Biography
Alexandros is teaching courses in Financial Services, Mergers and Acquisitions and Alternative Investment Fund Regulation. His teaching and research interests include financial regulation, alternative investment fund regulation, fintech and its regulation and corporate governance. His research is regularly featured in global media, including the Financial Times and the Banker. Prior to joining Trinity College, Alexandros completed his PhD at the University of Luxembourg where he also taught courses in Alternative Investment Funds and EU Company Law. Furthermore, he acted as a consultant and was involved in the setting up of a fintech start-up. Alexandros holds a law degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an LL.M. in Banking and Finance from the University College of London, an LL.M. in Corporation Law from the New York University and was a research fellow at the NYU Pollack Center for Law and Business and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London. He is admitted to practice law in Greece and the State of New York. He has practiced law in Greece and has also worked for the Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN office in Geneva. He has also acted as a consultant for a US investment holding company and has been appointed an expert in financial law at the European Court of Auditors in Luxembourg. He is also a guest lecturer at the LLM programme of the University of Luxembourg and the Institute of Bankers in Ireland. He also served as the founding director of the Director of the MSc in Law and Finance, an interdisciplinary program offered by the Law School in cooperation with the Business School. Alexandros is a member of Blockchain Ireland Legal Working Group and an expert at the Digital Euro Association. He welcomes expressions of interest from prospective PhD students and postdoctoral researchers willing to work in the area of investment funds and regulation, fintech, blockchain and financial regulation.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Governing the Digital Finance Value-Chain in the EU: MIFID II, the Digital Package, and the Large Gaps between! in, editor(s)Filippo Annunziata & Rosa Maria Lastra , The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, Oxford University Press, 2025, [Emilios Avgouleas and Alexandros Seretakis]
The Evolution of Private Equity in, editor(s)Daniele D'Alvia , Research Handbook on Corporate Finance Law, Edward Elgar, 2025, [Alexandros Seretakis]
Seretakis Alexandros, Central Bank Digital Currencies: Opportunities and Risks, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 39, (7), 2024
Hedge Fund Activism and ESG: Fit For Purpose? in, editor(s)Mieke Olaerts and Bastian Keemp , Twenty Years of European Company Law: Developments and Challenges in European Company Law,, Kluwer Law, 2024, [Alexandros Seretakis]
Alexandros Seretakis, Appraising the New EU Appraisal Regime, European Company Law, 12, (5), 2024
The Unfair Terms Directive in Ireland in, editor(s)Danny Busch & Matthias Lehmann , Unfair Terms in Banking and Financial Contracts, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2023, [Alexandros Seretakis]
Alexandros Seretakis & Emilios Avgouleas, How Should Crypto-Lending be Regulated in the eu?, European Business Organization Law Review, 24, 2023, p421 - 438
Felix E Mezzanotte (with Alexandros Seretakis), Blockchain and Corporate Sustainability Reporting, European Company Law, 20, (5), 2023, p97 - 102
Alexandros Seretakis, Regulating Hedge Funds in the EU, Wolters Kluwer, 2022
Alexandros Seretakis, The Promise and Perils of Central Bank Digital Currencies, The Banker, 2021, -
Emilios Avgouleas and Alexandros Seretakis, The Regulation of the Digital Value-Chain in the EU: MIFID II, the Digital Package, and the Gaps Between, European Company and Financial Law Review, Special Issue: Digital Finance in Europe: Law, Regulation, and Governance, 5, 2021, p1 - 37
Alexandros Seretakis, Report from Greece: The New Corporate Governance Framework, European Company Law, 18, (6), 2021
Rachael Walsh and Sarah Hamill (chapter authors) Deirdre Ahern and Suryapratim Roy (report editors), Policy Responses to Covid-19 In Ireland: Supporting Individuals, Communities, Businesses, and the Economy, COVID-19 Legal Observatory, Trinity College Dublin, December, 2020, p1 - 108
Blockchain, Securities Markets and Central Banking in, editor(s)Philipp Hacker, Ioannis Lianos, Georgios Dimitropoulos, and Stefan Eich , Regulating Blockchain. Techno-Social and Legal Challenges, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019, [Alexandros Seretakis]
