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  • Financial Regulation
08 Jul 2020
2 min to read

Fintech Startups and Incumbent Players Series - Bank-Fintech Partnerships, Outsourcing Arrangements, and the Case for a Mentorship Regime

Luca Enriques, Faculty of Law | Wolf-Georg Ringe, Faculty of Law

Fintech firms, once perceived as ‘disruptors’ of the traditional banking industry, are now increasingly seen as attractive partners for established financial institutions. Partnership arrangements...
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  • COVID-19
  • Financial Regulation
22 May 2020
4 min to read

Covid-19: No Time for Lawyers

Wolf-Georg Ringe, Faculty of Law

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...
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  • COVID-19
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Regulation
05 May 2020
7 min to read

GCGC/ECGI Global Webinar Series - How to Rescue Startups During the Pandemic

Dorothea Ringe | Wolf-Georg Ringe, Faculty of Law

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...

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  • Financial Regulation
18 Sep 2019
1 min to read

Call for Papers: Fintech Startups and Incumbent Players. Policy Challenges and Opportunities

Luca Enriques, Faculty of Law | Wolf-Georg Ringe, Faculty of Law

The potential of financial technology for innovation and growth is well-established by now. Yet startups often face many regulatory challenges in the early years, obstructing market access...

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  • Financial Regulation
29 Mar 2019

The Dark Side of Bank Resolution: Counterparty Risk through Bail-in

Wolf-Georg Ringe, Faculty of Law | Jatine Patel

Bail-in and its supplementary capital requirements have much touted potential. Beyond their promise to reign in financial institutions’ bail-out moral hazard, bail-in intends to stem systemic risk...

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  • Financial Regulation
24 Jul 2018

A Regulatory Sandbox for Robo Advice

Wolf-Georg Ringe, Faculty of Law | Christopher Ruof

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Western financial markets saw the introduction of comprehensive regulatory reforms, most of them with an increased focus on financial stability. At the...
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  • Brexit
  • Financial Regulation
22 Feb 2017

The Irrelevance of Brexit for the European Financial Market

Wolf-Georg Ringe, Faculty of Law

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...
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  • Corporate Governance
17 Feb 2017

The Anatomy of Corporate Law: The New Edition

John Armour, Faculty of Law | Luca Enriques, Faculty of Law | Mariana Pargendler | Wolf-Georg Ringe, Faculty of Law

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,...
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  • Corporate Governance
25 May 2016

Kornhaas and the Limits of Corporate Establishment

Wolf-Georg Ringe, Faculty of Law

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...

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