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Books

  • K. Alexander & S. Gruenewald, Central Banking and Sustainability, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2026 Link 
  • K. Alexander, Principles of Banking Regulation, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2019 Link
  • K. Alexander, C. Barnard, E. Ferran, A. Lang & N. Moloney, Brexit and Financial Services: Law and Policy, Hart Publishing, Oxford 2018 Link to Review (PDF, 2 MB)
  • K.  Alexander (2009), Economic Sanctions: Law and Public Policy (London: Macmillan Palgrave). Link
  • K. Alexander, R. Dhumale & J. Eatwell (2006), Global Governance of Financial Systems: The International Regulation of Systemic Risk (Oxford: Oxford University Press). Link
  • K. Alexander & others, Market Abuse and Insider Dealing (London: Bloomsbury) (4th ed., 2022) (3rd ed., 2015) (2nd ed., 2009) (1st ed., 2002) (Alexander is the primary author and sole author of chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 14 and 16) Link

Edited Books

  • K. Alexander, M. Gargantini, & M. Siri, EU Sustainable Finance: Regulation, Supervision and Governance, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2025 Link
  • K. Alexander & R. Dhumale (Hrsg.), Research Handbook on International Financial Regulation, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham 2012 Link
  • K. Alexander & N. Moloney (Hrsg.), Law Reform and Financial Markets, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham 2011 Link
  • K. Alexander & M. Andenas (Hrsg.), The World Trade Organisation and Trade in Services, Brill/Martinus/Nijhof, Leiden 2008 Link

Academic Articles (peer-reviewed)

  • K. Alexander and A. Darbellay (2026, forthcoming), ‘Corporate Disclosure and Sustainability’, European Company and Financial Law Review, vol. 23, (1), 17-59
  • K. Alexander (2022), Commentary on European Banking Union, J-H Binder and M. Knoptik, (Nomos) Articles 5 and 17 of the Single Supervisory Mechanism Regulation by Kern Alexander, pp. 77-84 and pp. 242-254 Link
  • K. Alexander (2022) 'Reconciling Lopsided Mandates, Secondary Objectives and the Importance of Sustainability: The Role of the European Central Bank in the Single Supervisory Mechanism',  European Business Law Review, vol 33, no 1. Link (PDF, 830 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2021), 'Financial Inclusion and Banking Regulation: the Role of Proportionality', Journal of Law and Contemporary Problems, Duke University School of Law, 84(1) Link
  • K. Alexander (2017), 'Regulating Bank Governance and the EU Capital Requirements Directive', European Business Law Review, 28(6), 809-828 Link (PDF, 223 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2016), 'The European Central Bank and Banking Supervision: The Regulatory Limits of the Single Supervisory Mechanism', European Company and Financial Law Review, 13(3), 467-494 Link (PDF, 153 KB)
  • K. Alexander & Vladimir Maly (2015), 'The new EU Market Abuse Regime and Derivatives Markets', Law and Financial Markets Review, 9(4), 243-250 Link
  • K. Alexander (2015), 'Regulating the Structure of the EU Banking Sector', European Business Organisation Law Review, 16(2), 227-253 Link (PDF, 684 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2015), 'Tort Liability for Ratings of Structured Securities under English Law', ICCLJ 11(2), 26-40 Link (PDF, 1 MB)
  • K. Alexander (2015), 'European Banking Union: A Legal and Institutional Analysis of the Single Supervisory Mechanism and the Single Resolution Mechanism', European Law Review, 40(2), 154-187 Link (PDF, 453 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2015), ‘Capital Markets Union from the perspective of the banking industry and prudential supervision’, Law and Financial Markets Review, 9 (3), 191-195 Link
  • K. Alexander (2014), 'The ECB and Banking Supervision: Building Effective Prudential Supervision?', Yearbook of European Law, 33(1), 417-432 Link
  • K. Alexander (2014), 'The Risk of Ratings in Bank Capital Regulation', European Business Law Review, 25(2), 295-313 Link (PDF, 653 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2013), 'The Law of Insider Dealing - A Tale of Two Jurisdictions', ZVglRWiss, 262-292Link (PDF, 36 MB)
  • K. Alexander (2013), 'Bank Resolution and Recovery in the EU: Enhancing Banking Union?', Journal of the European Law Academy (ERA Forum), 1-13 Link (PDF, 419 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2013), ‘’Bank capital regulation and the role of external ratings: Unresolved issues’, Journal of Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law,19: 231-251 Link
  • K. Alexander (2012), 'Bank Capital Management and Macro-Prudential Regulation', Journal of Banking Law and Banking (JBB), 331-341 Link (PDF, 24 MB)
  • K. Alexander (2012) ‘Enhancing European Bank Resolution and Recovery?’, Commentary, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 19 (3), 459-466 Link (PDF, 3 MB)
  • K. Alexander & A. Schmidt (2012), 'The Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Switzerland', GesKR, 45-54 Link (PDF, 23 MB)
  • K. Alexander (2011), 'Rebuilding International Financial Regulation and Basel III', Journal of Banking Law and Banking (JBB), 337-344 Link
  • K. Alexander (2011), 'Reforming European Financial Supervision', Journal of the European Law Academy (ERA-Forum), 229-252 sowie EuZ 2011, 50-62 Link (PDF, 728 KB)
  • E. Ferran & K. Alexander (2011), 'Can Soft Law Bodies be Effective? The Special Case of the European Systemic Risk Board', The European Law Review, 751-777 Link (PDF, 371 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2011), 'Solutions to Regulatory Differences between the US Dodd Frank Act and the European Commission’s Proposal, in Particular in Ensuring Equal Conditions for Market Access for EU and Third Country Central Counterparties (CCPS)' (Note) Link (PDF, 160 KB)

