What is the impact of KYC on Initial Coin Offerings? How similar or different are KYC practices in ICOs and IPOs? A comparative study starts with a simple question. However, questions in law are not usually informed by empirical design or follow a systematic approach to interdisciplinarity....

In light of the recent global financial crisis, this article aims to critically examine China's financial regulatory structure and based on the results of such examination, set out reform proposals for China. At present, China adopts a traditional sectoral system of financial regulation, which...

This response to the 2009 UK White Paper on ‘Reforming Financial Markets' argues for stronger democratic oversight of regulators and for regulatory diversity in order to reduce ‘market herding' and the consequent systemic risks. In the context of hitherto weak democratic accountability and...

Directors owe fiduciary duties of care and loyalty to their corporations, and by extension to their shareholders. When a corporation approaches or enters insolvency, however, courts have recently found that the fiduciary duty calculus may change. Recognizing that creditors have financial...

This paper analyses the relationship between the EU sustainable finance legal framework (‘EU SF framework’) and the most common ESG standards. We present two different types of analysis. Firstly, we analyze the content of the international standards incorporated by reference in the EU SF...

The relationship between corruption, particularly when systemic, and the rule of law is a circular one. On the one hand, corruption undermines the rule of law; on the other hand, a weak rule of law facilitates corruption. In a sort of parasitic relationship, corruption quickly attaches to the...