Oxford Business Law Blog

A growing body of legal research is dedicated to investigating the implications of financial technology and innovation for the application of existing financial law and regulation to achieve basic...

It has been five years since the UK Financial Conduct Authority pioneered the idea of a regulatory sandbox in the financial sector—a controlled space with relaxed rules, in which businesses can test...

The European Commission has just proposed a new regime for regulating cryptoassets in the EU. The new ‘Digital Finance Package’ includes a number of interesting features. Its centrepiece is the...

Fintech firms, once perceived as ‘disruptors’ of the traditional banking industry, are now increasingly seen as attractive partners for established financial institutions. Partnership arrangements...

The economic fallout from Covid-19 requires extraordinary efforts from governments and central banks around the globe. Many of these emergency measures are controversial. Legal pitfalls abound, but...

The global startup sector looks back on a decade of rising VC investment and favourable economic conditions. Many new technologies and innovative products were recently launched by startups and have...

Among participants in the global financial market, Brexit is commonly painted as an almost Apocalypse-like scenario. The threat of a British exit from the European Union arguably involves a...

The third edition of The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Comparative and Functional Approach (by Reinier Kraakman, John Armour, Paul Davies, Luca Enriques, Henry Hansmann, Gerard Hertig, Klaus Hopt,...

Sometimes, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) appears to be in a state of mental blackout. This must have been the situation responsible for the recent Kornhaas decision, delivered (to...