  • K. Alexander (2010), 'International Regulatory Reform and Financial Taxes', Journal of International Economic Law, 13(3), 893-912 Link (PDF, 160 KB)
  • K. Alexander & K. Lorez (2010), 'Universal Banks: The Risk and Alternatives', SZW, 459-468 Link
  • K. Alexander (2009), 'Global Financial Standard Setting, the G10 Committees and International Economic Law', Brooklyn Journal of International Law, 861 Link (PDF, 317 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2009), 'The Efficacy of Extra-territorial Jurisdiction and US and EU Income Tax Policy: The Case of the Savings Tax Directive', SZW, 463-479 Link (PDF, 31 MB)
  • K. Alexander (2009), 'Bank Resolution Regimes: Balancing Prudential Regulation and Shareholder', Journal of Corporate Law Studies, 9(1), 197-227 Link (PDF, 240 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2009), 'Principles v. Rules in Financial Regulation: Re-assessing the Balance in the Credit Crisis Symposium at Cambridge University, 10-11 April 2008', European Business Organization Law Review, 10(2), 169-173 Link (PDF, 126 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2008), 'International Monetary Fund’s Role in Sovereign Liquidity Crises, Current Issues in Monetary and Financial Law' (Washington DC: International Monetary Fund Law Department), 131-190 Link (PDF, 923 KB)
  • K. Alexander, 'The GATS and Financial Services: the Role of Regulatory Transparency', Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 20(1), 111-133 Link (PDF, 146 KB)
  • K. Alexander, E. Ferran, H. Jackson & N. Moloney (2006), 'Transatlantic financial services regulatory dialogue', European Business Organization Law Review, 7(3), 647-673 Link
  • K. Alexander (2006), Corporate Governance and Banks: The role of regulation in addressing the principal-agent problem', Journal of Banking Regulation, 17-40 Link (PDF, 1 MB)
  • K. Alexander (2004), 'Why banks hold capital in excess of regulatory requirements: the role of market discipline', Journal of International Banking Regulation, 6-9 Link
  • K. Alexander (2003), 'UK Corporate Governance and Banking Regulation: The Regulator’s Role As Stakeholder' (American Society of Comparative Law and Stetson University College of Law), in: Proceedings of the American Society of Comparative Law in its Symposium on Comparative Corporate Governance 2004, 991-1034 Link (PDF, 228 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2003), 'International Developments in Terrorist Finance, The Funding of Terror: The Legal Implications of the Financial War on Terror', in R. Cranston (Hrsg.), Symposium Issue of the Journal of Money Laundering Control 6 (3) 201, 212-213 (zitiert vom International Monetary Fund im offiziellen Report 'Suppressing the Financing of Terrorism' (2003) IMF Legal Department S. 22, FN 60) Linkhttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/nft/2003/SFTH/index.htm
  • K. Alexander (2002-2003), 'The Development of a Uniform Choice of Law Rule for the Taking of Collateral Interests in Securities' Part(s) 1 & 2, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 17(11), 436-442 und 18(2), 56-64 Link
  • K. Alexander (2002), 'United States Financial Sanctions and International Terrorism' Part(s) 1 & 2, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 17(5), 80-88 und 213-222 (zitiert in Mann's The Legal Aspect of Money Kap. 15, 6. Aufl. OUP) Link
  • K. Alexander (2002), 'Extraterritorial United States Banking Regulation and International Terrorism: The Patriot Act and the International Response', Journal of International Banking Regulation, 307-326 Link (PDF, 35 MB)
  • K. Alexander (2001) ‘The need for efficient international financial regulation and the role of a global supervisor’, Journal of Money Laundering Control Link
  • K Alexander (2001) ‘The Role of a Global Supervisor for International Financial Markets’, Journal of Financial Crime 8 (3) 234-247 Link
  • K. Alexander (1999), Civil Liability on the Periphery: Third Country Transactions in Violation of United States Economic Sanctions, 10(7&8) European Business Law Review, 314-332 Link (PDF, 1 MB)
  • K. Alexander (1998), Trafficking in Confiscated Cuban Property: Lender Liability under the Helms-Burton Act and Customary International Law, 16(3) Dickinson Journal of International Law, 523-561 Link
  • K. Alexander (Fall, 1997) ‘The Mareva Injunction and Anton Pillar Order: The Nuclear Weapons of English Commercial Litigation’, Florida Journal of International Law 11, 487 11 (3), 487-516 Link
  • K. Alexander & J. Mills (1995), 'Resolving Property Claims in a Post-Socialist Cuba', 27 Law & Policy in International Business, 137-191 Link (PDF, 3 MB)

Book Chapters

  • K. Alexander and P.G. Fisher (2026), ‘The Green Mandate of the Bank of England’, in K. Alexander & S. Gruenewald, eds., Central Banking and Sustainability (Cambridge University Press, 2026), 21-40 Link
  • K. Alexander (2026), ‘The Federal Reserve Mandate and Environmental and Social Sustainability’, in K. Alexander & S. Gruenewald, eds., Central Banking and Sustainability (Cambridge University Press, 2026), 64-79 Link
  • K. Alexander (2025), 'Bank Governance and Sustainability', in K. Alexander, M. Gargantini and M. Siri, eds., Cambridge Handbooks of Sustainable Finance: Regulation, Supervision and Governance (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), chapter 6 link, and K. Alexander and A. Darbellay, 'Disclosure Regulation and Sustainability', chapter 15 link
  • K. Alexander (2025), 'EU Law, FinTech, Digital Services, and Markets' 640 - 653, in G. Walker (ed.), Financial Technology and Digital Commercial Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press), Chapter 27 Link (PDF, 6 MB)
  • K. Alexander (2023), 'The Banking Union: From the Past to the Future', in A. Hinarejos and R. Shuetze, eds., EU Fiscal Federalism (Oxford: Oxford University Press), chapter 6 link
  • K. Alexander (2022), 'The ECB's role in the European Banking Union', in T. Beukers, D. Fromage and M. Monti, eds., The New European Central Bank: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead (Oxford: Oxford University Press), chapter 7 link
  • K. Alexander (2022), ‘Global Financial Governance and Banking Regulation: Redesigning Regulation to Promote Stakeholder Interests’ in  J. Pauwellyn, M. Maggeti, T. Buthe, and A. Berman (eds.), Rethinking Participation in Global Governance: Challenges and Reforms in Financial and Health Institutions (Oxford: Oxford University Press), Chapter 5 Link (PDF, 8 MB)
  • K. Alexander (2022), ‘Swiss Corporate and Banking Law’ in M. Thommen (ed.) Introduction to Swiss Law (Sui generis Verlag), 339-362 Link
  • K. Alexander and X. Karametaxas (2021) 'Digital transformation and financial inclusion', 273-290, in I. Chiu and G. Deipenbrock (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Financial Technology and Law (Oxfordshire: Routledge) Link
  • K. Alexander (2021) 'Central Banking and Climate Change', 49-74, in P. Fisher (ed.), Making the Financial System Sustainable (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) Link
  • K. Alexander (2020) ‘Financial Market Integration and EMU (PDF, 1 MB)’, 1049-1069, in F. Amtenbrink and C. Hermann (eds.), EU Law of Economic & Monetary Union (Oxford: Oxford University Press) Link 

