Prof. Dr. Werner Haslehner

Professor für europäisches und internationales Steuerrecht, ATOZ-Lehrstuhl für europäische und internationale Steuern

Since June 2015, Werner Haslehner has been Full Professor and the holder of the ATOZ Chair for European and International Taxation at the University of Luxembourg, where he is also the Course Director for the Master in European and International Taxation LL.M. programme. Prior to this appointment, he was Associate Professor at the same university (2013-1015). Before coming to Luxembourg, he held positions as Assistant Professor at the Department for Finance Law, Tax Law and Tax Policy at Johannes Kepler University Linz (2009-2010 and 2012-2013), as research assistant at the same department (2006-2009) and as post-doctoral Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (2010-2012).

Prof. Haslehner specialises in international tax law, tax policy and European law, frequently publishing and lecturing on these topics in and outside Europe. He is also interested in the integration of economic and legal research, and holds a Master’s degree in business and economics in addition to his legal education.

His PhD thesis concerned the international and European law framework for the non-discrimination of permanent establishments and was published by Linde in 2009. The thesis received several academic prizes, most notably the European Academic Tax Thesis Award, by the European Association of Tax Law Professors jointly with the EU Commission.