Akrum El Menshawy

Dr Akrum El Menshawy serves as a Lecturer in Law at Nottingham Trent University's Nottingham Law School, where he teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate law programs while supervising LLM and PhD research. He is an active researcher affiliated with the Centre for Business and Insolvency Law and co-investigator of the 'Mapping Grey Areas in International Legal Approaches to The Failure of Crypto Firms' research network.

Education

• LLB, Nottingham Trent University
• LLM, Nottingham Trent University
• PhD in Law, Nottingham Trent University (2022). Dissertation: 'An assessment of the potential for legal redress for systematic errors in unpermissioned blockchain technology under English Law'.

Research Profile

El Menshawy specializes in blockchain and crypto assets law, focusing on legal redress mechanisms for users suffering losses in decentralized systems. His work critically examines cryptocurrency regulation, Web3 self-governance, and international regulatory variance, while maintaining broader interests in Commercial Law, Sports Law, and Tort. He employs theoretical frameworks including Ostrom's self-management and Black's regulation theory to analyze decentralized legal interventions.

Publications Trend

His scholarly output centers on blockchain legal challenges, exemplified by his 2022 publication analyzing obstacles to legal redress in unpermissioned systems. This work bridges his doctoral research with current regulatory gaps in cryptocurrency, emphasizing user protection and jurisdictional complexities in emerging digital asset ecosystems.

Awards

• Richard Jones Memorial Prize (2022): Inaugural recipient for best PhD presentation at Nottingham Law School

Academic Leadership

El Menshawy supervises postgraduate research while co-designing and co-leading the specialized LLM module on blockchain and crypto assets law. His research funding activities include:

• Co-investigator: Mapping Grey Areas in International Legal Approaches to The Failure of Crypto Firms

Research Infrastructure

He contributes to the Centre for Business and Insolvency Law and leads collaborative projects addressing international regulatory fragmentation in crypto firm failures, developing frameworks for cross-jurisdictional legal interventions in decentralized finance.