  • K. Alexander (2020) 'Regulating Agency Relationships and Risk Culture in Financial Institutions', 165-189, in M. Tuveson, D. Ralph & K. Alexander (eds.), Beyond Bad Apples (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) Link

  • K. Alexander and V. Madders (2020) ‘Financial Market Regulation in the Internal Market (PDF, 1 MB)’, 1070-1102, in F. Amtenbrink and C. Hermann (eds.), EU Law of Economic & Monetary Union (Oxford: Oxford University Press) Link 

  • K Alexander (2020) ‘European Banking Union: Five Years On, (plenary chapter), in D. Busch and G Ferrarini (eds.), European Banking Union (2nd ed.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press)  75-138 Link

  • K. Alexander (2019), 'The ECB's macroprudential tasks and home-host supervision in the SSM: tasks, powrs and supervisory gaps', in G. Lo Schiavo (ed.), The The European Banking Union and the Role of Law (Elgar Financial Law) 154-17Download Chapter (PDF, 222 KB),Link

  • K. Alexander & P. Fisher (2019) 'What Happens When Nobody is Watching', 27-42, in O. Taaffe (ed.), Banking on Change: The development and future of financial services (London: Wiley and The London Institute of Banking & Finance)  Link

  • K. Alexander and P. Fisher (2019), 'Banking Regulation and Sustainability', in F.-J. B. van den Boezem, C. Jansen & B. Schuijling (eds.), Sustainability and Financial Markets (Wolters Kluwer) 7-34 Download (PDF, 6 MB)

  • K. Alexander (2019), 'Global Financial Governance and Banking Regulation: Redesigning regulation to promote stakeholder interests', in A. Berman, T. Büthe, M. Maggetti & J. Pauwelyn (eds.), Rethinking Stakeholder Participation in Global Governance: Challenges and Reforms in Financial and Health Institutions (Oxford University Press) (forthcoming) Link (PDF, 171 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2019) ‘Financial Market Integration and EMU’, 87-135, and ‘Financial Market Regulation in the Internal Market’, 221-287, in F. Amtebnbrink, C. Hermann, and R Repasi (eds.), European Monetary Union Handbook (Oxford: Oxford University Press) Link

  • K Alexander and Rosa Lastra (2018) 'Banking Regulation and Supervision: A UK Perspective'  in Peter Conti-Brown and RM Lastra, eds., Research Handbook on Central Banking (Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar) 380-397. Link

