Prof. Dr. Marie Lamensch

Biography

Marie Lamensch obtained her Doctorate at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in July 2014. She teaches VAT law at the Catholic University of Louvain (UC Louvain), Taxation Principles at the Katholieke Universiteit Brussel (KU Leuven) and International and European Taxation at the IES, where she also works as a Senior Research Fellow. She is member of relevant expert groups of the OECD, the World Customs Organisation and the EU Commission and guest lectures at IBFD's International Tax Academy. She also works as Technical Editor of the International VAT Monitor (IBFD). She previously acted as researcher for the G20 task force on the Financial Transactions Tax, practiced as a lawyer in Brussels and Luxembourg, and worked as teaching assistant in contract law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). She holds a Law Degree from the ULB and an LLM degree in international and European Law from the VUB. She obtained the 2015 Maurice Lauré Prize (International Fiscal Association). In addition to her native French, Marie is fluent in English and has a good knowledge of Dutch. Marie is married and mother of two daughters.

Research Interest

Political science studies and law