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• Global Product Stewardship
• International Environmental Law
• Multilateral Environmental Agreements
• Overseas Compliance and Regulations
• Overseas Project Development and Finance
• Trade and Environment
• Environmental

• Providence College (B.A., 1986)
• Washington College of Law at the American University (J.D., 1990)

• Maryland
• District of Columbia
• American Bar Association
• American Society of International Law (ASIL)
• World Conservation Union (IUCN) Commission on Environmental Law

Paul Hagen practices in the areas of U.S. and international environmental law. He counsels leading multinational corporations and trade associations on environmental measures governing product design, pollution control, and resource protection measures in key markets worldwide.  He also advises clients on the negotiation and implementation of regional and global environmental agreements, with a particular emphasis on treaties and legislation impacting the chemicals, electronics, and pharmaceuticals sectors.

Mr. Hagen advises a diverse group of clients on market access and product stewardship initiatives, including: chemical import notification requirements; restricted substances legislation (e.g., RoHS); supply chain due diligence for sourcing of timber and minerals; labeling; energy efficiency standards; dangerous goods shipments; and consumer product safety requirements.  He advises companies on expanding product take-back and recycling mandates in the U.S., Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, including requirements governing the transboundary movement of used and end-of-life products. 

Mr. Hagen has represented clients on matters arising under numerous international environmental agreements, including: the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs); the Biosafety Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity; the Basel Convention and the OECD system governing the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and recyclables; the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol; the CITES Convention; the Montreal Protocol; and various marine conservation accords. 

He has also counselled multinational financial institutions, lender groups and various industry sectors on the environmental and social requirements and performance standards governing large infrastructure and energy projects. His work has included advising governments in Asia, Africa and the Middle East on the drafting of environmental and natural resources legislation.

Mr. Hagen's domestic environmental practice includes counseling on a range of environmental compliance and enforcement matters, with an emphasis on release reporting and Right-to-Know issues.

Mr. Hagen serves on the Board of Directors for the World Environment Center (WEC) and the Chesapeake Conservancy. He has served on the Board and is a former Board Chair of the Environmental Law Institute. He is an adjunct professor of law at the Washington College of Law at American University (Washington, D.C., Geneva) where he teaches a course on environmental issues in international business. Mr. Hagen's environmental practice has been prominently recognized in Chambers USA and other leading publications.