Economic Support
Training
Business Advice

Economic support & other consultancy on AD, CVD and SG

• Cliff Stevenson Consulting has brought a new business model to EU anti-dumping work.  This is the core service of the consultancy.
• Cliff Stevenson is unique.  He has been the only economist specialising full-time in EU trade defence instruments (TDI) over the past 20 years. The consultancy provides economic and support services to law firms, allowing them to outsource certain parts of trade defence work to an anti-dumping economics specialist.
• Why is this a fundamentally different business model?
  • because it reduces overall input costs of the law firm (30%-40% on a typical case)
  • it also reduces the cost to the client (because less hours are recorded on the file)
  • finally, it increases the quality of the work by adding rigorous economic input working to the advantage both of your client and your anti-dumping practice.
• This service is primarily aimed at EU law firms representing interested parties in EU anti-dumping & other TDI investigations (countervailing duty/anti-subsidy and safeguards).
• See the free paper on "Making Anti-Dumping Work More Profitable" for an analysis of the EU market for, and profitability of, anti-dumping services.

Training on Economics of TDI Investigations

• Economic issues are critical throughout the substantive parts of TDI investigations.  Lawyers practising in this area need to have a good understanding of these issues.  Cliff Stevenson Consulting provides tailor-made training for lawyers, aimed at giving them a better grounding on economic issues
• This training allows lawers to handle anti-dumping and other TDI investigations more effectively by themselves.  It also helps them to understand understand when it may be appropriate to use outside economics help and how to get the most benefit from their economist.
• For further information, see the page on antidumping training which includes a brochure on AD economics training for lawyers.

Business advice on setting up an anti-dumping practice

• Cliff Stevenson Consulting is able to provide practical business and marketing advice on setting up an anti-dumping practice and running anti-dumping investigations.
• This service is useful to:
  • law firms that do TDI work from time to time and would like to get more business
  • law firms that want a trade practice and need TDI work as one of the bread and butter services
  • law firms that already operate in market but find it difficult to make it a viable business.
• Cliff Stevenson Consulting can assist in marketing your practice.  No-one in the EU has been more successful in creating profile through major media outlets e.g. Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, Frankfurter Allgemeine, CNN, CNBC etc.  Cliff Stevenson can assist your practice to do the same.
• For a unique overview of the EU anti-dumping services market, and some basic business tips for a viable anti-dumping practice, see the paper "Making anti-Dumping Work More Profitable".