  • K. Alexander (2017), 'The European Central Bank's supervisory powers: the need for enhanced macro-prudential supervision', in European Central Bank (ed.), ECB Legal Conference 2017, Shaping a new legal order for Europe: a tale of crises and opportunities (European Central Bank) 349-368 Link
  • K. Alexander (2017), 'Liability for Mis-selling and a Bank's Duty of Care - England and Wales', in D. Busch & C. van Dam (eds.), A Bank's Duty of Care (Hart) 249-284. Link (PDF, 477 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2016), 'Selected Aspects of International Regulation and Policy: Reforming International Financial Regulation Along Macro-Prudential Lines', in M. Andenas & G. Deipenbrock (eds.), Regulating and Supervising European Financial Markets: More Risks than Achievements (Springer) 215-229. Link
  • K. Alexander & S. L. Schwarcz (2016), 'The Macroprudential Quandary: Unsystematic Efforts to Reform Financial Regulation', in R. P. Buckley, E. Avgouleas & D. W. Arner (eds.), Reconceptualising Global Finance and its Regulation (Cambridge University Press) 127-158 Link
  • K. Alexander (2016), 'Global Economic Governance and Banking Regulation: Redesigning Regulation to Promote Stakeholder Interests', in A. Segura Serrano (ed.), The Reform of International Economic Governance (Routledge) 23-39 Link
  • K. Alexander (2015), 'The Role of Capital in Banking Stability' in N. Moloney, E. Ferran and J. Payne (eds.), Oxford Handbook on Financial Regulation (Oxford University Press) 334-363. Link
  • K. Alexander (2015), 'Regulating Sovereign Bond Contract in Europe', in S grundmann, F. Möslein & K. Riesenhuber (eds.), Contract Governance. Dimensions in Law & Interdisciplinary Research (Oxford University Press) 451-460 Link
  • K. Alexander (2015), 'The EU Single Rulebook: Capital Requirements for Banks and the Maximum Harmonisation Principle', in L. M. Hinojosa-Martinez & J. M. Beneyto (eds.) European Banking Union, (Wolters Kluwer), 21-32 Link
  • J. Eatwell/J.-B. Gossé/K. Alexander (2014) 'Financial Markets and International Regulation', in: J. Eatwell et al. (eds.), Challenges for Europe in the World (Ashgate), 105-137 Link
  • K. Alexander (2014) 'International economic law and macro-prudential regulation', in: T. Cottier et al. (eds.), The Rule of Law in Monetary Affairs (Cambridge University Press), 519-544 Link
  • K. Alexander (2014) 'Marktstrukturen, Innovation und Europäische Wertpapierregulierung', in: F. Möslein (ed.), Finanzinnovation und Rechtsordnung (Schulthess), 291-303 Link (PDF, 9 MB)
  • K. Alexander (2013) 'UK insider dealing and market abuse law: strengthening regulatory law to combat market misconduct', in: S. M. Bainbridge (ed.), Research Handbook on Insider Trading (Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham), 407-428 Link (PDF, 8 MB)
  • K. Alexander (2013) 'Bank capital regulation and the role of external ratings: Unresolved issues', in: J. Kleineman/L. Gorton/A. Verständig (eds.), Perspectives on Credit Rating Agencies (Stockholm: Författarna, Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law och Jure Förlag AB), 231-250 Link
  • K. Alexander (2012) 'Market Structures and Market Abuse', in G. Caprio (ed.), Handbook of Safeguarding Global Financial Stability: Political, Social, Cultural and Economic Theories and Models (Elsevier Publishers) 381-391 Link (PDF, 1 MB)
  • K. Alexander (2012) 'Market Structures, Technology and European Securities Regulation', in B. Strebel-Aerni (ed.), Finanzmärkte im Banne von Big Data (Schulthess) 33-44 Link
  • K. Alexander (2012) 'The European regulation of central counterparties: some international challenges', in K. Alexander & R. Dhumale (eds.) Research Handbook on International Financial Regulation (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing) (20 chapters, 446 pages) 241-255 Link
  • K. Alexander (2012) 'Summing up and the challenges ahead', in K. Alexander & R. Dhumale (eds.) Research Handbook on International Financial Regulation (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing) (20 chapters, 446 pages) 435-446 Link
  • K. Alexander, J. Eatwell & A. Persaud (2012) 'The nature of modern credit markets, banking and financial innovation', in K. Alexander & R. Dhumale (eds.) Research Handbook on International Financial Regulation (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing) (20 chapters, 446 pages) 11-29 Link
  • K. Alexander & J. Eatwell (2012) 'International regulatory reform and financial taxes', in K. Alexander & R. Dhumale (eds.) Research Handbook on International Financial Regulation (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing) (20 -chapters, 446 pages) 397-413 Link
  • R. H. Schmidt, K. Alexander, H. Benink, R. Lastra & C Wihlborg (2011), 'The Recent Financial Crisis: Lessons from Europe', in R. Litan (ed.), WORLD IN CRISIS: Insights from Six ShadowFinancial RegulatoryCommitteesFrom Around the World, (FIC Press) 155-221 Link (PDF, 7 MB)
  • K. Alexander (2011) 'Sovereign Debt Restructuring in the EU: Lessons from the Recent Crisis', in P. Delimatsis & N. Herger (eds), Financial Regulation at the Crossroads: Implications for Supervision, Institutional Design and Trade (Wolters Kluwer) 155-175 Link
  • K. Alexander (2010) ‘International Organization of Securities Commissions’, in H. Tietje et al. the Handbook of Transnational Economic Governance, 439-447 (Brill- Nijhof, Leiden) Link
  • K. Alexander (2009) ‘International Economic Law and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision: Alternative Forms of International law-making’, Chapter 14, in K. Wellons & T. Komori, Public Interest Rules of International Law: Towards effective implementation, 186-231 Link
  • K. Alexander (2009) ‘Bank for International Settlements’, in C Tietje and A Brouder (eds), Handbook of Transnational Exonomic Governance Regimes (Brill), 305-318 Link
  • K. Alexander (Nov 2008) ‘The Fund's Role in Sovereign Liquidity Crises', in Current Developments in Monetary and Financial Law  5 Chapter 6 (Washington DC: IMF) Link
  • K. Alexander (2008) ‘The GATS and International Financial Regulation’ in K. Alexander & M. Andenas, The World Trade Organisation and Trade in Services (Leiden: Brill/Martinus Nijhof) Link
  • K. Alexander (2007) ‘International Economic Law and the Lender of Last Resort’, in B. Markesinis & S. Diaz Alabart & M. Grimaldi & H. Micklitz (eds.), Principles and New Developments of Private Law. Liber Amicorum for Guido Alpa (London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law), 37-84 Link
  • K. Alexander (2007) 'Multiple regulators and insolvency regimes: obstacles to efficient supervision and resolution', in: D. G. Mayes/G. W. Wood (eds.), The Structure of Financial Regulation (Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge), 155-171 (discussing the challenges for US bank regulators in supervising bank holding companies and deposit insurance schemes). Link
  • K. Alexander (2003) ‘Private Law approaches to Enhancing Financial Stability: The Hague Convention on Indirectly Held Securities and European Union Collateral Directive’ in M. Andenas & Y. Avgerinos, Financial Markets in Europe: Towards a Single Regulator’ (London: Kluwer Law International). Link
  • K. Alexander (2003) ‘United States Anti-Money Laundering Law: Corporate Compliance and Liability Issues’ in T. Graham, ed., Butterworths International Guide to Money Laundering Law and Practice (2nd edition) (London: Butterworths), 628-664 Link
  • K. Alexander (2001) ‘The Need for Efficient International Financial Regulation and the Role of a Global Supervisor’ in E. Ferran & C. A. E. Goodhart (eds.) The Challenge of Financial Regulation in the Twenty-First Century (Oxford: Hart Publications) Chapter 17, 273-297 Link
  • K. Alexander (2001) ‘United States Anti-Money Laundering Law’ in T. Graham, ed., Butterworths Money Laundering Law (London: Butterworths), 751-807 Link

Major Commissioned Parlamentary and Government Reports

High Profile Papers, Evidence and Policy Advice to Governments and International Organisations

