Portrait of the lawyer and counsel Max Jürgens. He is wearing a dark blue suit with a light blue shirt. He has short, light brown hair, a designer stubble, wears glasses and is smiling at the camera.

Max

Jürgens

Position:
Lawyer | Counsel
Hamburg | Brussels
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+49 40 22899 22 0
Portrait of the lawyer and counsel Max Jürgens. He is wearing a dark blue suit with a light blue shirt. He has short, light brown hair, a designer stubble, wears glasses and is smiling at the camera.

Max Jürgens advises national and international clients on all trade compliance issues. His legal practice focuses on advising on sanctions and embargoes, EU and US export control law, customs law issues and international human rights protection in supply chains, including deforestation-free supply chains and under the EU Forced Labour Ban. Max Jürgens is a regular lecturer in the field of trade compliance.   


Max Jürgens studied law in Hamburg and Bangalore. He completed his legal clerkship in Hamburg, Berlin and Lusaka. Before becoming a lawyer, he worked as a specialist lecturer for the HZA Hamburg Customs Academy. 

Focus

Due diligence obligations in the supply chain

Deforestation-free supply chains (EUDR)

Embargoes and sanctions

Customs law

Excise duties

Languages

German

English

Recommendations
Memberships

German-Iranian Lawyers' Association

Lecturing activities

Lecturer at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (until 2022)  

Publications

Lieferkettensorgfaltspflicht und Sanktionen: Die rechtliche Lage für EU-Unternehmen mit russischen Tochtergesellschaften, ZASA 2024

Das Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz, Reguvis Verlag, Juli 2022