Blockchain, or “distributed ledger” technology, has been devised as an alternative to the law of finance. While it has become clear by now that regulation in the public interest is necessary, for example to avoid money laundering, drug dealing or tax evasion, the particularly thorny issues...

This paper analyzes options in financial market law available to British issuers, credit institutions, insurance companies, securities firms, and asset and fund managers in terms of Brexit, considering that the United Kingdom will become a third country from the perspective of the European...

The banking regulatory framework adopted by the European Union is both stern and unidimensional. Proportionality in banking regulation and supervision is mainly a theoretical reference, with little or no practical implementation. On the face of it, the fundamental choice to apply the Basel...