Jens-Hinrich Binder

Prof. Dr. Jens-Hinrich Binder holds the Chair of Civil Law, Corporate Law, Banking and Capital Markets Law at the Faculty of Law, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. He has been a part-time judge at the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart since October 2024 and served as Faculty Dean in 2021. His research focuses on corporate law, banking supervision, capital market regulation, and comparative legal systems.

• LL.M. in Banking & Finance from London School of Economics (2000)
• Doctorate at Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (2004)
• Habilitation at Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (2010)

His academic contributions include co-editing the ZBB - Journal for Banking Law and Banking and serving as a liaison lecturer for the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. He has also held visiting positions at EBS University of Business and Law (2011-2013) and was offered chairs at University of Hamburg and Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (both rejected).

Key international collaborations include:

• Co-founder of the Tübingen-Chapel Hill Law Program (2019-present)
• Organized transatlantic legal exchange with UNC Chapel Hill School of Law
• Led seminars with Greek partners on civil and consumer law

He contributes to legal education through:

• Teaching US law to German students
• Offering courses on European economic lawmaking
• Coordinating international research initiatives