Prof. Dr. Philipp Paech
Position
Prof. Dr. Philipp Paech, Associate Professor of Law, LSE Law School and Visiting Professor, ILF
Vita
Prof. Dr. Philipp Paech is an Associate Professor of Law at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Global Distinguished Professor of Law at Notre Dame University (UND). He has been an educator, researcher, and policy consultant specialising in the regulation and law of financial services for over 20 years. Since 2017, he has focused on the regulation of Digital Finance. He served as the chair of the EU Commission expert group on FinTech (‘ROFIEG’), and the group's recommendations became a foundational document for the EU Digital Finance Strategy.
Philipp teaches and conducts research at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where his educational portfolio includes various master's and executive courses in International Financial Regulation and International Financial Law. He also convenes five different executive master courses, covering the law and policy of financial markets, including digital financial services. He convenes and co-teaches a very popular co-curricular Digital Finance Course for all Masters and Bachelor students at LSE Law School.
Philipp has also been a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Law and Finance in 2016-19 and 2023-25. He previously held visiting appointments at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Bocconi University in Milan, and Tokyo University. He is an attorney-at-law in Frankfurt and an accredited mediator in the UK.
Dr Paech consults for public sector and international governmental organisations, including the OECD, the UK Foreign Office, the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the European Parliament. He has been a member of several international expert groups. His contributions have been instrumental in influencing legal and regulatory reforms for nearly two decades.
Publications
Prof. Dr. Paech has published widely on financial regulation and the commercial law of finance, as well as on blockchain, Digital Finance and Fintech.
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