Prof. Dr. iur. Roland Ismer, MSc Econ. (LSE)
(Chairholder)
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| Phone | +49 911 5302-353 | |||
| Roland.Ismer@fau.de | ||||
| Room | 3.234 | |||
| Office hours | by appointment (Brigitte Schueller) | |||
Professional experience
| Since 2009 | Chair for Public Law and Tax Law, University of Erlangen |
| 2006-2009 | Lecturer (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent) at the chair of administrative and tax law held by Prof. Moris Lehner, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich |
| 2004-2006 | Lawyer at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in Munich |
| 9/2002 | Technical adviser for the IMF in Belgrad |
| 1998 and 2000-2001 | Research assistant (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the Research Institute for European and International Tax Law, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich |
Education
| 2009 | Habilitation in Law, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich; venia legendi in Public Law, Tax Law and International Economic Law |
| 2005/2006 | Certified tax adviser (Steuerberaterexamen) |
| 2005 | PhD on tax law treatment of human capital investments, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, supervisor: Prof. Moris Lehner, second examiner: Prof. Klaus Vogel (summa cum laude) |
| 2002 | Bar exam in Munich/Germany (rank 2/960 candidates) |
| 1999/2000 | Diploma and Master in economics at the LSE (both with Distinction) |
| 1998 | First legal state examination in Munich/Germany, top 1% of candidates |
| 1993-1998 | Studies of law at the Universities of Konstanz, Geneva and Munich and 1994-1995 also economics at the University of Konstanz (second major) |
Scholarships and academic awards
| Since 2013 | Vice-President of the Umsatzsteuerforum, a law society specialised on VAT |
| Since 2013 | Editor of the Journal Mehrwertsteuerrecht |
| 2010 | Call to the Chair for Tax Law and Public Law, University of Mannheim (declined) |
| 2009 | Call to the Chair of Public Law and Tax Law, University of Erlangen (accepted) |
| 2006/2007 | Thesis awards by the Faculty of Law, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, by the Institute of Certified Tax Advisers Munich and by the Law Society Munich |
| 2003-2004 | PhD scholarship by the German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) |
| 1995-1998 | Undergraduate scholarship by the German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) |
Visiting scholar (selected)
| 2008 | Visiting scholar at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin), (September) |
| 2008 | Visiting scholar at the Department of Economics, Cambridge/UK, (March - August and October) |
| 2007 | Visiting scholar at the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich, (Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung der Universität Zürich), (March) |
| 2006 | Visiting scholar at the Department of Law, University of Cambridge/UK, (July-August) |
| 2003 | Visiting scholar ar the Department of Applied Economics, Cambridge/UK, (July-September) |
Public sector consultation projects
| 2012-2014 | German Ministry of Finance: Project on Tax Policy Options for Dividend and Royality Withholding Taxes (with Ashok Kaul, Rainer Haselmann and Martin Ruf, ongoing) |
| 2013 | Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Environment: Reform Options Regarding Levies for Electricitiy from Renewable Energy Sources (with Karsten Neuhoff et. al.) |
| 2011-2014 | German Ministry of Finance: Project on the Reform of the Financial Sector (with Ashok Kaul, Marcus Hagedorn, Rainer Haselmann) |
| 2009-2010 | German Ministry of Finance: Project on the Reform of the Reduced VAT Rates (with Ashok Kaul, Wolfram Reiß et al.) |
| 2007 | German Ministry of Finance: Project on the Impact on the 2008 Tax Reform on Company Financing Decisions (with Ashok Kaul, Michael Wolf et al.) |