  • House of Lords Committee on Financial Services Regulation
    Invited oral testimony and written evidence on Banking Regulation and Private Credit Markets, 2 July 2025
    https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/dd9a7b2e-d154-4c9a-9b86-7268d6b830d8
    Alexander's testimony and written evidence cited in the Commitee's Final Report
    https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ldselect/ldfsrc/235/235.pdf
  • House of Lords Committee on Financial Services Regulation
    Invited written and oral evidence on UK Financial Services and Market Act 2023 secondary objectives of competitiveness and growth and disclosure of regulatory investigations, 9 October 2024
    https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/697/financial-services-regulation-committee/
    Alexander's testimony and written evidence cited throughout Final Report
  • HM Treasury (UK) Economic and Monetary Policy
    Submission of Evidence. 'Call for evidence for the balance of competences report on economic and monetary policy' (2014)
  • House of Commons Treasury Committee
    Invited written and oral evidence on EU Commission’s proposed Regulations creating a European Systemic Risk Board and European Financial Supervisory Authorities, November 2009. See The Committee’s Opinion on proposals for European financial supervision, Sixteenth Report of Session 2008-09. See Alexander’s written evidence in Report, S. 29-34, 46-50  https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmtreasy/1088/1088we04.htm
  • House of Commons Treasury Select Committee
    Invited oral and written evidence: Banking Crisis and Banking Regulation, oral and written evidence cited throughout the report, Juni 2009 https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmtreasy/767/767.pdf
  • House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs
    Invited written evidence: UK Banking Regulation and Supervision, Februar 2009
    https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200809/ldselect/ldeconaf/101/101we02.htm
  • UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
    Special Adviser on economic sanctions. Invited oral and written advice to UK FCO and Sir John Sawers, then-UK Ambassador to the United Nations (9 July 2007). European Commission special consultant (2007-2009) on Technical Assistant project for Basel II implementation in China, bank corporate governance, and related capital market regulation.
  • House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs
    Invited written and oral evidence (June/July 2006) on 'The Impact of Economic Sanctions' at a special meeting of the full Committee on 4 July 2006. See Alexander’s written evidence and paper (June 2006) for the Committee at
    http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldselect/ldeconaf/96/6070402.htm
    and oral evidence before the full Committee (4 July 2006) at
    https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldselect/ldeconaf/96/6070403.htm
    Oral and written evidence cited favourably in Select Committee Final Report 'The Impact of Economic Sanctions' (9. Mai 2007). For specific text citations, see pages 12, 18 and 19 and at footnotes 4-8, 14. See https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldselect/ldeconaf/96/9602.htm
  • European Parliament                                                                                                           
    Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society Invited oral evidence and a written report on 29./30. November 2006. Alexander’s analysis of the inadequacy of UK financial regulation in the 1980s and 1990s is adopted by the Committee in its Final Report on the crisis at page 161 and the benefits of EU legislation for the UK financial sector at page 134. His assessment of the gaps in EU investor and policyholder protection law is cited favourably (pp. 285-86), and his proposal that the EU adopt a version of US-style class action lawsuits to be used by EU investors and policyholders is cited as the basis for further EU legislative reform in this area (pp. 302-303). See Final Report and cited references at:http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+REPORT+A6-2007-0203+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN
  • The International Monetary Fund, Financial Stability and Law Department
    Invited paper and lecture/seminar presentations (23-24 October 2006) to the International Monetary Fund’s Biennial Law Financial Stability Conference. Two papers, one plenary lecture (23 October 2006) and one seminar presentation (24 October 2006) entitled respectively: ‘International Economic Law and Financial Stability: The Role of the Lender of Last Resort’, and The UK Legal Framework of Financial Stability and the Bank of England. See
    http://www.imf.org/external/np/seminars/eng/2006/mfl/index.htm
  • International Monetary Fund
    Invited Paper, 'The Basel Committee and Global Governance', presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and G24 (11 April 2003).
    The Basel Committee and Global Governance

Festschriften

  • K. Alexander (2017) 'Banking regulation and financial  stability', in: Weber, Rolf H.; Stoffel, Walter A.; Chenaux, Jean-Luc; Sethe, Rolf; Aktuelle Herausforderungen des Gesellschafts- und Finanzmarktrechts: Festschrift für Hans Caspar von der Crone zum 60. Geburtstag. Zürich: Schulthess Verlag, 359-378. Link (PDF, 276 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2015) 'European Central Bank's single supervisory mechanism: administrative procedure and enforcement, in: Breitschmidt, Peter; et al. Tatsachen, Verfahren, Vollstreckung: Festschrift für Isaak Meier zum 65. Geburtstag. Zürich: Schulthess Verlag, 1-21. Link (PDF, 281 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2011) 'Sovereign debt restructuring in the EU: lessons from the recent crisis', in: Sethe, Rolf; et al. Kommunikation: Festschrift für Rolf H. Weber zum 60. Geburtstag. Bern: Stämpfli, 803-820. Link (PDF, 298 KB)

