Juliane Kokott

Juliane Kokott holds the office of Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg. Since October 2003, she has been responsible for over 1400 cases and has delivered more than 570 Opinions, including some 160 on taxatio. The latter cases concerned issues of direct and indirect taxation, in particular VAT, as well as State aid and internal market issues.

Prior to joining the Court of Justice, Ms Kokott was Professor at the Universities of Augsburg, Heidelberg, Düsseldorf, and St Gallen. She was also Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Ms Kokott is a graduate of the University of Bonn, Germany, the American University, Washington DC, USA, the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and Harvard Law School, USA. She is the author and co-author of a number of publications in European law, public international law, and international and European tax law (e.g. Tax Law of the European Union (2022)).

In addition, Ms Kokott has actively initiated and organised several high-level conferences and symposia. She is also Founder and Co-Chair of the Committee of International Tax Law (Taxpayers' Rights; Nexus; Enforcement of International Tax Law) of the International Law Association.