Dr Clemens Ladenburger LL.M. After completing his studies ... - ESIP

Dr Clemens Ladenburger LL.M.
After completing his studies at the Universities of Freiburg and Geneva, Clemens Ladenburger passed
the first state exam in law in 1992, obtained a masters in law from the University of Chicago in 1993,
passed the second state exam in law and earned his Doctor iur. from the University of Heidelberg in
1999. His previous positions before joining the European Commission include: Rechtsreferendar from
1993 to 1995; an academic assistant at the University of Heidelberg from 1996 to 1998; an official at
the German Federal Ministry of Justice in 1998 and a member of cabinet of the Secretary-General of
the Council of the EU from 1998 to 1999, dealing with justice and home affairs.
In 1999 he joined the European Commission's Legal Service. Until 2002, he was inter alia in charge of
fundamental rights questions and participated in the work of the Convention which drafted the EU
Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Between 2002 and 2003 Clemens Ladenburger was seconded as "rédacteur" to the secretariat of the
European Convention that drew up the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. His main areas
of thematic responsibility included justice and home affairs; fundamental rights (the Charter and
accession to the ECHR); the EU's judicial system; legal acts and legislative decision-making
procedures.
From 2003 – 2007, in the Team "Institutions" of the Commission's Legal Service he dealt inter alia with
the Lisbon Treaty IGC, fundamental rights, infringements policy (Article 228), and OLAF/antifraud law.
He acted as substitute delegate of the European Commission to the Venice Commission and pleaded
cases in the ECJ and the ECtHR.
Since 2008, he is one of the two assistants to the Director-General of the Legal Service. This position
involves advising the Director-General and seeing to the overall coordination of all legal work of the
Service, concerning legal advice and control inside the Commission as well as the Commission's
positions taken before the European Court of Justice.
Clemens Ladenburger has lectured and published widely on the EU Constitution and the Treaty of
Lisbon, the “Convention method”, Human Rights and the Charter, justice and home affairs, as well as
European, national and comparative administrative law.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Eberhard Eichenhofer, Jena
*1950, Studium in Tübingen und Saarbrücken, 1979
Promotion(„Leitende Angestellte als Begriff des
Unternehmensrechts“) durch die Universität des Saarlandes,
Saarbrücken ; 1980-1982 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am
Bundessozialgericht , 1982 – 1989 wissenschaftlicher Referent
am Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales
Sozialrecht -Aufgaben: Internationales und Europäisches
Sozialrecht, Sozialrecht Nordamerikas; 1987 Habilitation an der
Universität des Saarlandes Saarbrücken; Lehrbefugnis:
Bürgerliches Recht, Internationales Privatrecht, deutsches und
internationales Arbeits- und Sozialrecht; seit 1989 Professor für
Bürgerliches Recht und Sozialrecht an den Universitäten
Osnabrück(bis 1997) und Jena;
2002 Gutachter des 64.Deutschen Juristentages;2003 Ehrendoktor der Universität Göteborg ,
Mitherausgeber von Zeitschriften und Kommentaren; Kommentator bei Staudinger und Münchener
Kommentar zum BGB, Autor von Büchern zum deutschen ,europäischen, us -amerikanischen,
kanadischen und britischen Sozialrecht, Veröffentlichungen zum bürgerlichen, internationalen Privat- ,
Arbeits- und Sozialrecht.
Jüngere Veröffentlichungen: Geschichte des Sozialstaats in Europa, 2007;Sozialer Schutz unter den
Bedingungen der Globalisierung,2009; Sozialrecht der EU (2010, 4. Auflage); Sozialrecht , 2010 (7.
Auflage).

Professor Platon Tinios
Professor Tinios is an economist, working as assistant professor
at the University of Piraeus. He studied at the Universities of
Cambridge and Oxford. He served as Special Advisor to the
Prime Minister of Greece from 1996 to 2004, specializing in the
economic analysis of social policy. He has also worked as an
economic adviser at the Ministries of National Economy, Industry,
Energy and Technology and Health and Social Security. He was
a member of the EU Social Protection Committee from 2000 to
2004. His current research interests include ageing populations,
social policy, labour economics and public finance. He is the
author of research papers and books on pensions and social
security reform.
Philippe HERZOG
Founding President of Confrontations Europe
Formerly a student of l’Ecole Polytechnique, Philippe Herzog
started his career as an administrator at the French National
Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. He was also a
Professor of economics, and taught at the University of Paris-X
Nanterre from 1973 to 2003. He was Member of the Political
Bureau of the French Communist Party from 1979 to 1996. He
pursues his political activities without partisan affiliation.
He was a Member of the French Economic and Social Committee, and of the Committee of Economic
Analysis towards the Prime Minister between 1997 and 2008. As a Member of the European
Parliament from 1989 to 2004, he was Chairman of the committee on External Economic relations,
and Vice-Chairman of the Committee of Economic and Monetary Affairs. He is now special adviser to
the European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Michel Barnier.
Philippe Herzog has been awarded Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques, of the Ordre
National du Mérite, and of the Légion d’honneur.