Marcus Navin-Jones

Senior Counsel

Overview

Marcus Navin-Jones is a Senior Counsel in the Crowell Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Group. For more than two decades, Marcus has focused on Environmental and Sustainability Law.

Marcus advises clients on Regulatory/Compliance issues and litigates for clients before EU Courts, EU Boards of Appeal and other legal fora.

Marcus currently serves on the CPVO Board of Appeal (Vice-Chairperson) which deals with certain IP right disputes.

Marcus is an Avocat in Belgium (Brussels), a Solicitor and Solicitor-Advocate in England & Wales, and a Solicitor in Ireland (pending re-activations).

Marcus has a wealth of experience in the public sector having worked at the European Commission (DG Internal Market) and the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA). Whilst at ESA, Marcus was responsible for ensuring that three European countries complied with European Environmental and Sustainability Law, in particular: water pollution; air pollution; environmental impact assessments; chemical emissions; waste/circular economy; biodiversity; etc. Marcus also recently served as an Alternate Legally Qualified Member on the EU Chemicals Agency Board of Appeal, which deals with certain EU chemical law disputes.

Before working at ESA, Marcus was a Partner at law firm Keller & Heckman LLP, and an Associate at Mayer Brown LLP.

Career & Education

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Marcus's Insights

Webinar | 09.08.26

Digital Product Passports and Digital Material Passports: What You Need to Know (Part 2)

Digital Product Passports are set to transform how products are sold across Europe. For consumers, this means unprecedented access to product information. Sustainability and compliance data, alongside other key product details, will become far easier to access and compare than ever before. As a “single source of truth” for products, DPPs may also enable EU authorities to identify non-compliance more quickly and efficiently, potentially restricting or preventing non-compliant products from entering the European market....

Marcus's Insights

Webinar | 09.08.26

Digital Product Passports and Digital Material Passports: What You Need to Know (Part 2)

Digital Product Passports are set to transform how products are sold across Europe. For consumers, this means unprecedented access to product information. Sustainability and compliance data, alongside other key product details, will become far easier to access and compare than ever before. As a “single source of truth” for products, DPPs may also enable EU authorities to identify non-compliance more quickly and efficiently, potentially restricting or preventing non-compliant products from entering the European market....