Professor Joanna Benjamin

Joanna's research interests focus on legal risk in the international financial markets.

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.