Jens Dammann

Jens Dammann is the Ben H. and Kitty King Powell Chair in Business and Commercial Law at the University of Texas School of Law.

While Professor Dammann's main focus is on U.S. law, he has authored various publications on European Union law and German law. His work on German consumer protection law has been cited in numerous decisions by the German Bundesgerichtshof, the highest German court in civil law matters.

Professor Dammann has taught or is scheduled to teach at various other universities including the University of Chicago Law School, the Cornell Law School, the Fundação Getulio Vargas in São Paulo, the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research in Frankfurt am Main, and the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg. Before joining the University of Texas, Professor Dammann worked at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance in Munich. His degrees include: first state exam (J.D. equivalent) with highest honors, Frankfurt am Main; second state exam, with high honors, Schleswig-Holstein; Dr. jur. (Ph.D. equivalent) with highest honors, Frankfurt am Main; habilitation (post-doctoral degree), Frankfurt am Main; LL.M., Yale; J.S.D., Yale; M.A. (economics), UT Austin; Ph.D. (economics), UT Austin. He is a Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ecgi).