Damir Kaufman

Born in Zagreb on November 20, 1974

EDUCATION:

Since 2006 attending doctoral studies in the area of public law and public administration at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law;

2003-2004 pre-doctoral research at the Fordham University School of Law, New York, USA, with the Fulbright Program, in the area of competition (antitrust) law and state aid (subsidies) law;

1999-2000 Master of Commercial and Corporate Law (LL.M.), University College London, London, UK; thesis: «Repackaging and Global Depositary Receipts» received a merit;

1999 J.D. degree at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law (diplomirani pravnik);
-University of Zagreb Rector Award for a paper on international private law.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

Since 2008 Director of the Financial System Directorate in the Ministry of Finance;

2007-2008 Assistant Minister in charge of the Directorate for Projects and Legislation in the Ministry of Finance;

2006-2007 Assistant Director General in charge of the Service for International Cooperation and European Integration in the Tax Administration;

2004-2005 Head of Department for European Integration of the Directorate for European Integration and International Financial Relations in the Ministry of Finance;

2000-2001 Secretary to the 8th Workgroup for Financial Cooperation of the Croatian Negotiation Team for the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and its Member States and the Republic of Croatia;

2000-2003 Counsel in the Directorate for European Integration and International Financial Relations in the Ministry of Finance;

1998-1999 Assistant in the Law Department of KPMG international audit firm in Croatia;

- Bar Exam, Civil Service Exam, Senior Management Civil Servants Programme, MBTI qualified instructor.

LANGUAGES:

Croatian (native),
English (excellent, level C2),
French (good, level B1).

ASSORTED PUBLISHED WORK:

Co-author, Kelyn Bacon (editor): «European Community Law of State Aid» (author of Chapter 4 on International Agreements), Oxford University Press, 2009

Contributor, «Priručnik za prevođenje pravnih propisa Republike Hrvatske na engleski jezik» (Guide to the Croatian Law Translations into English), in Croatian, Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affaires and European Integration, 2006

Contributor, «Englesko-hrvatski Glosar bankarstva, osiguranja i ostalih financijskih usluga» (English-Croatian Glossary for Banking, Insurance and other Financial Services), Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affaires and European Integration, 2005

Author, «Zabrana fiskalnih prepreka i slobodno kretanje robe u europskom pravu» (Fiscal Barriers and Free Movement of Goods in EU Law), in Croatian, Pravo i porezi (Law and Taxes), April, 2004

Author, «Zabrana diskriminirajućih količinskih prepreka i slobodno kretanje robe u europskom pravu» (Discriminatory Quantitative Barriers and Free Movement of Goods in EU Law), in Croatian, Hrvatska pravna revija (Croatian Law Review), no. 5, 2004

Author, «Jednako primjenjiva pravila i slobodno kretanje robe u europskom pravu» (Indistinctly Applicable Measures and Free Movement of Goods in EU Law), in Croatian, Pravo i porezi (Law and Taxes), November 2004

Author, «Ustrojavanje i provedba sustava državnih potpora u Republici Hrvatskoj» (Establishment and Implementation of State Aid System in Croatia), in Croatian, Zbornik Pravnoga fakulteta u Zagrebu (Zagreb Law School Papers), no. 6, 2004

Contributor, «Državne potpore i europske integracije: iskustva za Hrvatsku» (State Aid and European Integration: Experiences for Croatia), in Croatian, Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Croatian Ministry for European Integration, 2003

Contributor, «Abeceda EU» (EU Basics), in Croatian, Croatian Ministry for European Integration, 2003

Redactor for economic terminology, «Četverojezični rječnik prava Europske unije» (Four Languages Dictionary of EU Law), HIDRA, 2003