Prof. Dr. Horst Hammen studied law at Philipps University of Marburg. After his First State Examination, he wrote his doctoral thesis which was published in 1993. Following his Second State Examination, he worked for 5 years as a research assistant at the Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz. During this period of time, he wrote his postdoctoral thesis which was published in 1995.

In March 1994, he took up the Chair of Civil Law at the University of Dresden. From November 1994 until March 2021, he held the position of Professor of Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law, German and European Banking and Capital Markets Law at the Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen. To date, Horst Hammen has published extensively in the fields of capital market law, banking law, corporate law as well as general civil law.

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.

Prof. 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.

Email: P.Paech@lse.ac.uk

Jun. Prof. Dr. Julia Redenius-Hövermann was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Civil and Company Law at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management in August 2012.

From December 2006 until July 2012 Julia Redenius has held the position of postdoctoral research associate and lecturer at the Chair of Professor Theodor Baums at the ILF. Before joining the ILF, Julia Redenius worked as a research associate and lecturer at the Universities of Paris II-Assas and Paris XII-Saint Maur. She holds Master degrees in French, German, European and International Corporate Law from the University of Paris II-Assas and Munich as well as a Ph. D. from the University of Paris II-Assas. She was admitted to the Paris Bar Exam. 

As an ILF Research Fellow, Julia Redenius writes her postdoctoral thesis (“Habilitation”) under the supervision of Professor Baums in the field of corporate law and behavioural law and economics.

Email: jredenius@fs.de