Uwe K. Franz

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

• Studied law at Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg and the Distance Learning University of Hagen
• First Legal State Examination with distinction
• Second Legal State Examination with distinction
• Theoretical education as a specialist lawyer for criminal law
• Lecturer in tax law and criminal tax law
• Lecturer in corporate law and law of contract drafting
• Lecturer for physicians and dentists intending to establish their own practice
• Participant in the ‘Tax Law Obstacles to the Further Expansion of Renewable Energies’ project, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
• Expert in the Finance Committee of the German Bundestag on the Annual Tax Act 2009
• Associate lecturer in economic law and economic criminal law, HFH - University of Applied Sciences
• Associate Lecturer in corporate tax law, HFH - University of Applied Sciences
• Lecturer in criminal tax law, tax advisor liability, contract drafting and economic law, Graf tax seminars (www.steuerseminare-graf.de)
• Lecturer in tax law and corporate law, DeutscheAnwaltAkadamie
• Associate lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg
• Lecturer for legal trainees at the Bamberg Higher Regional Court and Bamberg Bar Association
• Examiner in the First Legal State Examination in Bavaria, Bavarian State Ministry of Justice
• Examiner for the tax advisor examination, Nuremberg Chamber of Tax Advisors, Bavarian State Ministry of Finance
• Member of the Examination Board for the First Legal State Examination, Bavarian State Ministry of Justice
• Examiner in the Second Legal State Examination in Bavaria, Bavarian State Ministry of Justice
• Abogado Inscrito (No. 109), Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Málaga
• Languages for correspondence: German, English, Spanish

MEMBERSHIPS

• Deutscher Anwaltsverein e. V. (DAV) (German Bar Association)
• Deutscher Juristentag e. V. (German Jurists’ Conference)
• Juristen Alumni Würzburg e. V. (Würzburg Law Alumni)
• Centrale für GmbH (www.centrale.de)
• Landesverband der steuerberatenden und wirtschaftsprüfenden Berufe in Bayern e. V. (www.lswb.de) (State association of the tax advisory and auditing professions in Bavaria)
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Steuerrecht im DAV (www.steuerrecht.org) (Working group on tax law of the German Bar Association)
• Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung e. V. (www.gesellschaftsrechtlichevereinigung.de) (Corporate law association)
• AEA International Lawyers Network (www.aeuropea.com)
• Namibian-German Legal Cooperation e. V.
• Deutsch-Spanische Juristenvereinigung (www.dsjv-ahaj.org) (German-Spanish Lawyers Association)
• German Chamber of Commerce for Spain (www.ahk.es)

PUBLICATIONS

• EWiR BGB § 312 2/07, 455 ‘Unwirksamkeit der Widerrufsbelehrung eines Malerunternehmens bei fehlender Information zu (Rückabwicklungs-)Rechten des Verbrauchers’ - Urteilsrezension BGH v. 12.04.07 Az.: VII ZR 122/06 (Ineffectiveness of the cancellation policy of a painting company with missing information on the (rescission) rights of the consumer - review of a judgment by the Federal Court of Justice)
• EWiR BGB § 426 1/08, 265 "Zum Freistellungsanspruch eines GbR-Gesellschafters gegen seine Mitgesellschafter im Gesamtschuldnerausgleich’ - Urteilsrezension BGH v. 15.10.2007 Az. II ZR 136/06 (On the claim for indemnification of a GbR shareholder against his co-shareholders in joint and several compensation’ - review of a judgment by the Federal Court of Justice)
• EWiR GmbHG § 51a 2/08, 623 ‘Erledigung eines Informationserzwingungsverfahrens mit Ende der Weigerung der Informationsherausgabe’ - Urteilsrezension OLG München v. 09.05.08 Az. 31 Wx 86/07 (Completion of information enforcement proceedings on cessation of the refusal to provide information" - review of a judgment of the Munich Higher Regional Court)
• ree - Recht der Erneuerbaren Energien 2/2011, 74 ‘Die umsatzsteuerliche Behandlung des Direktverbrauchs gemäß § 33 Abs. 2 EEG’ (ree - Renewable Energy Law 2/2011, 74 ‘VAT treatment of direct consumption pursuant to section 33(2) of the Renewable Energy Sources Act’)
• PStR 1/2013 p. 22, ‘Subjektive Elemente im Steuerstrafrecht: Ein Nachruf? Ein Aufruf!’ (‘Subjective Elements in Criminal Tax Law: (An obituary? An appeal!’)
• PStR 5/2013 p. 131, ‘Selbstanzeige und Grenzkontrolle’ (‘Self-disclosure and border control’)
• PStR 6/2014 p. 161, ‘Tod der Beschuldigten während des Verfahrens (‘Death of a defendant during the proceedings’)
• PStR 1/2017 p. 25, ‘Mandant hat sich nicht und nicht rechtzeitig gewehrt (‘Client did not defend himself and did not defend himself in time’)