Juliane KOKOTT
Juliane Kokott, a German national, is an Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union and professor at the University of St. Gallen.
After studying law in Bonn and Geneva, she continued her education in the fields of international and comparative law as a Fullbright Scholar at American University (Washington DC) with Professor Buergenthal, Judge at the International Court of Justice. Her doctorate, defended at the University of Heidelberg, is devoted to the "inter-American system of human rights protection". Awarded the Otto Hahn medal for young researchers by the Max Planck Society, she continued her education at Harvard Law School, where she also presented a doctorate.
Juliane Kokott was also a substitute judge for the German government at the International Court of Conciliation and Arbitration of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Vice-Chair of the Federal Advisory Council on Global Change. In 2003, she was appointed by the German government as Advocate General at the European Court of Justice, where she has given her opinion on more than 500 cases pleaded before the Court of Justice, particularly on cases concerning direct and indirect taxation. Her legal analyses are particularly remarkable and have even led to suggestions that the Court to review some of its positions.
In parallel to these activities, Juliane Kokott continues to pursue a range of academic activities. In Germany (University of Heidelberg, Augsburg, Dusseldorf), these activities are in the fields of European law, public law, international and comparative law, and then at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) she is holder of the Chair of International Business Law, International Law and European Law. She is the author of numerous publications in German, English, French and Italian in her fields of interest.
It is particularly her contribution to European and international tax law that the Faculty of Law, in association with HEC - School of Management, and the Tax Institute, wishes to honour.
