Associate professor; promotion track in Banking Law

Associate professor (promotion track) in Banking Law Contract Type:

Academic - Permanent

The University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character.

The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance counts over 2,700 students enrolled across four Bachelor programmes, thirteen Master programmes, doctoral studies as well as several continuing education courses. The Faculty hosts the Doctoral School of Law and the Doctoral School in Economics, Finance and Management.

Teaching and research at the FDEF benefit from the proximity of European institutions, Luxembourg’s leading international financial centre, as well as its vibrant business community. Institutional and private sector partnerships, sponsored chairs and a growing network of international partner universities make the FDEF a dynamic academic hub at the heart of Europe.

The successful candidate will strengthen the Department of Law’s research area in Banking, Financial and Commercial Law, which is a cornerstone of the Department’s academic profile and a key contributor to the University’s reputation. They will pursue research and teaching in this field, focussing on Luxembourg, EU, and comparative transnational perspectives. The position is of particular strategic relevance given the Department’s ambition to maintain its leadership in financial law, a domain central to Luxembourg’s role as a global financial centre.

The ideal candidate shows potential to:

• Develop an internationally recognized research profile in banking law in a broad sense, e.g., prudential regulation and bank supervision, depositary law, regulation of payments and payment systems, financial technologies, sustainable finance, secured transactions and consumer financial contracts, links to financial markets law
• Publish extensively in top-tier peer-reviewed journals, monographs, or authoritative treatises
• Contribute to interdisciplinary initiatives such as the Future Fin Tech NCER and/or collaborate with the Department of Finance in the field of sustainable finance
• Teach in core areas of banking law. The ability to contribute to teaching in related areas of commercial law—such as financial and securities law, company law, insolvency law, the law of commercial contracts and torts - is an asset
• Cover legal frameworks at both EU and Luxembourg levels, adopting a comparative approach that includes neighbouring jurisdictions and other global financial centres
• Engage with Luxembourg and EU regulators (e.g. CSSF, CBL, ECB, ESMA), international organizations, e.g. IOSCO, BIS, FSB, etc., and other stakeholders, e.g. (inter-)national law firms, industry and academic associations
• Acquire competitive research funding and establish and lead their own research team
• Show and develop leadership potential

The candidate will join one of Europe’s most prominent academic groups in banking and financial law, distinguished by both its intellectual strength and research output. They will actively contribute to the University’s “Third Mission” by engaging with Luxembourg and EU financial law, and will be encouraged to develop into a leadership role within the Department. This position offers the opportunity to gain recognition and respect in Luxembourg’s legal community, renowned for its emphasis on financial law expertise and its strong integration of academic insight with professional practice.

Their doctoral students will benefit from a strong academic environment and excellent career prospects—more than 20 former PhD graduates from the Department have gone on to become professors.

• A Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD degree in Law
• Experience and interest in engaging in academic research at the highest level
• Publications in internationally recognized journals, monographs with international publishers or other publications in banking law (or other fields of financial law) indicating potential for excellent research
• Potential and aptitude for teaching and supervising research at the university level
• An excellent academic track record demonstrating both scholarly excellence and leadership potential
• Experience with externally…