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Michael Schillig

Professor Michael Schillig

Professor of Law, Vice Dean Research

  • Vice Dean Research

Research interests

  • Law

Biography

Michael joined King’s in 2007, following three years as the DAAD Lecturer in Law at the University of Sheffield. Michael read law at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, obtained his LLM from King’s College London and his PhD from Humboldt University Berlin. He was a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the University of California, Los Angeles. Michael’s research and teaching generally focus on financial law from both a regulatory and transactional perspective, as well as on corporate law, corporate insolvency law and European contract law.

Research interests

Professor Schillig's research interests lie broadly in the areas of transnational, European and comparative private and commercial law with particular emphasis on contract, company and corporate insolvency law. Michael is currently working on a book: Comparative Company Law – Text, Cases and Materials (with Carsten Gerner-Beuerle) for Oxford University Press.

Read full details of Professor Schillig's research on his Research Portal profile.

    Research

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    FinWork Futures

    Investigating the future of financial work and new technologies for the financial professions

    News

    REF2021: Over half of Law School's submitted research outputs judged “world-leading”

    The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 results, published today, have highlighted again the quality of The Dickson Poon School of Law’s research.

    A montage of images from around the world.

    Spring School in Monetary & Financial Policy Analysis

    The global economy is undergoing profound change, from the impact of climate change to the growth of digital currencies. At the same time, we are seeing rapid...

    Monetary & Financial Policy Analysis spring school

    British Academy awards Professor Michael Schillig Mid-Career Fellowship

    Michael Schillig, Professor in The Dickson Poon School of Law, has received the award for his project ‘The Too-Big-To-Fail Problem and the Blockchain...

    The Dickson Poon School of Law sign above entrance

    Events

    12Feb

    Sebastian Omlor: A New Private International Law for Crypto-assets: the HCCH Digital Tokens Project

    Virtual event hosted by King's Business School

    07Oct

    Regulatory and Governance Challenges for Compliance Leaders in the Financial Services Industry

    Panel event on the regulatory and governance challenges for compliance leaders in the financial services industry

    Please note: this event has passed.

    23Jan

    The Regulatory Tightrope: Struggles Shaping Europe's Capital Markets

    Get ready to dive into the thrilling world of Europe's capital markets as we explore the challenges and obstacles

    Please note: this event has passed.

    31Jan

    Federico Ast: When Blockchain Meets Arbitration: Kleros and the Birth of Decentralized Justice

    This seminar by Dr. Federico Ast the first in the 2024 blockchain series, delves into Kleros, an innovative blockchain arbitration system revolutionizing...

    Please note: this event has passed.

    20Apr

    Private law and new technologies

    The Technology, Ethics, Law and Society (TELOS), is delighted to invite you to attend the Private Law and New Technology Conference

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      accounting-finance-begins-at-kings-hero
      FinWork Futures

      Investigating the future of financial work and new technologies for the financial professions

      News

      REF2021: Over half of Law School's submitted research outputs judged “world-leading”

      The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 results, published today, have highlighted again the quality of The Dickson Poon School of Law’s research.

      A montage of images from around the world.

      Spring School in Monetary & Financial Policy Analysis

      The global economy is undergoing profound change, from the impact of climate change to the growth of digital currencies. At the same time, we are seeing rapid...

      Monetary & Financial Policy Analysis spring school

      British Academy awards Professor Michael Schillig Mid-Career Fellowship

      Michael Schillig, Professor in The Dickson Poon School of Law, has received the award for his project ‘The Too-Big-To-Fail Problem and the Blockchain...

      The Dickson Poon School of Law sign above entrance

      Events

      12Feb

      Sebastian Omlor: A New Private International Law for Crypto-assets: the HCCH Digital Tokens Project

      Virtual event hosted by King's Business School

      07Oct

      Regulatory and Governance Challenges for Compliance Leaders in the Financial Services Industry

      Panel event on the regulatory and governance challenges for compliance leaders in the financial services industry

      Please note: this event has passed.

      23Jan

      The Regulatory Tightrope: Struggles Shaping Europe's Capital Markets

      Get ready to dive into the thrilling world of Europe's capital markets as we explore the challenges and obstacles

      Please note: this event has passed.

      31Jan

      Federico Ast: When Blockchain Meets Arbitration: Kleros and the Birth of Decentralized Justice

      This seminar by Dr. Federico Ast the first in the 2024 blockchain series, delves into Kleros, an innovative blockchain arbitration system revolutionizing...

      Please note: this event has passed.

      20Apr

      Private law and new technologies

      The Technology, Ethics, Law and Society (TELOS), is delighted to invite you to attend the Private Law and New Technology Conference

      Please note: this event has passed.