Commentaries and Essays

  • K. Alexander (2026), ‘Corporate Law- Justice Strong’s Enduring Influence’, Widener University Commonwealth Law Review pp. 1-13 
  • K. Alexander (2025), ‘Geopolitical risks and financial stability: how to assess the risks?’ in D. Busch (ed.) ‘Financial Law and Geopolitics’ pp. 13-24 
  • K. Alexander, ‘Sustainability in Commercial and Financial Law’, (2023) Law and Financial Markets Review, 17:1, 1-3, DOI: 10.1080/17521440.2024.2338292 Link
  • K. Alexander and Rosa M Lastra, ‘International Banking Regulation and Climate Change’, 23 December 2022, Oxford Business Law Blog Link
  • K. Alexander (2022), Commentary on EU Banking Union, J-H Binder and M. Knoptik, (Nomos), Articles 5 and 17 of the Single Supervisory Mechanism Regulation by Kern Alexander, pp. 77-84 and pp. 242-254 Link
  • K. Alexander, "Bank of Slovenia’s Bail-in Powers Come Under Constitutional Scrutiny by the Strasbourg Court", 11 October 2021, European Union Law Live Link
  • K. Alexander 'Has the European Central Bank been a success?', 21. Januar 2020, Core, University of Warwick, Warwick Business School. Link
  • K. Alexander, 'Can Banking Regulation Address Climate Change?', Milken Institute Review, 18. Juni 2019 Link
  • K. Alexander and P. Fisher (2019), ‘Banking Regulation and Climate Change’, Social Market Foundation (Chartered Banker Institute, London) Link
  • K. Alexander, (2017), 'Financial Inclusion: The Role of Fintech and Digital Financial Services' 53-56, in UNCTAD, 'Services and Structural Transformation for Development' (Geneva: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD Link (PDF, 125 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2017) 'Regulating Bank Governance and the EU Capital Requirements Directive', European Business Law Review, 28(6), 809-828. Link (PDF, 223 KB) 
  • K. Alexander 'Bail-in: a regulatory critique', Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, January 2017, pp. 28-29 Link (PDF, 472 KB)
  • K. Alexander, 'Banking regulation and environmental sustainability', Amicus Curiae Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies, Issue 104, Winter 2015, pp. 2-9. Link (PDF, 499 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2015), 'Are environmental risks missing in Basel III?', Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 30(2), 67-68 Link
  • K. Alexander, (2012) 'Market Structures, Technology and European Securities Regulation' in Brigitte Strebel-Aerni (ed), Finanzmärkte im Banne von Big Data (Schulthess), 33-44 Link
  • K. Alexander: Proposal for European Banking Union must be redesigned to provide a more accountable and effective institutional framework , The London School of Economics and Political Science, 2012 Link
  • K. Alexander 'Enhancing European Bank Resolution and Recovery', 19 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 3, 2012, pp. 459-465 Link (PDF, 3 MB)
  • K. Alexander: Reforming European financial supervision and the role of EU institutions , Amicus Curiae 2010, S. 2-11 Link
  • K. Alexander: Evidence obtained by torture , Amicus Curiae 2005, S 1-2 Link
  • K. Alexander ‘Reforming the Basel Accord’, Journal of Banking Regulation, 4(4) 298-300, 2003 Link
  • K. Alexander: Why auditors and public companies need international regulation , Amicus Curiae 2002, S. 1 Link
  • K. Alexander: US elections may pose challenge to Bush agenda , Amicus Curiae 2002, S. 31-32 Link

Book reviews

  • ​​​​​​K. Alexander, Review, ‘European Central Banking Law’, Palgrave-Macmillan 2020, in Banking and Finance Law, 126-132 (2021) (Thomson-Reuters)
  • K. Alexander, Review of Simon Ling-Locke, 'Principles of Banking Regulation by Kern Alexander', The London Institute of Banking&Finance, Financial World, December 2019/January 2020, 58. Link (PDF, 13 MB)
  • K. Alexander, Review of Raghuram G. Rajan, ‘Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy’ (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010), Central Banking (2010) (Central banking Publications: London). Link
  • K. Alexander, Review of ‘Cross-Border Bank Resolution’ by Rosa M. Lastra, International and Comparative Law Quarterly (2010) 157-160 
  • K. Alexander, 'A review of Stock Market Efficiency, Insider Dealing and Market Abuse by Paul Barnes', Gower 2009, King's Law Journal 2009, 20(3), 547-552. Link (PDF, 264 KB)
  • K. Alexander, of Rosa M. Lastra, 'The Legal Foundations of International Monetary Stabilily', Oxford University Press, 2006, European Business Organization Law Review, 2007, 8(3), 461-463. Link
  • K. Alexander, Review of 'The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction' By Amrita Narlikar, OUP Oxford 2005 168 pp. Link
  • K. Alexander, Review of Mario Giovanoli (eds), International Monetary Law: Issues for the New Millenium, Oxford University Press, 2000, Cambridge Law Journal 2002, 61(3), 732-736.Link

