!!Verica Trstenjak - Curriculum Vitae \\ __CURRENT POSITION:__ \\ *Professor for European Law at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna, (Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Wien) (from 2013) *External scientific member at Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law, Luxembourg (from 2012) *Interim judge (juge par intérim) of the Civil Service Tribunal of the EU, Luxembourg (from 2013) \\ __PROFESSIONAL CAREER – IMPORTANT EMPLOYMENTS:__ \\ *2006 –2012 Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg *2004–2006 Judge at the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, Luxembourg *2001–2003 Law Faculty, University of Maribor, Slovenia *2000 Secretary-General of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia *1996–2000 State Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Slovenia *1994–1996 Chief of the Legal Department, Ministry of Science and Technology, Slovenia *1990–1993 Secretary, National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia *1985–1988 Court of Appeal, Ljubljana, Slovenia \\ __PROFESSIONAL CAREER - IMPORTANT ACADEMIC STEPS:__ \\ *2006 Full Professor, University of Maribor, Law Faculty, Slovenia (venia legendi for Civil Law and European Law)\\ *2001–2006 Professor, University of Maribor, Law Faculty, Slovenia (Theory of Law, Civil Law and Company Law)\\ *1996–2001 Associate Professor, University of Maribor, Law Faculty, Slovenia \\ __EDUCATION:__ \\ *1995 Doctor of Law, University of Ljubljana, Law Faculty *1991 Master of Law, University of Ljubljana, Law Faculty *1987 Bar exam (Slovenia) *1985 Diploma, Law Faculty, University of Ljubljana \\ __SPECIALIZATION AND POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION__ (longer than 1 month): \\ *2004 Responsible for a Humboldt research project, Humboldt Foundation (Humboldt Stiftung), Max-Planck Institute for International Private Law, Hamburg (Germany) *1994–1995 University of Zürich, Switzerland *1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Max Planck Institute for International Private Law, Hamburg (Germany) *1997 George Washington University, Law School (USA) (two weeks) *1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 University of Vienna (Austria) *1993 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands) *1990 University of Oslo (Norway) \\ __MAJOR CURRENT PROJECTS__ (selection): \\ * Fondatio europaea, European Law Institute (ELI) (2013) * CESL (Common European Sales Law): Research project No JUST/2012/EVAL/CT/0123/A4, Université de Paris I Panthéon (Sorbonne School of Law) (2013) * B2B: The study MARKT/2012/049/E2/ST/OP The legal framework business-to-business unfair trading practices, College of Europe Brugge (2013) \\ __LANGUAGES:__\\ \\ *Slovene (mother tongue) *German *English *French *Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian *Italian (passive)