Appraisal Rights in the US and the EU in, editor(s)Thomas Papadopoulos , Cross-Border Mergers Directive: EU perspectives and national experiences , Springer, 2019, [Seretakis Alexandros]
Alexandros Seretakis and Georg Gutfleisch, Brexit and Alternative Investment Fund Managers, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 34, (4), 2019, p134 - 144
Alexandros Seretakis, Financial Services Law in Ireland: Authorisation, Supervision, Compliance, Enforcement, Review of Financial Services Law in Ireland: Authorisation, Supervision, Compliance, Enforcement, by Finbarr Murphy , Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 34, (3), 2019, p129-130
Alexandros Seretakis, EU Hedge Fund Regulation: Hedge Funds and Single Supervision, European Company Law, 15, (6), 2018
Seretakis Alexandros, Appraisal Rights in the US and the EU, Cross-Border Mergers Directive: EU perspectives and national experiences , University of Cyprus, 7 October 2017, 2017, pp1 - 24
Seretakis Alexandros, Blockchain, Securities Markets and Central Banking, Blockchain and the Constitution of a New Financial Order: Legal and Political Challenges, UCL Center for Law, Economics and Society, UCL Faculty of Laws, London, 19 June 2017, 2017, pp1 - 30
PRIVATE EQUITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE: MARKET AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS in, editor(s)H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, and Halil Kiymaz , PRIVATE EQUITY: OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2015, pp32 - 45, [SERETAKIS ALEXANDROS]
SERETAKIS ALEXANDROS, HEDGE FUND ACTIVISM COMING TO EUROPE: LESSONS FROM THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, BROOKLYN JOURNAL OF CORPORATE, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAW, 8, 2014, p439 - 469
SERETAKIS ALEXANDROS, REGULATING HEDGE FUNDS IN THE EU? THE CASE AGAINST THE AIFM DIRECTIVE, REVUE TRIMESTRIELLE DE DROIT FINANCIER, 2, 2014, p1 - 6
SERETAKIS ALEXANDROS, A COMPARATIVE EXAMINATION OF PRIVATE EQUITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE: ACCOUNTING FOR THE PAST AND PREDICTING THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN PRIVATE EQUITY, FORDHAM JOURNAL OF CORPORATE AND FINANCIAL LAW, 18, (3), 2013, p613 - 667
SERETAKIS ALEXANDROS, TAMING THE LOCUSTS? EMBATTLED HEDGE FUNDS IN THE EU, NYU JOURNAL OF LAW AND BUSINESS, 10, (1), 2013, p115 - 153
SERETAKIS ALEXANDROS, HOSTILE TAKEOVERS AND DEFENSIVE MECHANISMS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES: A CASE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES REGIME , THE OHIO STATE ENTREPREUNERIAL BUSINESS LAW JOURNAL, 8, (2), 2013, p246 - 279
Seretakis Alexandros, The New EU Directive on the Regulation of Private Equity, Columbia Journal of European Law Online, 18, (3), 2012
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Ireland in, editor(s)Danny Busch and Matthias Lehmann , Prospectus Liability Rules in Europe and Beyond: Towards Uniformity, Oxford University Press, 2024, [Alexandros Seretakis]
Blockchain Ireland Legal and Regulatory Working Group, Smart Legal Contracts, 2024
Alexandros Seretakis, The Regulation of Crypto Lending, CBFL Banking Finance and Technology Conference(, National University of Singapore, 18-19 May, 2023
Alexandros Seretakis, Central Bank Digital Currencies: Opportunities and Risks, 5th International Seminar on Artificial Intelligence and Law, International Artificial Intelligence and Law Research Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, 6 November 2022, 2022
Alexandros Seretakis, Decentralized Finance: Opportunities and Risks, IALS Fellow's Lunchtime Seminar, London, 2 February, 2022, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
Alexandros Seretakis & Emilios Avgouleas, How Should Crypto-Lending Be Regulated in the EU?, International Artificial Intelligence and Law Research Foundation, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2-3 December 2022, 2022
Alexandros Seretakis, Panelist, Transparency in the Digital Tools Directive - Ultimate Beneficial Ownership, Company registries, Disqualified Directors, Workshop on the Transposition of the Digital Tools Directive, 8 June, 2021, European Trade Union Confederation
Alexandros Seretakis, Chair Panel: CBDCs, Stablecoins & Fiat Money: Competitors?, Competition in Fintech Markets, 6, 7 May, 2021, Swedish Network for European Legal Studies in cooperation with the University of Leeds and ASCOLA
Alexandros Seretakis, How DLT Could Shake Up Capital Markets, The Banker , 2021, -
Alexandros Seretakis and Emilios Avgouleas, Decentralized Finance Could Revolutionise European Markets, The Banker, 2021, -
Alexandros Seretakis, Crises and Financial Regulation, Dublin Law and Politics Review Sustainable Finance Conference, Dublin City University, 25 March 2020, 2020