Working papers

  • K. Alexander (2026), ‘The Lender of Last Resort and Moral Hazard: Reassessing the Legal Framework” Link
  • K. Alexander (2026), “International Soft Law and Banking Regulation” 
  • K. Alexander & D. Peric, 'Legal and Comparative Aspects of the Swiss Sanctions against Russia' (2022) Link (PDF, 122 KB)
  • K. Alexander & Rosa M. Lastra, 'International Banking Regulation and Climate Change' (December 1, 2022). Available at SSRN:Link
  • K Alexander (2021), ‘Reconciling Lopsided Mandates, Secondary Objectives and the Importance of Sustainability: The Role of the European Central Bank in the Single Supervisory Mechanism’, 1-24 Link
  • K. Alexander & P. Fisher (Januar 2019), 'Banking regulation and sustainability' Link
  • K Alexander and P Fisher (2019), Climate change: the role for central banks, King’s College Business School, London DAFM Working Paper Series, No. 2019/6 Link (PDF, 2 MB)
  • K. Alexander & P. Fisher (2019), 'Central Banking and Climate Change' Link (PDF, 273 KB)
  • K. Alexander (2019), 'Regulating Risk Culture in Banks'Link
  • K. Alexander and P. Fisher (2018), 'Banking Regulation and Sustainability'Link
  • K. Alexander (2014) 'Tort Liability for Ratings of Structured Securities under English Law', University of Oslo Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 2015-06 Link
  • K. Alexander, K. Lorez, M. Zobl & D. Thürer (2014) 'The legitimacy of the G20 – a critique under international law' Link
  • E. Ferran and K. Alexander, (2011), ‘Can soft law bodies be effective? Soft systemic risk oversight bodies and the special case of the European Systemic Risk Board’, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 36/2011 Link
  • K. Alexander, E. Ferran, H. Jackson & N. Moloney (2007) 'A Report on the Transatlantic Financial Services Regulatory Dialogue', Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Business Discussion Papers No. 576.   A Report on the Transatlantic Financial Services Regulatory Dialogue Link (PDF, 207 KB)
  • K. Alexander: Corporate governance and banking regulation: the regulator as stakeholder, Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance 2004, Cambridge University Paper No. 17 Link
  • K. Alexander (2003), ‘The World Trade Organization and Financial Stability: The Need to Resolve the Tension Between Liberalisation and Prudential Regulation’, Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance, (Cambridge University) Paper No. 14 Link
  • K Alexander (2003), 'The Basel Committee and Global Governance', The G24 Intergovernmental Group of 24 (April 11, 2003). Link
  • K. Alexander: Lessons from the rise of the US limited liability partnership: regulating risk-taking in the large professional firm, ESRC Centre for Business Research 2002, Cambridge University, Working Paper No. 255 Link
  • K. Alexander: Establishing a new European securities regulator: is the European Union an optimal economic area for securites regulation?, Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance 2002, Cambridge University, Working Paper No. 7 Link
  • K. Alexander: Insider dealing and market abuse: the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, ESRC Centre for Business Research 2001, Cambridge University, Working Paper No. 222 Link
  • K. Alexander: A uniform choice of law rule for the taking of collateral interests in securities: using private law approaches to reduce credit and legal risk in financial systems, ESRC Centre for Business Research 2001, Cambridge University, Working Paper No. 211 Link
  • K. Alexander & R. Dhumale: Enhancing corporate governance for financial institutions: the role of international standards, ESRC Centre for Business Research 2001, Cambridge University, Working Paper No. 196 Link
  • K. Alexander (March, 2000), ‘The Role of Soft Law in the Legalization of International Banking Supervision: A Conceptual Approach’, ESRC Centre for Business Research, Department of Applied Economics, Cambridge University Link

Editorial / Article Submissions Referee

  • Editor-in-Chief, The Law and Financial Markets Review (2024-present)(Routledge/Taylor-Francis)
  • Book Series Editor-in-Chief: International Perspectives on Commercial and Financial Law, (Zurich/Berlin: DIKE/Nomos)(2020-present)
  • Book Series Editorial Board, (2010-present), Nijhof International Trade Law Series, (K. Alexander with R. Howse, M. Maduro, J. Pauwelyn & J. Wouters)
  • K. Alexander (Chief author and editor) (2004-2014) US Anti-Money Laundering Law, Butterworths Looseleaf Guide on Money Laundering Law and Practice

Major Conferences and Lectures (Keynote Speeches)

  • 2025 Keynote Lecture ‘Europe/UK-China Trade Relation: Managing Opportunity and Conflict, University of Oxford Programme with Tsinghua on Industry, Innovation and Technology, 9 October 2025, Trinity College, Oxford 
  • 2025 The Annual Archibald McDougall Lecture in International Law, ‘International Banking Regulation and General Principles of Law’, 11 September 2025, West Virginia University College of Law
  • 2025 1st Annual Colloquium on the Law of European Economic Governance, ‘The legal effectiveness of emergency monetary policy measures of the FED and ECB’ at the World Law Foundation and UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID 21.03.2025
  • 2025 Zurich Forum on Transnational Insurance Law, ‘International soft law regulation and financial markets’ 9-10 January 2025 conference, General Keynote Lecture
  • 2024 Invited Lecture – Harvard Law School Conference on ‘Bretton Woods 3.0: International Economic Law’, Lecture: ‘The Future of International Financial Regulation’ 2 March 2024
  • 2024 Keynote Lecture, ‘Digital Assets Enabled by Common Law’, 1st annual seminar on Ethics, Financial Innovation, Growth and Stability, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge 25 April 2024
  • 2023 Keynote Lecture, ‘Corporate Governance and Sustainability: Justice Strong’s Enduring Influence’, Annual Lecture of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • 2022 Invited Lecture ‘Banking Law and Climate Change’, 1st Law and Financial Markets Conference, Financial Regulation in the Age of Uncertainty, University of Manchester, Centre for Law & Business, 16 Sept 2022, Manchester, UK
  • 2022 Invited Lecture and presentation, Banking Regulation and Environmental Sustainability, International Monetary Fund, High Level Seminar on Central Banking, Banking Regulation and Climate Change’, IMF Headquarters, Washington DC, 30 June 2022; and Discussant of IMF paper, Central Banking and Climate Change’, 29 June 2022
  • 2022 Invited Research Paper presentation, Central Banking and Sustainability, European Central Bank, ECB Research Seminar, 8 June 2022
  • 2022 Invited Keynote Lecture, Insights on sustainable finance and disclosures, European Union Joint Supervisory Committee on Education & Financial Literacy, 1-2 of February 2022
  • 2022 Invited Keynote Lecture, ‚Banking Regulation and Climate Change: The Challenges‘, 24 January 2022, Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle Universität (IWH)
  • 2021 Invited Keynote Lecture, Investment Regulation and Sustainability, UBS Sustainable Finance Impact Lecture, UBS AG, Zurich CH, 4 November 2021
  • 2021 Invited Keynote Lecture, International Financial Regulation and Climate Change, International Conference on Corporate Governance and Risk Management 2021: Climate Risk and Sustainability: the emerging impacts and future perspectives for financial intermediaries, Copernico Repubblica, Rome, Italy, Universita Di Foggia (24 Sept 2021)
  • 2021 Invited Keynote Lecture, Financial Inclusion and Banking Regulation, Annual Conference British Society of Legal Scholars (SLS), Durham University UK, 31 August/1 September 2021
  • 2021 Invited Keynote Lecture (remote), ‘Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability’, European Union School for Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility,15 July 2021
  • 2021 Invited presentation, "Flexibility and forbearance: Supporting the economy without endangering prudence", European Banking Institute Annual Conference
  • 2019 Annual Conference on Inclusive and Sustainable Finance, University of Luxembourg, Faculty of Law and Economics (14 November 2019). Sustainable Finance and Banking Regulation: An EU Legal Standard Link
  • 2019 Invited keynote lecture, 'Brexit: Consequences for Europe and Switzerland' at the Certified Financial Advisers Society, Annual Conference, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2017 Bank for International Settlements, Research Department, Invited Lecture: ‘Environmental Sustainability Challenges and Banking Policy’ December 5, 2017 (Basel CH)
  • 2017 Annual Conference of the European Systemic Risk Board (Sept 2017), 'Legal Perspectives on Macroprudential regulation', (European Central Bank), keynote panel Link
  • 2017 European Central Bank Annual Legal Conference (4-5 Sept 2017), 'Shaping a new legal order for Europe: a tale of crises and opportunities', panel presentation Link
  • 2017, University of Sheffield, Law and Money, 3rd Annual Conference, Law, Finance, and Sustainability, Keynote Lecture, 'Green Banking: Redefining Regulation or Redefining Business’, (Sept 11, 2017) See programme (PDF, 354 KB)
  • 2016, Union Internationale des Avocats & Law Society of England & Wales, Keynote Speaker, 1 hour: ‘International Sanctions: The UN, EU and OFAC’ (17 June 2016), conference title: Countering the Biggest Risks to Business
  • 2014, Keynote ‘Stability and Sustainability in Banking Sector Reform: Should Basel III address environmental systemic risks’, United Nations and University of Cambridge conference on banking regulation and climate change
  • 2013, University of Utah, SJ Quinney School of Law, Keynote Lecture: ‘Growth v Austerity: The role of financial regulation’ (March 13, 2013)
  • 2009, Annual Academy Lecture at the Moscow State Law Academy (February 17, 2009) Plenary Public Lecture (in Russian) ‘Global Banking Regulation After the Financial Crisis’
  • 2003, Universite de Cergy-Pontoise, Pour Une Criminalite D’Argent, Quelle Répression?, (14 November 2003) Venue : Premiere Chambre de la Cour d’ Appeal de Paris, Lecture: ‘Sanctions comme peine, reparation, prevention : The UK regulatory approach’
  • 2003, Group of Twenty Four (Intergovernmental Body) and International Monetary Fund, (April 11, 2003), Lecture and Paper: ‘The Basel Committee and Global Governance’, Venue: International Monetary Fund 

