GvW Graf von Westphalen boosts its team with customs specialist from Dax 30 company
GvW is expanding its expertise in customs and foreign trade law: From 1 April the customs specialist Axel Krause will join the eight-strong Hamburg and Brussels team of customs experts under Dr Lothar Harings and Marian Niestedt. The 46 year old will primarily deal with the cross-border movement of goods from and to Asia at the new Düsseldorf office.
Krause is moving from Henkel AG & Co. KGaA where he has been responsible for customs and international trade, export control, excise tax and value added tax. Previously the economics graduate (customs) worked at PwC and Deloitte at home and abroad. Krause has many years of international experience in strategic development, integration and efficiently managing customs, excise tax and value added tax departments, particularly at multinational corporations.
In addition to business with Asia, Krause's main areas include "Customs Compliance" and "Value Added". "Axel Krause will perfectly complement our customs expertise with his practical experience as customs lawyer in a DAX 30 company", commented Dr. Lothar Harings who is pleased about the new addition. "After being able to significantly increase our practical management know-how with the long-standing head of division at the European Commission, Michael Lux, we have now also been able to do the same from a corporate perspective.
The firm advises national and international clients on all legal matters relating to foreign trade law, particularly in the field of customs (including anti-dumping), market regulation, excise taxes, export control and sanctions and market regulation and WTO law. In the field of compliance, the customs and foreign trade team last year advised a global healthcare group and a large logistics provider on compliance requirements in connection with customs and export control.
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