Banking and Finance Law

The Banking and Finance group at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) promotes teaching and research in banking and financial law and regulation. Its activities reside under the umbrella of the Institute of Banking and Finance Law. The Institute of Banking and Finance Law is a centre of excellence in research and teaching of banking and finance law and is part of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) in the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London. The Institute is a leading centre on banking and finance law in the world. Its members offer a wide range of courses in banking and finance law, organise and contribute to conferences across the globe, and influence national, European and international regulatory developments. For more information about the Institute, please see the Institute’s website.

Members

The members of the Institute of Banking and Finance Law include four leading professors in this area: Professor Rosa Lastra (chair), Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, Professor George Walker, and Professor Sir William Blair; one reader, Dr Gabriel Gari; one senior lecturer, Dr Costanza Russo; and one lecturer, Ms Katrien Morbee. In addition, Professor Kokkoris,  Dr Marco Bodellini, Dr Andromachi Georgosouli, Dr Miriam Goldby, Dr Leon Vinokour contribute to the teaching in this area. Dr. Vinokour and Professor Olivares-Caminal - jointly appointed by CCLS and the School of Economics and Finance - are the co-directors of the MSc Law and Finance programme. Professor Olivares-Caminal also heads the LLM in Law and Economics programme.

• Professor Ioannis Kokkoris
• Professor Rosa M. Lastra (Chair)
• Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal
• Professor Philip Rawlings
• Professor George Walker
• Dr Marco Bodellini
• Dr Gabriel Gari
• Dr Andromachi Georgosouli
• Dr Miriam Goldby
• Dr S. Patel
• Dr Costanza Russo
• Dr L. Steinberg
• Dr Leon Vinokur
• Mr Safdar Alam
• Mr Lazarus
• Ms Katrien Morbee

Expertise and Research Activities

The Institute’s research covers the most topical subjects in the field of banking and finance and include: central banking, international banking, international capital markets, international monetary law, derivatives, corporate finance, M&As, EU financial law, resolution and insolvency of financial institutions and financial crisis management, banking and financial regulation, Islamic law, WTO law, Preferential Trade Agreements, international investment law, sovereign debt management and restructuring, insurance law, ethics in business and finance, and corporate social responsibility. 

Research projects

• ESRC-funded Project 'Legal and Economic Conceptions of Money' (2019 - 2020)
• Banking Union (Resolution) Expert Panel of the European Parliament (2016-2020)
• Monetary Expert Panel of the European Parliament (2015-2020)
• Project on Sovereign Wealth Funds (finance and energy)
• Research project on ‘Financial Inclusion’
• Annual Lecture on Financial Crime and Technology
• Sovereign Debt Institute

Read about the Institute's research projects here.

Teaching and education

Programmes

• LLM in Banking and Finance Law
• LLM in Law and Economics
• LLM in Paris
• MSc in Law and Finance
• Certificate in International Finance Law
• Diploma in International Finance Law

Modules

• SOLM001 Securities Regulation (Sem 2)
• SOLM002 EU Financial and Monetary Law (Sem 1)
• SOLM003 Regulation of Financial Markets (Sem 1)
• SOLM004 International Financial Regulation (Sem 2)
• SOLM005 International Finance Law (Sem 1)
• SOLM006 International Finance Law Applied (Sem 2)
• SOLM007 Banking Law: International (Sem 1)
• SOLM008 Banking and FinTech Law (Sem 2)
• SOLM009 Corporate Finance Law (Sem 1)
• SOLM010 Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) (Sem 2)
• SOLM011 Law and Ethics in Business and Finance (Sem 1)
• SOLM012 Corporate Governance and Responsibility in Finance (Sem 2)
• SOLM015 Elements of Islamic Law (Sem 1)
• SOLM016 Islamic Finance and Commercial Law (Sem 2)
• SOLM017 Corporate Rescue and Cross-border Insolvency (Sem 1)
• SOLM018 Principle of Regulation (Sem 1)
• SOLM029 Chinese Business Law (Sem 1)
• SOLM118 Principles of Taxation (Sem 1)
• SOLM129 Transfer Pricing (Sem 1)
• SOLM138 General Principles of Insurance Law (Sem 1)
• SOLM139 Insurance Regulation (Sem 2)
• SOLM140 Insurance Contracts (Sem 1)
• SOLM141 Reinsurance Law (Sem 2)
• SOLM191 Legal Aspects of Financing Development (Sem 2)
• SOLM194 International Economic Law (Sem 1)
• SOLM199 Law of Economic Crime: Proceeds of Crime (Sem 1)
• SOLM200 Law of Economic Crime: Corruption (Sem 2)
• SOLM210 Information Security and the Law (Sem 2)
• SOLM223 Compliance in Global Markets (Sem 2)
• SOLM224 Compliance Systems in Practice (Sem 1)
• SOLM230 Art and Money (Sem 2) – Art Business and Law programme module (also available to students on the Banking and Finance Law programme)