Kornel Olsthoorn – Barona Valladolid

Kornel specialises in EU law, with a particular focus on commercial and investment law. His practice spans market access and regulatory barriers, export and investment controls, sanctions, intra-EU aspects of investment arbitration and State aid. Before joining Houthoff, Kornel worked as a senior legal adviser at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he advised on EU commercial law, EU trade agreements, export controls, sanctions, intra-EU investment disputes, external EU relationships and general EU institutional affairs. He also handled matters for national courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), including in the areas of arbitration, export controls and sanctions. Before joining the Ministry, Kornel worked at renowned international law firms, where he advised multinationals on compliance with sanctions and export controls, customs law, EU anti-dumping, anti-evasion, anti-subsidy and safeguard investigations, and WTO law. He represented companies and public bodies in commercial and corporate disputes before national district courts and courts of appeal, the CJEU and the World Trade Organization.