Johann Hattingh

Johann Hattingh is Professor in the Department of Commercial Law and an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa. He was formerly adjunct Associate Professor in UCT's Department of Finance and Tax and practiced in the field of international taxation with PwC. He conducted PhD research at the Centre for Tax Law in the Law Faculty of the University of Cambridge and holds two LLM degrees, one from the University of Cape Town and the other from Leiden University in the Netherlands. He obtained B.Com (Law) and LL.B degrees from Stellenbosch University.

Johann has lectured and tutored at the International Tax Centre of Leiden University, Stellenbosch University, and the University of Cambridge. Since 2003 he holds an association with the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) in Amsterdam, where in 2019 he took up the Chief Editorship of the Bulletin for International Taxation. He has acted as senior international consultant for the UN Economic Commission for Africa, participated in the tax work of NEPAD on behalf of the African Union, and is consulted by public and private sector organisations across Africa. He is a member of the International Tax Law Committee of the International Law Association and the permanent scientific committee of the International Fiscal Association.

Research Interests

• International Taxation, Treaty Law, Tax Law, Legal History, Comparative Law

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Law University of Cambridge (2009 — 2022)