Roderic Kermarec

Roderic Kermarec is a Lecturer in European Law at Christ Church and University College, Oxford, and has taught Roman Law at Queen's College and Contract Law at Trinity College. He served as a Visiting Professor of Corporate Law and Banking and Financial Law at ESSEC Business School in Paris. His research focuses on extraterritoriality in financial regulation, particularly equivalence frameworks in the EU and substituted compliance in the U.S.

Education:

• DPhil in Law (University of Oxford, supervised by Luca Enriques and Christopher Hare)
• Magister Juris and MPhil in Law (Distinction)
• Master’s in Business Law (Pantheon-Assas University, Cum Laude)
• Master’s in Banking and Financial Law (Pantheon-Assas University, Cum Laude)
• Graduate Certificate in Banking and Financial Law (Summa Cum Laude, Valedictorian)

Research Interests: Roderic explores the evolution of cross-border regulatory mechanisms in banking and finance, analyzing how jurisdictions like the EU and U.S. harmonize or defer to foreign legal frameworks. His work intersects corporate governance, financial stability, and transnational legal compliance.

Awards:

• Freshfields Prize (Best Business Law Student, France)
• Spitz-Poulle Prize (Best Financial Law Student, France)
• Paris Bar School Laureate
• Pantheon-Assas University Laureate (Criminal Law)

Affiliations and Activities:

• Member of the European Banking Institute’s Young Researchers Group
• Representative at the European Corporate Governance Institute
• Former Associate Editor, Oxford Business Law Blog
• Coach of the Oxford team at the 2017 Oxford French Law Moot (Runner-Up)