The Steering Committee

Partner in an American business law firm, Hubert de Vauplane worked more than 25 years in the banking and financial sector, gaining experience as both a lawyer and front office operator. Before joining the Paris Bar in September 2011, he was the general counsel and compliance director of the Crédit Agricole S.A. group. He is an associate professor at...

Luca Enriques is Professor of Corporate Law at the Faculty of Law of Oxford University. He is a coauthor of The Anatomy of Corporate Law and of Principles of Financial Regulation. He has published several articles in major European and US reviews and journals, including the Journal of Economic Perspectives, the Cornell Law Review, and the Harvard Business Law...

Alexandre Garel holds a PhD in Finance (ESCP & Pantheon-Sorbonne) and a Master of European Economics Studies (College of Europe). He teaches Finance at Auckland University of Technology. His research focuses on the study of short-termism on financial markets, banking regulations, the influence of intangibles such as the impact of customer and employee satisfaction on the creation of value,...

Denis Gromb is the Antin I.P. Chair Professor of Finance at HEC Paris. He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique, where he also obtained a Ph.D. in Economics while visiting the London School of Economics. His principal research interests include corporate finance, corporate governance, banking, the economics of organizations and the limits to arbitrage in financial markets. His articles have been...

Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez is a Fellow of the Program on Corporate Governance and Teaching Fellow in Capital Markets and International Financial Regulation at Harvard Law School. He studied law and business (LLB, BA, PhD) in Spain, where he is also a qualified auditor. He received a Master of Science in Law and Finance from the University of Oxford (UK) and...

Professor at the Toulouse School of Economics and HEC, he is a member of the Conseil d‘Analyse Economique (economic analysis council) and the Conseil Economique pour le Développement Durable (economic council for sustainable development) since September 2011. Augustin Landier graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure (1994-1998), where he obtained the aggrégation in mathematics. He obtained his Ph.D in economics...

Benjamin is a teacher and researcher in the innovation financing and entrepreneurship at the Audencia Business School. He also teaches the innovation financing in a joint Master’s program with the University of Paris Dauphine and Mines Paris Tech, and in a continuing education Master’s program at the Paris CNAM (national conservatory of arts and crafts). He is the author...

Mathieu Luinaud heads the Smart Regulation group at the Rules for Growth Institute. He is a graduate of Sciences Po and the Ecole polytechnique (MX2013). He also holds a law degree for the University Paris II- Panthéon-Assas and the University of Pennsylvania, and a degree in history from the University of Paris X, Nanterre. Medievalist in his spare time,...

Researcher and professor emeritus at the University of Montreal, specialized in the economic analysis of law and intellectual property, Ejan Mackaay was awarded the 2013 Vogel prize in economic law for his work Law and Economics for Civil Law Systems. In 2009, he was appointed as Fellow at the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en analyse des organisations (interuniversity research...

After graduating from Panthéon-Assas University (Magistère Juriste d’Affaires), Paul pursued the Paris Bar Admission Course while studying at the University of Oxford (MSc in Law and Finance). There, he was head of Fintech at the Oxford Fintech & SmartLaw Society. He simultaneously works for start-ups whose businesses are based upon blockchain technology. His current professional and research activities relate...

Alessio Maria Pacces (Naples, 1971) is the full professor of law and finance at the Amsterdam Law School and the Amsterdam Business School. Moreover, he is the director of the Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics (ACLE) and of the Master in Law and Finance at the University of Amsterdam. Previously, Alessio was endowed professor of law and finance...

Anne Perrot is a general financial inspector. Prior to this, she joined MAPP, an economic consultancy firm, principally active in the field of competition. She was Vice President of the Conseil de la Concurrence (French competition council) then of the Autorité de la concurrence (French competition authority) from 2004 to 2012. She has participated in various groups of experts...

Pierre-Charles Pradier is a lecturer at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He was Dean of the Department of Economics and Vice President of Studies before heading the CNAM National Insurance School (ENAss). He is currently the Academic Director of the LabEx “Financial Regulation” (http://www.labex-refi.com/) and President of the College of Economy and Finance Terminology. He has published numerous articles...

Georg Ringe is Professor of Law and Director of the Institute of Law & Economics at the University of Hamburg. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law. His research focuses on questions of corporate law, capital markets, insolvency law and financial regulation, from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective. He is a Research...

Vasile holds degrees from Sciences Po Law School and the Sorbonne, where he studied financial law, philosophy of science and mathematical logic. He also studied at Columbia Law School, focusing on the economic analysis of corporate/finance law and intellectual property, as well as on legal theory. He is currently an Elève-avocat and has worded in this capacity in several...

Simone Sepe holds doctoral degrees in both law and economics, from the Yale Law School and the Toulouse School of Economics, respectively. Before entering into academia, he practiced law at Clifford Chance in London and worked as an investment banker at Fortress Investment Group. Simone Sepe is professor of law and finance at the University of Arizona and Univerity...

Dr Felix Steffek is University Lecturer in Comparative Commercial Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, and Senior Member of Newnham College. At Faculty level, he serves as Deputy Director of the Cambridge LLM programme and Deputy Director of the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law. At College level, he is Director of Studies for undergraduate and...

Georges Ugeux is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Galileo Global Advisors (an investment bank specializing in cross-border advice and transactions, particularly to and from emerging countries). He is an Associate Professor at the Columbia University School of Law, where he convenes a seminar on International Banking and Finance. He is also a visiting professor at the University Paris...

Marco Ventoruzzo is Full Professor of Business Law at Bocconi University in Milan and Full Professor of Law at Penn State Law School (where is also an Affiliated Professor at the School of International Affairs). He has directed the Max Planck Institute of Luxembourg on financial markets regulation and is currently a scientific member of this Institution. He taught...

Lecturer in competition law at the University of Glasgow, Florence Thepot obtained her Ph.D in law from University College London in 2014. She is also a graduate of the Europe College Bruges (economics department with a specialization in law and economics), the Strasbourg Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Economics and Enterprise section). In addition to teaching and university activities, she has...