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Principles of Banking Regulation

Principles of Banking Regulation

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By K. Alexander, published in early 2019.

 

"An accessible, comprehensive analysis of the main principles and rules of banking regulation in the post-crisis regulatory reform era, this textbook looks at banking regulation from an inter-disciplinary perspective across law, economics, finance, managment and policy studies. It provides detailed coverage of the most recent international, European and UK Bank regulatory and policy developments, including Basel IV and Brexit, and considers the impact on bank governance, compliance, risk managment and strategy." - Cambridge University Press

Brexit and Financial Services

Brexit and Financial Services

By K. Alexander, C. Barnard, E. Ferran, A. Lang & N. Moloney

 

This book examines the legal and regulatory implications of Brexit for financial services. The UK’s withdrawal from the EU is likely to have significant market, political and policy consequences for the UK financial system, for the single market and the euro area, and for the international financial system. As the UK disentangles its financial system from the EU, law will matter to a profound extent. Treaties, legislation and regulation at UK, EU and international levels, and the many dynamics and interests which drive them, will frame and shape the ultimate settlement between the UK and the EU. Law will also shape how the EU financial system develops post-Brexit and how the international financial system responds.

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Global Governance of Financial Systems

By K. Alexander, R. Dhumale & J. Eatwell.

The book sets forth the economic rationale for international financial regulation and what role, if any, international regulation can play in effectively managing systemic risk while providing accountability to all affected nations. The book suggests that a particular type of global governance structure is necessary to have more efficient regulation of the international financial systems.

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Economic Sanctions

By K. Alexander

Economic sanctions are increasingly being used to combat rogue states, international terrorists and economic criminals. This book offers a new assessment of economic sanctions as a public policy tool and identifies the key legal and regulatory issues in the design of economic sanctions policy in the post 9-11 environment.

Kern Alexander places the use of economic sanctions in a broad international context to highlight the gaps in existing international sanctions programmes and the need to develop more effective and efficient multilateral institutions in this area. Moreover, this book identifies weaknesses of US unilateral and extraterritorial sanctions and the legal framework which supports their application. This perspective is especially important given the growing concern with states such as Iran and North Korea and the ongoing interest in how to combat weapons of mass destruction, transnational economic crime and terrorist financing. Kern suggests that although multilateral institutions have a role to play in monitoring the implementation of sanctions, the impetus for effective economic sanctions policy must come from national policymakers and regulators.

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Research Handbook on International Financial Regulation

Edited by K. Alexander & R. Dhumale

The globalisation of financial markets has attracted much academic and policymaking commentary in recent years, especially with the growing number of banking and financial crises and the current credit crisis that has threatened the stability of the global financial system. This major new Research Handbook sets out to address some of the fundamental issues in financial regulation from a comparative and international perspective and to identify some of the main research themes and approaches that combine economic, legal and institutional analysis of financial markets.

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The World Trade Organization and Trade in Services

Edited by K. Alexander & M. Andenas

 

The growing importance of services trade to the global economy makes the WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services an important concern of international economic policy. The GATS contains important innovations that build on the former GATT and existing WTO/GATT trade regime for goods. This books fills a void in the academic and policymaking literature by examining how the GATS governs international trade in services and its growing impact on the regulatory practices of WTO member states. It offers a unique interdisciplinary analysis of the GATS and related international trade issues from a variety of perspectives that include law, political economy, international relations, regulation, and business. The book is a welcomed addition to the WTO literature and will serve as a point of reference for academics, policymakers and practitioners.