Błażej KUŹNIACKI

Education

• University of Oslo
  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Law
  2012 - 2016
  
  University of Bergen (UiB)
  Master's degreee, Law
  2009 - 2010
  
  Nicolaus Copernicus University
  Magister, Law and European Law
  2004 - 2010

Professional Appointments

He has completed a full time post-doctoral research fellowship at the Singapore Management University (2017-2018) and a full time PhD research program at the Department of Public and International Law at the University of Oslo (2012-2016). As a member of the International Fiscal Association, the International Association of Artificial Intelligence and Law, and The European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration, he expands an ever growing network of the top tax law, investment law and artificial intelligence experts around the world. His past membership in the international research project entitled “Sustainable Tax Governance in Developing Countries through Global Tax Transparency”, financed by the Research Council of Norway, allowed him, in turn, to obtain an experience in cooperative teamwork with prominent tax law experts from 7 universities across three continents and two hemispheres.
 

Research Areas

Being inspired by his international life in academia and practice connected with international tax law and global investment regime, he render advice, second and expert opinions to clients and to other advisors on corporate income tax, EU and tax and investment treaty matters. Academically, he has published around 100 publications, including four monographs, among which some of them were awarded with prestigious awards such as The 2023 IFA Mitchell B. Carroll Prize for publication of his book “Beneficial Ownership in International Taxation”. He is also an experienced law faculty member at various universities and an international tax industry expert with over 10 years of researching, teaching and supervising in the classroom and online in the area of international tax law.

Over the past four years, he has immersed himself in the multidisciplinary field of international tax law and global regime for investment, giving particular attention to the impact of fiscal misconducts of States on cross-border investments.