Univ.-Prof. Dr. Claus Staringer
Email: claus.staringer@wu.ac.at
Tel: 00 43 1 313 36 - 48 90
Office Hours: Friday 09.00 to 10.00, please call us for an appointment.
Personal Data
| 5.12.1967 | born in Vienna, Austria |
| 1996 | marries Mag. Bärbel Zillner |
| 2001 | birth of son Felix |
| 2003 | birth of daughter Ella |
Education
| 1974 - 1978 | Primary School in Vienna's District I |
| 1978 - 1986 | Grammar School in Vienna's District I (graduates with excellence) |
| 1986 - 1990 | Studies of Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and of Law at the University of Vienna (attains the title of Mag.iur.) |
| 1991 und 1992 | Study Trips to the International Summer School at the University of Vienna |
| 1990 - 1994 | Doctoral Studies of Law at the University of Vienna (attains the title of Dr. iur., with excellence). Title of Doctoral Thesis "Einlagen und Umgründungen" ("Contributions and Reorganisations") |
| 1999 | Attains the title of "Universitätsdozent" for Tax Law ("Finanzrecht"). Title of Habilitation Thesis: "Besteuerung doppelt ansässiger Kapitalgesellschaften" ("Taxation of Dual Resident Corporations") |
Professional Carreer
| 1991 - 1994 | Assistant at the Department of Tax Law of the Vienna University of Eco-nomics and Business Administration (Prof. Gassner) |
| since 1992 | Teaching at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Admini-stration |
| 1993 - 1996 | Associate with Exinger GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft (BDO, later Deloitte) |
| 1997 | Admitted as Tax Consultant |
| 1997 - 1999 | Assistant at the Department of Business Law (Tax Law) of the University of Vienna (Prof. Lechner) |
| 1997 - 2000 | Teaching at the University of Vienna |
| since 1999 | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Attorneys at Law (Principal Consultant since 2001) |
| since 2003 | Professor of Tax Law with a special focus on Corporate Tax at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration |
Academic Functions
| since 2003 | Head of the Corporate Tax Group of the Department of Austrian and International Tax Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Busi-ness Administration |
| since 2003 | Deputy Chairman of the Department of Austrian and International Tax Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration |
| since 2005 | Director for the legal Doctoral Studies at the Vienna University of Eco-nomics and Business Administration |
| 2003 - 2010 | Member of the Special Research Project (SFB) "International Tax Coor-dination" |
| 2005-2016 | Member of the Steering Group Law at the Vienna University of Econom-ics and Business Administration |
Functions in Academic Associations
| since 1997 | Member of the Senate for Tax Law of the Austrian Chamber of Chartered Public Accountants and Tax Consultants |
| since 1999 | Member of the "Deutsche Steuerjuristische Gesellschaft" |
| since 1999 | Member of "Österreichischer Juristentag" |
| since 2003 | Member of the European Association of Tax Law Professors |
| since 2005 | Member of the Executive Committee of the International Fiscal Associa-tion, National Branch of Austria |
| since 2008 | Member of the Permanent Scientific Committe of the International Fiscal Association |
Editorship of Series
| since 2004 | Co-editor of the Series on Austrian Tax Law ("Schriften zum österreichi-schen Abgabenrecht") |
Academic Awards and Distinctions
| 1994 | Rudolf Sallinger Award (for Doctoral Thesis) |
| 1999 | Mitchell B. Carroll Prize of the International Fiscal Association (Habilitation Thesis) |
| 1999 | Albert Hensel Prize of the Academic Committee of "Deutsche Steuerjuristische Gesellschaft" (Habilitation Thesis) |
| 1999 | Gerhard Thoma Prize of the German Institute of Tax Consultants (Habilitation Thesis) |
| 2000 | Award for academic achievements of the National Committee of Austria of the International Fiscal Association (Habilitation Thesis) |
| 2006 | Award for "Innovative Teaching“ at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (for the Course "European and International Tax Moot Court") |
