Law Offices Of David L. Simon
1025 Connecticut
Avenue, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC
20036 USA
Tel. 202-481-9000 Fax 202-481-9010
e-mail: DLSimon@DLSimon.com
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David L. Simon |
Ayla
Önder |
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Admitted, MD, DC |
Admitted,
Izmir, Turkey |
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Roberto
Turolla |
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International
Trade Consultant |
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Milan,
Italy |
PRACTICE PROFILE
Law Offices of David L. Simon specializes in international trade law, particularly
antidumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD) matters. From our base in Washington, DC, we
represent clients worldwide before tribunals in the US and abroad. We have represented clients before the
antidumping tribunals of the United States, Canada, the European Union, Turkey,
Chile, Egypt, and others. We have over
25 years’ experience in the steel industry, textile and apparel, food products,
and other industrial and consumer goods sectors.
David Simon is a US lawyer, specializing in AD/CVD law since
1977. He has been lead attorney in
scores of AD/CVD proceedings involving steel, apparel, and food products,
particularly pasta. Since 1995, in
addition to a number of steel industry cases, Mr. Simon has successfully
represented Turkish and Italian pasta producers in over 35 separate AD/CVD proceedings. In 2001, during the US steel safeguards
investigations, Mr. Simon represented the “long products” sector of the
European steel industry (Eurofer), as well as flat steel producers in Turkey
(Erdemir) and Indonesia (Krakatau).
Ayla Önder is a Turkish lawyer, who was
a senior executive at a major Turkish food producer/exporter for 25 years. In 1995, Mrs. Önder joined Mr. Simon to
establish the Law Offices of David L. Simon.
Mrs. Önder has participated in AD/CVD reviews of over a dozen pastifici,
and has represented Turkish steel industry clients in proceedings before the
antidumping tribunals of the US as well as Canada, Chile, and the EU. Mrs. Önder brings 25 years’ commercial
experience to our law firm as well as her legal experience.
Roberto
Turolla is
an Italian accounting and financial advisor who has actively participated in
over a dozen antidumping matters during his affiliation with our firm.
In addition, we bring to each case a group of specialized
technical consultants, including alumni of the Commerce Department’s Office of Antidumping
Compliance.
Representative clients include pastifici
Combattenti, Corticella, Guido Ferrara, Guacci, Pagani, Antonio Pallante, PAM,
Riscossa, Tomasello, and Zaffiri in Italy; pastifici Filiz, Pastavilla, Gidasa,
and Beslen in Turkey; steel mills Erdemir (flat products), Habaş (long
products), and Yücel Boru (hollow products) in Turkey; EUROFER (European
Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries) and numerous member companies in
the European Union, including Lucchini S.p.A.; and PT Krakatau Steel in
Indonesia.
DAVID L. SIMON, admitted to bar, 1977, Maryland; 1979, District of
Columbia and U.S. Court of International Trade; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit.
Education: St. John's
College, Annapolis, MD (BA, 1969); University of Maryland Law School (JD,
1977). President, Maryland
International Law Society, 1976–77. Editor, International
Trade Law Journal, 1975 – 77.
Publications: "Implications of the Taiwan Relations Act for
US-ROC Economic Relations," 13 American
Studies 85 (Taipei: Academia Sinica, 1983); Annual Survey of US–Taiwan Trade Law, Chinese Yearbook of International Law and Affairs (1981–90);
"Trade with the United States," in Mitchell Silk, ed., Taiwan and International Trade (Oxford
Univ. Press, 1993).
Professional activities: Adjunct
Faculty, University of Maryland Law School, 1984–90 (international trade).
Director, American Association for Chinese Studies, 1987–89.
Member: District of
Columbia Bar; Maryland Bar; American-Turkish Council, Atatürk Society of
America.
AYLA ÖNDER, attorney-at-law; member, Bar of Izmir, Turkey.
Education: Graduated, American High School for Girls (ACI),
Izmir, 1963; Istanbul University Law School, 1968.
Business
career:
1971–96: General Counsel, Export-Import Manager, and
Secretary-General, for a major Turkish producer of pasta and other food
products. Responsibilities included management of the export and import
departments; compliance with laws and regulations in local and export markets;
government and industry liaison; negotiating collective agreements with
employees' labor union; handling meetings of the Board of Directors and
shareholders' annual meetings.
1996 –
: Practicing attorney,
specializing in antidumping and international litigation.
Member: Member of the
Bar, Izmir, Turkey; Director, Atatürk Society of America, 1997;
American-Turkish Association; Assembly of American-Turkish Associations.
Languages:
Turkish, English, German.
ROBERTO TUROLLA, accounting and financial
advisor, Milan, Italy. Particular expertise in accounting and financial
analysis, financial reporting standardization, accounting database extraction
and configuration, mergers and acquisitions.
Education: University Degree in
Economics, Università Cattolica di Milano; “Strategic Planning” and “Project
Management” courses at Management Centre Europe, Bruxelles, and SDA Bocconi.
Business career:
January 2001 – present
Corporate Advisor of La
Compagnia Finanziaria, an Italian merchant bank, with focus on M&A.
