Paul's experience includes:

• Advising a leading data center operator on the development and implementation of world-wide compliance programs for the classification and management of used and end-of-life hardware and related data center equipment.
• Advising a leading lithium-ion battery recycler on the cross-border waste shipment controls in the EU and in the U.S. governing the classification and management of used EV batteries and black mass for recovery of critical minerals.
• Representing the U.S. electronics industry in negotiations at the global level to preserve the non-waste status of used ICT equipment managed for repair, refurbishment, and re-use under the Basel Convention.
• Representing the U.S. electronics industry in negotiations to revise the OECD Decision governing the transboundary movement of e-waste for recycling among OECD member countries as part of a successful strategy to preserve a non-hazardous “green” listing for low risk electronic waste.
• Representing the U.S. electronics industry in negotiations to update Basel Convention waste listings for electrical and electronic waste, including the delineation of e-wastes that are to be classified as hazardous, those to be classified as non-hazardous, and waste components and fractions that fall outside the scope of international waste shipment controls.
• Advising pharmaceutical companies on the successful launch and operation of extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes governing the management of unused medicines, sharps, and medical devices in the U.S. and other countries.
• Advising a Fortune 100 company on ambitious circular economy initiatives and related plastics regulation.
• Representing the U.S. chemical industry in the negotiation and implementation of the global Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and related regional agreements targeting persistent, bioaccumulative toxic chemicals.
• Advising a leading semiconductor manufacturer on facility operations and product compliance issues in the U.S. and Asia.
• Advising a U.S. contractor on requirements for the cleanup of hazardous and other wastes generated in Antarctica.
• Counseling a leading non-profit on legal strategies for preserving the global moratorium on commercial whaling under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW).