Armin STEINBACH
Professor
Law & Tax
Biography
Armin Steinbach is currently on leave to serve as director-general in the German Ministry of Finance in charge of economic and fiscal policy strategy.
Armin holds the Jean Monnet Chair and the HEC Foundation Chair of Law and Economics at HEC Paris. He is also visiting professor at the London School of Economics (LSE) and non-resident Fellow at Brussels-based think tank Bruegel. Previously, Armin held academic posts as Gwilym Gibbon Fellow at Oxford University's Nuffield College, Senior Fellow at the Max Planck Instite for Collective Goods in Bonn, Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, visiting professor at University of St. Gallen, and Harvard University's Center for European Studies.
During previous stages as government official, Armin headed the financial policy division in the German Ministry of Finance and the economic policy division in the Ministry of Economic and Energy Affairs. He also worked at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva and as lawyer with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Brussels. Armin sits on the WTO list of panelists serving the WTO Dispute Settlement Body.
With his mixed background in academia and public service, Armin's research aims at interdisciplinary inquiry and bridging academic research and policy-making. Besides his academic publications, Armin has been a contributor and commentator to BBC, CNBC, Le Monde, Les Echos, Financial Times, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and Handelsblatt.
Armin obtained his Habilitation from University of Bonn, for which he was awarded the Science Prize of the German Society of Legislation. He also holds a Doctor of Laws from University of Munich, Doctor of Economics from University of Erfurt, Master of Laws from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Master in Economics from Humboldt University Berlin.
Scientific articles
Energy Policy, December 2013, vol. 63, pp 224-229,
American Review of International Arbitration, 2013, vol. 24, pp 591-608,
Die Öffentliche Verwaltung, December 2013, vol. 23, pp 921-928,
Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, 2013, vol. 48, n° 3, pp 167-173, (in coll. with R. Stollhoff)
Yale Journal of International Law Online, Fall 2013, vol. 39, pp 15-31,
Columbia Journal of European Law, 2012, vol. 18, pp 415-440,
Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, 2012, vol. 47, n° 6, pp 352-360,
Sozialer Fortschritt, January 2012, vol. 61, pp 20-22,
Wirtschaftsdienst, 2011, vol. 91, n° 6, pp 398-400,
Wirtschaftsdienst, 2010, vol. 90, n° 12, pp 814-817,
Books
Chapters in edited books
Proceedings
Working papers
Scientific articles
Verwaltungsarchiv, 2018, vol. 109, n° 1, pp 2-32,
Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 2017, vol. 24, n° 1, pp 140-149,
Die Verwaltung, 2017, vol. 50, n° 4, pp 507-536,
Zeitschrift für Beamtenrecht, 2017, vol. 65, n° 10, pp 335-340,
Books
Chapters in edited books
Proceedings
Working papers
Education
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Habilitation, University of Bonn - Germany
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Doctorate in Economics, University of Erfurt - Germany
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Legal State Board Examination, admission to the bar - Germany
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Doctorate in Law, University of Munich - Germany
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M.Sc. in Economics, Humboldt University - Germany
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LL. M., Free University Brussels - Belgium
Academic appointments
Academic Responsibilities at HEC
- 2023-2024 Department Head, Law and Tax HEC Paris
- 2022- Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law and Economics HEC Paris
- 2021- Professor of Law HEC Paris
External Academic Responsibilities
- 2025- Director-General for Economic and Fiscal Policy Ministère Allemand des Finances
- 2019- Affiliate Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
- 2016-2018 Jean Monnet Fellow European University Institute, Florence
Scientific Activities
Conference organisation
Awards & honors
- 2022 Jean Monnet Chair holder in EU Law and Economics