Michael Schillig

Professor Michael Schillig is a Professor of Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. He joined King’s in 2007 after serving as the DAAD Lecturer in Law at the University of Sheffield. He holds an LLB from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, an LLM from King’s College London, and a PhD from Humboldt University Berlin. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and UCLA.

His research focuses on transnational, European, and comparative private and commercial law, with emphasis on contract law, corporate law, and corporate insolvency. He is co-authoring a book on Comparative Company Law (Oxford University Press) and has published extensively on topics such as blockchain technology’s legal implications, EU banking resolution frameworks, and post-Brexit legal challenges.

Professor Schillig has secured grants including a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship (2019) for his project on blockchain solutions to the Too-Big-To-Fail problem. He teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses on financial law, corporate restructuring, and consumer protection. His work frequently addresses the intersection of technology and law, particularly in financial markets.

• Education:
  • PhD, Humboldt University Berlin
  • LLM, King’s College London
  • LLB, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
• Awards:
  • British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship (2019)
• Key Projects:
  • FinWork Futures: Investigating financial work and new technologies
  • Co-authoring Comparative Company Law with Carsten Gerner-Beuerle
• Labs/Teams:
  • Active in Technology, Ethics, Law and Society (TELOS) initiatives