programmes. She frequently advises on the application of State aid and public procurement law. 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 of European and commercial law. She is currently involved in a number cases pending before the Community courts in Luxembourg. 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 of litigation before the English courts as well as commercial arbitrations (ICC and domestic). She is a member of the Bar European 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.