Philipp Paech

Global Distinguished Professor of Law
Notre Dame London Law Programme
Home Affiliation: Associate Professor of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Philipp Paech was appointed Distinguished Global Professor of Law at Notre Dame University’s London Campus in 2021 and serves as the Academic Director of Notre Dame’s new LLM programme in London. He is also an Associate Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Professor Paech has been an educator, researcher, and policy consultant specializing in the regulation and law of financial services for over 20 years. Since 2017, he has focused on the regulation of digital finance. He chaired the EU Commission's expert group on FinTech (ROFIEG), whose recommendations became a foundational document for the EU Digital Finance Strategy.

Professor Paech’s teaching portfolio at Notre Dame includes two J.D. courses: International Financial Regulation and International Financial Law.

His other appointments include a Visiting Professorship at the Institute for Law and Finance at Goethe University Frankfurt since 2015. He has also held visiting positions at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Bocconi University in Milan, and Tokyo University. He is an attorney-at-law in Frankfurt and an accredited mediator in the UK.

Professor Paech consults for public sector and international governmental organisations, including the OECD, the UK Foreign Office, the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the European Parliament. He has been a member of several international expert groups, with contributions that have significantly influenced legal and regulatory reforms for nearly two decades.