Alexandros Seretakis, The EU's Proposal on a Pilot Regime for Market Infrastructures Based on DLT, Blockchain Ireland Legal and Regulatory Working Group, Ireland, 16 December 2020, 2020
Alexandros Seretakis, Review for the book Blockchain Economics: Implications of Distributed Ledgers: Markets, Communications Networks, and Algorithmic , Review of Blockchain Economics: Implications of Distributed Ledgers: Markets, Communications Networks, and Algorithmic , by Melanie Swan et al. , Journal of Economic Literature, Forthcoming, 2020
Emilios Avgouleas and Alexandros Seretakis, Ethics, sustainability, and decentralised finance, Digital Capital Markets in Europe- The Challenge of EU Market Integration, University of Helsinki and University of Edinburgh, 2 September 2020, 2020
Dr Konstantinos Stylianou (Leeds), Dr Alexandros Seretakis (TCD), Dr Felix Irresberger (Leeds), and Dr Iain Clacher (Leeds), RESPONSE TO THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY PUBLIC CONSULTATION CP19/3:GUIDANCE ON CRYPTOASSETS, 2019, -
Ahern Deirdre and Seretakis Alexandros, Symposium Addressing the Global Challenge of Responsive Fintech Regulation, 8 March 2019, 2019, Dublin Ireland
Alexandros Seretakis, Legal Aspects of ICOs, Presentation at the Blockchain Ireland Legal Working Group, Dublin Ireland, 16 April 2019, 2019
Alexandros Seretakis, Fintech and Capital Markets Union, Centre for European Policy Studies Task Force on Rebranding the CMU, Brussels Belgium, 10 December 2018, 2018
Alexandros Seretakis, Blockchain, Securities Markets and Central Banking, German Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting 2018, Ljubjiana , 5-6 July 2018, 2018
Alexandros Seretakis, Further Development and Implementation of Blockchain, Blockchain Next 2018, Warsaw, Poland, 21 June 2018, 2018
Alexandros Seretakis, Initial Coin Offerings: Risks and Regulation, Artificial Cosmoi and the Law (2nd edition), UCL, Yale and University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 30 July 2018, 2018
Seretakis Alexandros, Blockchain, Securities Markets and Central Banking, Blockchain and the Constitution of a New Financial Order: Legal and Political Challenges, UCL Center for Law, Economics and Society, UCL Faculty of Laws, London, 19 June 2017, 2017
Seretakis Alexandros, Appraisal Rights in the US and the EU, The Cross-Border Mergers Directive: EU Perspective and National Experiences, Department of Law, University of Cyprus, 7 October 2017, 2017
Seretakis Alexandros, Comments: Iteration and EU Takeover Regulation, ICON-S Britain and Ireland Chapter Launch Conference, Trinity College Dublin, 5 September 2017, 2017
Seretakis Alexandros, The Blockchain Revolution: How Can Blockchain Transform Securities Trading and Corporate Governance, Digital Currencies, Digital Finance and the Constitution of a New Financial Order: Challenges for the Legal System, Athens, Greece, 27 July 2016, 2016
Seretakis Alexandros, Regulating Hedge Funds: From Supervision to Resolution, Lawyers' Committee, Central Bank of Luxembourg, 8 December, 2016, Central Bank of Luxembourg
Seretakis Alexandros, 'In Defense of the Hedge Fund Industry', Oxford Business Law Blog, 2016, -
Research Expertise
Recognition
Representations
Serving as an editorial board member for the European Company Law Journal published by Kluwer Law.
Member, Fintech and Blockchain Collaboratory, Rutgers School of Law Centre for Corporate Law and Governance
Invited to be a reviewer for Hart Publishing, Cambridge University Press, European Business Organization Law Review, Banking and Finance Law Review (leading Canadian law review), the International Journal of Law and Management (Emerald) and the prestigious Journal of Economic Literature one of the highest ranked journal in economics which is published by the American Economic Association and the European Science Foundation and the Research Foundation Flanders in Belgium (FWO).
Adjunct Lecturer IOB (formerly Institute of Banking)
Visiting Professor University of Luxembourg. Teaching a 4 hour course on Hedge Funds and Hedge Fund Activism.
Examiner for the Law Reform Commission Annual Legal Research Competition
Awards and Honours
Election to the Fellowship of Trinity College Dublin
Master in Arts (jure officii) of the University of Dublin
Dean's Merit Scholarship NYU School of Law
Memberships
Member of Blockchain Ireland Legal and Regulatory Working Group
Attorney at Law, New York State Bar
Academic Member European Corporate Governance Institute
Attorney at Law, Thessaloniki Bar Association
Editorial Board Member, European Company Law Journal
Member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Colorectal Cancer Association