Michael Meissner is a Lecturer in Financial Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law.

Michael has 20 years of international practical experience in financial law and compliance. He started his legal career in the New York office of a Magic Circle firm, subsequently held partner roles in international law firms in his home country Germany and acted as chief compliance officer for an ECB supervised public bank. Michael is admitted to the Frankfurt (Germany) Bar and New York Bar.

He holds a PhD in law from Saarland University and an LLM degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law. Prior to joining King’s, alongside a busy practical career, Michael held teaching commitments at London Business School, the University of St. Gallen, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. During his PhD, Michael was a research assistant in European Law at Saarland University, International Law School (Europa-Institut).

His research interests include bank governance, risk management, and sustainability themes in financial regulation as well as compliance topics such as artificial intelligence in anti-financial crime measures.

Michael is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Research interests

• Corporate and Bank Governance
• EU, UK, and US Financial Regulation
• Sustainable Finance Regulation 
• Compliance, Anti-Financial Crime and Risk Management

Teaching

Postgraduate

• International Financial Regulation
• EU and US Financial Regulation (Seminar)
• Project Finance
• Capital Markets
• Financial Products

Undergraduate

• Banking Law (Tutorials)

Michael also serves as Academic Director for the Navigating International Financial Regulation and Compliance course as part of The Dickson Poon School of Law's executive education programme. 

PhD and LLM Student Supervision

While Dr Meissner continues to supervise LLM dissertations in the areas of financial products and their financial regulation, particularly in combination with governance, compliance, or risk management themes, he presently cannot accept further PhD students.