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Xenia Karametaxas Dr. iur.
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Profession
Research assistand (postdoc); Lecturer
Research Interests
Investment law; Financial Law; Capital Markets Law; Sustainable Finance; Corporate Law; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Law and Digitalisation
Employment and academic affiliations
- 2020: Visiting Scholar, Research Group Companies, Markets and Sustainability, University of Oslo (virtual collaboration, research stay postponed to 2021)
- 2018- :Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer, Chair for Law & Finance, University of Zurich
- 2017- :Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of commercial law, University of Geneva
- 2014-2015: Visiting Scholar, Centre for Law and Business, University of California Berkeley
- 2011-2017: Research and Teaching Assistant to Prof. Rashid Bahar and Prof. Rita Trigo Trindade, Department of commercial law, University of Geneva
Education
- 2018: Ph.D. in Law (summa cum laude), University of Geneva,
Dissertation (in French, English summary available on request): ‘L’engagement des investisseurs institutionnels : enjeux et perspectives de la prise de décisions collectives’ (The engagement of institutional investors : risks and perspectives of collective decision-making). Supervisor: Prof. Rashid Bahar - 2015: Certificate of American Law, University of California Berkeley
- 2011: Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions, University of Geneva
- 2010: Bilingual Master in Economic Law, University of Geneva and University of Basel
- 2008: Bachelor of Laws, University of Geneva
Awards and Grants
2020:
- Joseph des Arts Prize 2019 for the best PhD dissertation, School of Law, University of Geneva
- Professor Walther Hug Prize 2019 for one of the best PhD dissertations in Switzerland Professor Walther Hug Foundation
- Post-doctoral research fellowship, University of Zurich Research Talent Development Fund Fellowship
- Joint-Seed Funding for Collaboration in Research and Training, Universities of Zurich and Geneva for organising a seminar series on sustainable finance and regulation
- Funding from the Swiss Academy of social sciences and humanities for organising the annual conference of the Sustainable Finance Research Network at the University of Zurich
2019:
- Travel Grant, Graduate Campus University of Zurich for a research stay at the University of Oslo
2016:
- Prize ‘Subside Tremplin’, award and mentoring program for young female researchers, University of Geneva
2014:
- Doc.Mobility Grant, Swiss National Science Foundation
- PhD Mobility Grant, Ernst Boninchi Foundation, University of Geneva
- PhD Mobility Grant, Ernst and Lucie Schmidheiny Foundation
Teaching and Mentoring
- 2019-2021: Company Law (undergraduate level), University of Zurich (‘Übungen im Handels-und Wirtschaftsrecht‘, in German)
- 2020-2021: Company Law (undergraduate level): tutoring programme, University of Zurich
- 2020: International Capital Markets Law (graduate level), University of Geneva. Guest lecture on ‘Regulatory Pathways for Sustainable Finance’, November 2020
- 2020: Winter School of the Jean Monnet Chair in EU Money Law (graduate level), University of Siena (Italy). Guest lecture on ‘Digital Transformation and Financial Inclusion’, November 2020
- 2019-2020: Master seminar ‘International and European Financial Regulation’ of Prof. Kern Alexander. Tutoring and evaluation of master theses
- 2019-2020: PhD seminar ‘International and European Financial Regulation’ of Prof. Kern Alexander. Tutoring of PhD theses
- 2015-2018: Company Law (undergraduate level), University of Geneva: assistant to Prof. Rita Trigo Trindade
- 2011-2014: Corporate Law (graduate level); Law and Economics (graduate level), University of Geneva, assistant to Prof. Rashid Bahar
Professional Networks
- 2019- : Research Network for Sustainable Finance, University of Zurich: co-founder
- 2020- : Center of Competence for Sustainable Finance, University of Zurich: member
- 2019-2020: International Network for Female Business Scholars ‘Daughters of Themis’: member of the steering committee
Publikationen
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