MLF alumni updates - Hilary Term 2026

Oxford Law and Finance are pleased to confirm the next MLF Alumni Reunion will take place on Tuesday 12 May 2026, from 18:30 to 21:00 at the London offices of Clifford Chance LLP, 10 Upper Bank Street, London E14 5JJ.

MLF alumni, students and faculty are all invited to attend.

Register to attend the Alumni Reunion
If you have any questions please contact the MLF team.

We are inviting you to take part in important market research on a proposed part-time version of the MSc in Law and Finance (MLF).

The part-time MLF would retain the same academic standards and degree title as the existing full‑time programme, but would be designed for practitioners who cannot commit to 10 months in Oxford.

We would greatly value your perspectives by completing a short survey . It will take less than 10 minutes. The closing date is 7 April. 

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Before I decided to take up the place in the MLF 2018-2019, I remember that I had an exchange with back then Academic Director Luca Enriques, on whether the MLF might the be the right fit for me considering my aspirations to work in the sphere of politics and policy.

Luca, who was very helpful and charming even in the first e-mails we exchanged, wrote that even though he believes no university can teach the real mechanics of politics it can teach how to address policies and the MLF would prepare me well for this. Because of his personal notes back then I chose the MLF over the French ENA.

Seven years after graduation, I worked for the Hamburg State Parliament, the German Bundestag and now at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and I can attest he was absolutely right.

The economic rationale that is taught in the MLF has helped me every step of the way, even when I was starting out at big international law firms after graduation. But it was not only First Principles of Financial Economics that left an unique impression upon me, but also Horst Eidenmueller’s course on negotiation and mediation, that led me to pursue a fellowship on behavioural economics at Harvard and still now informs my day to day work for the German government.

Recently, I have been lucky enough to be named Marshall Memorial Fellow 2026 by the German Marshall Fund. This fellowship, which has seen far more acclaimed alumni than myself to this date, is ultimately also a continuation of my work between law and economics that the MLF has prepared me for. 

Lastly, I still think very fondly of my time at Oxford, where I found friends for life and had a wonderful year. For this I will always be grateful.

Professor Horst Eidenmüller has been appointed as a member of the Research Member (Appointments) Committee of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). The ECGI is a premier global network for scientific research on corporate governance. Professor Eidenmüller will serve on the committee alongside distinguished colleagues from the fields of law and finance, including the Committee Chair, Professor Mariana Pargendler from Harvard Law School.

This appointment represents a significant role within the Institute’s governance structure. The committee functions as a vital “gatekeeper” for the ECGI, tasked with upholding the Institute’s independence and research quality. Unlike standard peer review bodies that evaluate specific outputs, this committee is responsible for “peer reviewing the researchers”, evaluating applications and nominations to select the top-level scholars who will join the ECGI as Research Members.

These Research Members are fundamental to the organization, holding residual control of the Institute and driving its research agenda. The committee is deliberately composed of only four members—two from Finance and two from Law, split between US and non-US based scholars—highlighting the select nature of the group. Professor Eidenmüller will participate in the biannual deliberation of applications, with the next round of appointments scheduled to be announced at the end of 2026.

On 6 March, 2026, the first Intesa Sanpaolo Business Law and Regulation conference was held at the Saïd Business School, with the theme 'Directors' responsibilities in a time of change'.

The event was organised by the Centre for Corporate Reputation at the Business School, the European Corporate Governance Institute, the Oxford Law Faculty, and the Commercial Law Centre at Harris Manchester College. 

Find out more about the Intesa Sanpaolo Business Law and Regulation conference.
 

You may be aware that we have a dedicated MLF LinkedIn Group, with over 400 members.

The Group is named Oxford MSc in Law and Finance and the owner is MLF Administration.

MLF Alumni, MLF faculty and current MLF students are all invited to join, to do so, please send a request via LinkedIn or send an email to oxlfevents@law.ox.ac.uk.

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We would be delighted to hear from you if you are interested in becoming involved with the MLF, from volunteering and being a student mentor, to sending us a written contribution for the MLF alumni newsletter, or attending events and discussion panels.

Please contact the MLF team at oxlfevents@law.ox.ac.uk for more details.

Please see earlier editions of the MLF ebulletin communication online.