Tobias Tröger

Professor Dr. Tobias Tröger, holder of the Chair for Civil Law, Commercial and Economic Law, and Legal Theory at Goethe University Frankfurt, is a leading academic in interdisciplinary legal research. His work bridges corporate law, banking regulation, and contract law with a focus on economic analysis of law, sustainability, and AI's legal implications.

• Director of the European Banking Institute (EBI) since 2016
• Senior Fellow at the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research (SAFE)
• Member of the international Foundations of Law and Finance research group

Research priorities examine:

• Supranational harmonization vs. institutional competition in regulatory frameworks
• Welfare-enhancing legal reforms in financial markets
• Corporate sustainability incentives through legal structures
• AI challenges to traditional civil law systems

He supervises a doctoral program in Law, Finance and Economics at SAFE, mentoring students in empirical legal methods and interdisciplinary research design. Over 15 completed PhDs demonstrate his commitment to nurturing academic talent.

Professor Tröger's team engages in:

• Comparative analysis of EU/US sustainability regulations
• Behavioral Law and Economics research
• Policy advice to European financial institutions
• Transnational legal research networks