Vice-President of Specialist EU Court,
Former Environmental Legal Officer, and Environmental
Litigator
BRUSSELS, June 20,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Marcus Navin-Jones has
joined Crowell & Moring's Environment and Natural Resources
Practice Group as a senior counsel in the Brussels office, bringing in-depth experience
advising on environmental and sustainability law issues.
Navin-Jones' practice focuses on EU regulatory and EU litigation
matters in the environmental and sustainability area, including
ESG, green transition, circular economy, pollution, climate change,
and environmental damage and liability.
Navin-Jones brings substantial experience in EU, UK, and
international chemical law. He will counsel clients in the chemical
and downstream sectors on all areas of compliance, chemical
defense, and advocacy (REACH, CSS, SSbD, GRA) – particularly in the
plastics, automotive, aviation, electrical, and electronic
equipment industries. Navin-Jones will also advise clients –
with an emphasis in the life science and cosmetic industries – on
waste and water pollution issues, as well as environmental
liability.
Navin-Jones is an experienced litigator and has counseled
Fortune 500 chemical companies on some of the most significant
cases brought before EU courts and the European Chemicals Agency
Board of Appeal. He was most recently appointed to serve on the
judicial bench, as vice-president and acting president, of an EU IP
specialist court, and as a legal member of the Board of Appeal of
the European Chemicals Agency.
Prior to that, Navin-Jones was a legal officer for environmental
law at the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority.
In that role, he was responsible for ensuring Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein complied with European law
related to water, air, pollution, chemical, climate change,
renewables, and sustainability.
"A strategic priority of our Brussels office is to expand our regulatory
practice," said Kristof Roox, co-managing partner of Crowell's
Brussels office. "As a seasoned
litigator and a judge overseeing regulations in two specialist EU
courts, Marcus possesses firsthand regulatory knowledge that will
be invaluable for advising clients on EU law and policy."
In addition, Navin-Jones will collaborate closely with C&M
International – Crowell's global government affairs and public
policy affiliate – to advise on the policy, regulatory, and
commercial landscape in Europe.
"Marcus has an established reputation in the European
environmental and sustainability legal field," said Kirsten L. Nathanson, co-chair of the firm's
Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group. "He
significantly enhances the firm's global reach and strengthens our
capabilities to address the evolving landscape of ESG policies and
regulations."
Navin-Jones' addition builds on recent growth in Crowell's
Chambers-ranked Environment and Natural Resources Practice Group.
The firm recently added Juge Gregg, former senior corporate counsel
on the sustainability legal team for Amazon, as well as Ruta
Kalvaitis Skučas, who brings more than two decades of experience
advising clean energy developers, traders, and technology companies
on energy issues before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
the U.S. Department of Energy, and state public utility
commissions.
"Europe stands at the forefront
of adopting new environmental law," said Navin-Jones. "I'm excited
to collaborate with my colleagues across the U.S. and Europe to advise multinational clients on the
rapidly changing regulations coming out of the EU."
Navin-Jones works as a principal consultant with the
Prospex Institute on green transition projects. He is
currently the lead coordinator of the IAAPN Interconnections
Working Group. Navin-Jones regularly publishes in academic and
other journals, and is a former editor of the International
Chemical Regulation and Law Review. Prior to his public service
work, Navin-Jones worked in private practice at Keller &
Heckman and Mayer Brown. Navin-Jones is an avocat in
Belgium.
About Crowell & Moring LLP
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