March 2000 – present
Collaboration with Law Offices of David L. Simon,
Washington, DC, regarding antidumping proceedings under
international trade law; responsible for extraction of complex databases from
accounting systems and construction of rigorous cost of production models, as
well as client support during verifications/audits.
Consultancy for mergers,
acquisitions and restructuring in Italian industrial, distribution and retail
sectors.
April 1999 –
March 2000
Director of
F.P. Industrial Adviser S.p.A.
Divestment of
Equitalia portfolio.
1990 – 1999
F.P.
Industrial Adviser S.p.A., Milan (Flemings Group)
Advisor to closed-end fund Equitalia.
1989 – 1990
Compagnia
Finanziaria Italiana S.p.A., Milan (Cariplo Group)
M&A and direct investments team .
1986 – 1989
Recordati
S.p.A., Milan
Assistant for Corporate Development.
1985 – 1986
Farmitalia-Carlo
Erba S.p.A., Milan
Working Capital Group Controller.
1982 – 1985
Recordati S.p.A., Milan
Assistant
to the Finance Director.
1978 – 1982
Credito Italiano S.p.A., Milan
Stocks Department.
Languages:
Italian, English, Spanish
Other information: High-level skill in information technology
tools.
Hot-Rolled Steel Coil from Turkey (EU AD
Investigation) (2002) (Erdemir)
Steel Rebar from Turkey (2001/02) (Habaş)
Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from Turkey
(1999) (Erdemir)
Seamless Pipe from Ukraine (EU AD Investigation)
(1999)
Steel Rebar & Wire Rod from Turkey (Chilean AD
Investigation) (1999) (Habaş,
Colakoglu)
Steel Reinforcing Bar from Turkey (Canadian AD
Investigation) (1999) (Habaş,
Colakoglu)
Wire Rod from Turkey (EU AD Investigation) (1999) (Habaş, Colakoglu)
Steel Reinforcing Bar from Turkey (Egyptian AD
Investigation) (1999) (Habaş,
Colakoglu, Diler)
Pasta from Turkey (1995 – present) (Pastavilla,
Filiz, Beslen)
Pasta from Italy (1997 – present) (Pallante, Guacci, Pagani, Ferrara, Riscossa,
Tomasello, Zaffiri)
Carbon Steel Pipe from Turkey (1994 – present) (Yücel Group)
Ball Bearings from EU (Turkish AD investigation)
(1997-98) (FAG)
Bicycles from the People's Republic of China (ITC)
(1995)
Industrial Belts from Japan (Scope Review) (1996)
Stainless Steel Pipe from Taiwan (1992 – 1998) (Chang Mien)
Manmade Fiber Sweaters from Hong Kong (1990 – 95)
Ball Bearings from Turkey (USITC) (1992) (ORS)
Carbon Steel Pipe from Taiwan (1982 – 1990) (KHC, Yieh Hsing, Femco, Ornatube)
Cotton Shop Towels from the People's Republic of China
(1992 – 1996)
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe from Taiwan (1985 –
1989) (Ornatube)
Butt-weld Carbon Steel Pipe Fittings from Taiwan (1984
– 1989) (CM, Rigid)
Residential Door Locks from Taiwan (1989 – 1990) (Tong
Lung, Fu Hsing)
Malleable Pipe Fittings from Taiwan (1982)
Steel Plate from Taiwan (1978 – 1986) (China Steel Corp.)
Steel (§201 Escape Clause) (2001) (EUROFER, Erdemir, Krakatau, Habas)
Pasta from Turkey (CVD) (1995 – present) (Gov’t of
Turkey, Filiz, Pastavilla)
Pasta from Italy (CVD) (1997 – present) (Pallante, Riscossa)
Lead and Bismuth Steel from Germany (CVD - Court of
Appeals) (1995)
Oil Country Tubular Goods from Taiwan (CVD) (1986 –
1988)
§301 Investigations, People's Republic of China (1994 –
1997)
Leather Wearing Apparel (§201 - Escape Clause) (1982)
Cooking Ware (§201) (1984)
Clothes Pins (§406 - market disruption; §201) (1982 –
1986)
Vertical Milling Machines (§337 - trademark
infringement) (1980 – 1983)
Woodworking Machines (§337) (1983 – 1984)
Skateboards (§337 - patent infringement) (1980 – 1983)
Brecoflex v.
US, 44
F.Supp.2 225 (Ct. Int’l Trade 1999).
Chung Ling
Co. v. US, 805 F. Supp. 45; 829 F.
Supp. 1353 (Ct. Int'l Trade 1993), aff'd
per curiam, No. 94-1028 (Fed. Cir. June 15, 1994).
Chang Tieh
Ind. Co. v. US, 840 F. Supp. 141 (Ct.
Int'l Trade 1993).
Torrington Co. v. US, 790 F.
Supp. 220 (Ct. Int'l Trade 1992), aff'd
per curiam, Nos. 92-1383, -1392 (Fed. Cir. March 5, 1993).
China Nat'l
Arts & Crafts Import & Export Corp., Tianjin Branch v. US, 771 F. Supp. 407 (Ct. Int'l Trade 1991).
Far East
Machinery Co. v. US, 688 F. Supp. 610
(Ct. Int'l Trade 1988).
Textron, Inc.
v. Int'l Trade Comm'n, 753 F.2d 1019
(Fed. Cir. 1985)