
About
Professor Joanna Benjamin is an Emeritus Professor of Law at the London School of Economics. Joanna has consulted for major law firms, financial institutions and industry bodies in the city of London for many years. Previous positions include: member of the Bank of England's Financial markets Law Committee and Deputy Chief Executive, Financial law Panel. Joanna is frequently consulted by the public sector in the UK, EU and internationally.
Research
Joanna's research interests focus on legal risk in the international financial markets.
Publications
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Engagement and impact
Consultancy and advice to the public sector has included:-
- Member of the Digital Assets Project, Harris Manchester College Oxford, 2018 - present
- member of the Intermediated Securities Project, Harris Manchester College Oxford, 2014-2018
- member of the Bank of England's Fair and Effective Markets Review Academic Panel (2014)
- delegate to UNIDROIT committee of governmental experts, intermediated securities, Nov 06
- addressed EU Council as English expert in relation to proposed law reform relating to indirectly held securities, Oct 06.
- assisting the Law Commission in relation to indirectly held securities (2005 - present);
- assisted Central Bank of Ireland in relation to securities lending (2005);
- member of Bank of England's Financial Markets Law Committee (2002 - present);
- member of Financial Markets Law Committeeworking party on indirectly held securities (2002 – 2005)
- UK delegate, European Commissionclearing and settlement legal certainty project (2005 – 2008)
- consulted by Law Commissionin relation to proposed reform of corporate securities law (2002 – 2004)
- consulted by UNIDROITconcerning right of use of securities collateral (2003)
- member of International Bar AssociationLegal Risk Committee (2003 - 4)
- assisting London Economics in consultancy to European Commission on competition issues on EU securities markets (2003 – 4);
- invited to address the European Central Bankand delegates from EU national central banks on legal aspects of straight through processing (2002)
- consulted by The World Bank in relation to financial collateral survey (2002)
- at the Financial Law Panel assisted HM Treasuryand The Financial Services Authorityin the development of policy for regulating financial services on the Internet (1998-9)
- member of Financial Law Panel working parties on E-Commerce and Jurisdiction, and E-Commerce and Substantive Law (2000 - 2002)
- member ofInternational Swaps and Derivatives AssociationWorking Party of EU Collateral Law Reform (1999 – 2000)
- member of Bank of England Working Party on the Dematerialisation of Securities (1998 - 2001);
- assisted World Bankon collateral and derivatives (1998)
- chair of practitioners' working group on conflict of laws and immobilised securities (1998)
- member of Trust Law CommitteeWorking Party on Equitable Problems in the Financial Markets (1996)
- assisted Financial Services Authorityin connection with regulation of custody of investments (1994 – 2001)
- member of Law SocietyStanding Committee on Company Law, CREST Working Party (1994 –2001)
- assisted Bank of England to advise on collapse of TAURUS (1993)
- regular submissions to regulatory and governmental bodies concerned with international financial law (1993 – present)
Editing:-
- editor and Mmmber of Core Steering Committee, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law
- invited to join advisory board of Capital Markets Law Journal
While in practice:-
- described by the Financial Timesas "a leading authority on the law relating to international clearing systems and the international trade in securities", March 1998
- cited in Chambers and Partners Directoryas "a market leader in financial services law" (1997/8)
- cited in The Legal 500as "particularly well regarded in financial services" (Financial Services) (1996).
Joanna assisted the Law Commission in its project on property rights in investment securities.http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/investment_securities.htm
She was part of the UK delegation to the UNIDROIT Committee of Governmental Experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on Substantive Rules regarding Intermediated Securities, November 2006.