Dr Harald Hohmann

Harald Hohmann is an attorney specialising in export trade law, sanctions, and customs law (all: including EU and US Law). He advises and represents companies in Germany, EU Members, Switzerland, the USA, Japan, China and Israel in export, embargoes, and customs law; his clients include several world market leaders. Harald belongs to “Germany’s Best Attorneys“ (Handelsblatt 2020-22), and Legal 500 rates the firm as a “Leading Law Firm 2021 and 2022“ (ranking 2 Export Trade Law).

He is a “leading name in export trade and customs law” in a “highly recommended law firm for export trade and customs law” (Juve Handbook Commercial Law Firms). He is “very well known in the German and EU markets for his profound practitioner’s expertise in EU and US export control law, international sanctions, and customs law” (WWL). Corporate International calls the firm “Export Control Law Firm 2022” (Germany).

Harald has 27 years of experience as attorney. In 2002, after six years at business law firms in Frankfurt/Main and after studies of Law in Münster/W and Geneva and after being Research Fellow at the University of Frankfurt, he founded Hohmann Rechtsanwälte in the medieval town of Büdingen near Frankfurt, now in the neighbour town Gelnhausen (www.hohmann-rechtsanwaelte.com), with a world-wide network of co-operation partners in: EU, US, China, and Japan. Harald received a first PhD (with a thesis on international environmental law) and a second PhD (with a thesis on US, EU and Japanese export control law) from the University of Frankfurt.

Harald is known for EU and US export control law (incl. EAR, ITAR and OFAC regulations), EU and US embargoes (specialising in Iran and Russia sanctions), voluntary self-disclosures, contract and distribution law (incl. export financing issues), and operational issues in export and customs law. He is well connected to export and customs agencies of various countries; sometimes he gives advice to Legislature (in Berlin and Brussels). Harald is also well-known for his publications, among them seven books (as author or editor) in export trade law (including a work of reference, and a book on US export controls law now in the 4th edition 2023). In addition, he is known for his seminars/presentations, especially those held for the German Parliament (Bundestag Berlin), the ICC in Vienna, METI in Tokyo, and for various Chambers of Commerce, Management Circle, SMI etc. and for various in-house seminars. In addition, he is senior lecturer at the Universities of Frankfurt/M and visiting at Osaka City University.