Juliane Kokott is the German Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and Professor at the University of St. Gallen.
As bearer of the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society for junior scientists, she concluded another study visit at Harvard Law School and was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.).
On 7 October 2003, Kokott succeeded Siegbert Alber as Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union.
One of the roles of an Advocate General is to provide a legal opinion in regard to a case brought before the Court.
In her opinions provided for the cases of pressetext Nachrichtenagentur GmbH v Republic of Austria (2006) and Uniplex (UK) v NHS Business Services Authority (2008), where issues had been raised about limitation periods for challenging public procurement decisions, Kokott put forward a "generally valid" distinction between challenges which called for a contract already concluded to be declared void, and challenges which called for a declaration that a contract had been unlawfully awarded and potentially sought compensation for the wronged tenderer(s).