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Wall Street strikes back against New York's sovereign debt bill
30 September 2024
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal speaks to Reuters about the proposed changes to laws in New York State.
Director of CCLS recognised as one of the world's leading experts in competition law and economics
12 August 2024
For the second year in a row, Professor Ioannis Kokkoris has been featured as an expert in the WWL: Competition rankings; a comprehensive guide to the leading competition and state aid lawyers and economists around the world.
Google loses antitrust case over search: "One of the seminal cases now in the US"
8 August 2024
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris appeared on CGTN Europe to discuss the result of the antitrust case and what it could mean for consumers and the competition sector.
Lufthansa’s Italian airline deal review is finally set to land
11 July 2024
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris comments on the Lufthansa and ITA Airways merger for POLITICO’s Fair Play newsletter.
Media Plurality Assessment as a Public Interest Concern in UK Merger Control
8 November 2023
A new paper from Professor Ioannis Kokkoris investigates how the media plurality test is used to ensure a diverse range of opinions, views, and information from a variety of sources in news and media.
Preventing Debt Crises
15 December 2022
The financial response to the Covid-19 crisis has driven debt building at an unprecedented speed, which has increased the risk of debt distress and the odds of a new debt crisis cycle. Emerging markets and developing economies are most at risk.
Analysis: Ghana overhaul a test for $1 billion World Bank-backed debt
6 December 2022
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal spoke to Reuters and CNBC Africa about the Ghana overhaul.
The Centre for Commerical Law Studies appoints new Director from September 2022, Professor Ioannis Kokkoris
8 September 2022
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris succeeds Professor Ian Walden, who has been at the helm of The Centre for Commercial Law Studies for the last four years, steering the centre through the difficulty of a pandemic adapting to a new online teaching mode to our widespread international cohort and being a key part of celebrating our forty-year anniversary.
Ukraine faces key test on debt freeze plan in bid to avoid messy default
11 August 2022
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal was featured in the Daily Mail discussing Ukraine's debt.
Russian debt default: experts explain what it means for Russia and for global financial markets
4 July 2022
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal writes for the Conversation Russia’s recent default on its foreign debt.
Russia slides towards default as payment deadline expires
27 June 2022
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal was featured in the media discusses Russia getting closer to default.
New laws to curb power of Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook
28 March 2022
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris was featured in the Times discussing what this means for Big Tech.
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris edits Research Handbooks
21 March 2022
Professor Kokkoris is General Editor of a Research Handbook on Competition Enforcement that will be published later this year by Edward Elgar.
Big Tech Acquisitions Won’t Stop, but It Won’t Be Business as Usual
4 February 2022
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris was interviewed by PYMNTS.com on the regulation of Big Tech.
Illumina Faces Battle to Save Grail Deal From EU Veto
27 January 2022
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris comments on the deal for Bloomberg.
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris discusses the EU Apple Antitrust Case
5 May 2021
Professor Kokkoris was interviewed for CGTN Europe
New Queen Mary project to produce guide for responsible Sovereign Debt Borrowing
10 December 2020
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal and the Global Policy Institute have been awarded £40,000 under the Research England Quality-related Research Strategic Priorities Fund.
Argentina: restructuring in the time of Covid-19
16 June 2020
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal was featured in the Financial Times speaking on sovereign debt
Moratorium on debt for Africa? Be careful of unintended consequences
11 May 2020
In a piece for The Conversation, Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal argues that a blanket moratorium on debt for Africa risks costing African countries much of the hard won gains many have achieved over the past 15 years
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Creditors must unite to find economic solutions
29 April 2020
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal was interviewed by Bloomberg Radio’s Daybreak Europe programme about debt relief for developing countries during coronavirus
Lenders and Investors need to be part of the solution
29 April 2020
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal co-signs an open letter to to the IMF and the World Bank urging for sovereign debt relief to help countries during the Covid-19 crisis
Cuba’s doctors are in high demand
8 April 2020
Professor Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal talks to The Economist about Cuba exporting doctors to pay sovereign debt
Google Heads to EU Court in Episode 1 of $9 Billion Trilogy
11 February 2020
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris comments on Google’s decade-long antitrust fight with the European Union for Bloomberg
Google’s Fitbit Deal Tests Merger Cops Eyeing Data Giants
11 February 2020
Professor Ioannis Kokkoris comments on Google’s plan to buy Fitbit Inc. in an article for Bloomberg.
Partnership between Queen Mary and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella continues into 2020
7 January 2020
The Institute for Global Law, Economics and Finance (IGLEF) at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) in Argentina, continue to strengthen their partnership aimed at advancing research and promoting robust academic practices in postgraduate education.
Call for papers - SPACs at the crossroads: confronting Law and Economics
7 January 2020
The Institute for Advanced Legal Studies and the Insitute of Global Law, Economics and Finance are requesting a Call for Papers for the first SPAC Conference ever to be held in Europe.
IGLEF training judges with the World Bank
20 December 2018
The Institute for Global Law, Economics and Finance has recently teamed up with the World Bank Group to deliver a training course for judges specializing on insolvency law
