Wirtschaftskanzlei Graf von Westphalen

Dr Lothar Harings

Lawyer
Partner

Dr Lothar Harings heads the firm's Green Trade Team and advises on all trade compliance issues. He is Chairman of the European Forum for Foreign Trade e.V. (EFA) and a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Foreign Trade Law (ZAR). Dr Harings is a member of the editorial board of the journal "Außenwirtschaftliche Praxis" published by Reguvis-Verlag with responsibility for "Sustainability and Compliance". His legal practice focuses on advising on due diligence obligations in the supply chain, deforestation-free supply chains, forced labour and the Conflict Minerals Regulation. Dr Harings also advises on embargoes and sanctions, export control law and customs law/anti-dumping law.

Contact

Offices

Hamburg
GvW Graf von Westphalen
Poststrasse 9 – Alte Post
20354 Hamburg

Brussels
GvW Graf von Westphalen
Rond-point Robert Schuman 2-4
1040 Bruxelles

Education

Studied in Freiburg and Heidelberg

Teaching

Founder and Managing Director of the Hamburg Customs Academy (HZA) (until 2022); Lecturer at Bucerius Law School (until 2012); Lecturer at the Europa-Institut of Saarland University (until 2023)

Membership

Chairman of the European Forum for Foreign Trade e.V. (EFA); Advisory Board of the Centre for Foreign Trade Law (ZAR); Editor of the journal "Außenwirtschaftliche Praxis" published by Reguvis-Verlag with responsibility for "Sustainability and Compliance"

Languages

German, English