General Information
INSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION
- Department
- Law Department
- Position
- Professor
Contact
- tkruessmann@wiut.uz
- Office Phone Number
- +998
- Linkedln
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kruessmann-91520b119/
- ORCID
- 0000-0003-3973-6173
- Google Scholar
- Research Gate
Education Information
Education Information
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1984 - 1990 First State Law Exam
Munich, Bavaria (Germany)
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1991 - 1992 LL.M. in Commercial and Corporate Law
King's College London (United Kingdom)
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1993 - 1996 Second State Law Exam
Berlin (Germany)
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1993 - 1997 Doctoral degree in law (Dr. iur.)
University of Hamburg (Germany)
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1997 - 2006 Habilitation in law with venia legendi for criminal law, criminal procedure, international criminal law and East European Law
University of Passau (Germany)
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2015 - 2015 Honorary doctorate in law
Batumi Shota Rustavelii State University, Batumi (Georgia)
Dissertation
Research Areas
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Criminal law, criminal procedure, economic crime, in particular anti-corruption, compliance and corporate sustainability, gender studies, European studies
Professional Experience
ACADEMIC TITLES
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2017 - 2018 Senior key expert EU
Support to establishing European Studies at ADA University, Baku (Azerbaijan)
MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE
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2009 - 2013 Attorney-at-law
Member of the CIS team at Lansky Ganzger + partner, Vienna, Astana. Focussing on commercial, corporate and criminal law.
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2013 - 2026 Senior Expert Counsel
Advising Lansky, Ganzger + partner Vienna on a range of issues in commercial, corporate and criminal law.
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2015 - 2026 Legal Counsel, Advisor
Support to Urus Advisory London on a range of topics in investigations, risk analysis, asset tracing and recovery.
Publications & Works
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Transnationales Strafprozessrecht (Transnational Law of Criminal Procedure)
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Privatisierung und Umstrukturierung in Russland. Zur Rolle des Rechts als Instrument struktureller Wirtschaftsreform im Übergang zur Marktwirtschaft (Privatisation and Restructuring in Russia. On the Role of Law as an Instrument of Structural Economic Reform in the Transition to a Market Economy)
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The New Geopolitics in the Caucasus: What Role for the EU?
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The Caucasus in Europe-Asia Connectivity: The Promise of Infrastructure and Trade
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Europe in the Caucasus, Caucasus in Europe. Perspectives on the Construction of a Region
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Promoting Gender Equality Abroad. An Assessment of EU Action in the External Dimension
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Gender in Modern Central Asia
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Moving beyond the ‘Kosovo Precedent’: EU Integration for Moldova and the South Caucasus
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ICTY: Towards a Fair Trial?
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