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Dr. Francesco De Pascalis is a Senior Lecturer in Financial Law at Brunel Law School within the College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences. He joined Brunel in 2017, bringing expertise from his prior role as a Research Fellow at the Chair for Law and Finance at the University of Zurich (2013-2017) and as an external lecturer at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.
- Qualified as a Solicitor in Italy (2008)
- External Examiner at University of Glasgow, Law School
His research focuses on banking and finance law, financial regulation, digital finance, and sustainable finance. He authored the monograph Credit Ratings and Market Over-reliance: An International Legal Analysis (Brill-Nijhoff, 2017) and is co-authoring two forthcoming books: Open Banking: Global Development and Regulation (Routledge, 2023) and Principles of Law and Finance (Edward Elgar, 2026). His work has been published in journals like International and Comparative Corporate Law Journal, European Business Law Review, and Business Law Review.
Recent research trends include:
- Regulatory frameworks for open banking and financial technology
- Conduct risk in financial services
- Civil liability of credit rating agencies
- Consumer financial well-being and education
- Cryptocurrency regulation
- Cross-border financial compliance
Scientific recognitions:
- Fellow of the Society of Advanced Legal Studies
- Fellow of the European Law Institute
- Honorary Fellow of the Asian Institute of International Financial Law (University of Hong Kong)
- Co-convener of UK Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Banking and Financial Services Law Section (2019-2021)
Teaching responsibilities include Banking Law, Theory of International Financial Regulation, Practice of International Financial Regulation, and Banking and Technology Law at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is a member of Brunel's Centre for AI: Social and Digital Innovation and Research Centre for Law, Economics and Finance, as well as Zurich's Research Network on Sustainable Finance.
