Katrien Morbee, LLB, LLM (Ghent University), LLM (Yale University), DPhil (University of Oxford)Lecturer in Banking and Finance LawEmail: k.morbee@qmul.ac.ukRoom Number: Lincoln's Inn FieldsProfileTeachingResearchPublicationsPublic EngagementProfileKatrien Morbee is a Lecturer in Banking and Finance Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London. She teaches Corporate Finance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Art and Money, and Sustainability and the Corporation. She wrote a DPhil in Law and Finance at the University of Oxford, under supervision of Prof. John Armour and Prof. Dan Awrey. She is a member of the European Corporate Governance Institute. Katrien holds an LLB and LLM from Ghent University, Belgium, and an LLM from Yale University, United States. During her studies, she interned at four international law firms: Cleary Gottlieb, Eubelius, Clifford Chance and Freshfields; and at the Belgian financial institution, KBC. She also worked in a US law firm in Washington, DC, as part of The Washington Center programme in Business and Global Trade.Postgraduate Teaching SOLM009 Corporate Finance Law SOLM010 Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As) SOLM230 Art and Money SOLM269 Sustainability and the Corporation CCLP001 Securities and Markets Regulation (Paris LLM) ResearchResearch Interests:Katrien’s research interests include corporate governance, sustainability, green finance, climate litigation, systemic risk, and business law more generally.Examples of research funding:ESRC-funded project on the governance of systemically important non-bank financial institutions.PublicationsPapers in Internationally Reviewed Academic Journals K. Morbee, ‘Liquidity management tools in open-ended investment funds: the right tools in the right hands?', Capital Markets Law Journal, forthcoming K. Morbee, ‘The Corporate Governance of Central Counterparties and Shareholder Primacy: A Re-Evaluation in the Presence of Systemic Risk’ (2022) 15 The International and Comparative Corporate Law Journal 35. K. Morbee, ‘The Role of Corporate Governance in a Macroprudential Framework’, The Chicago Law Review Online, January 2020. K. Morbee, ‘Cumulatie van Administratieve en Strafrechtelijke Sancties in de Bestrijding van Marktmanipulatie: Nieuwe Rechtspraak van het EHRM’, Tijdschrift voor Rechtspersoon en Vennootschap (TRV), 2015, 342-357 (Case note ECHR ‘Affaire Grande Stevens et autres c. Italie’ 4 mars 2014) (in Dutch). Book chapters D. D’Alvia, K. Morbee, and R. Olivares-Caminal, ‘PSD2 and Brexit’, in G. Gimigliano and M. Bozina Beros (eds.), The Payment Services Directive II: A Commentary, Edward Elgar Commentaries Series, 2021. T. Vos, K. Morbee, S. Cools and M. Wyckaert, ‘A Cross-Sectoral Analysis of Corporate Governance Provisions applicable to Financial Institutions: about Forests and Trees’, in V. Colaert, Danny Busch and Thomas Incalza (eds.), European Financial Regulation: Levelling the Cross-Sectoral Playing Field, Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2019, 163-199. K. Morbee, ‘Structure of Banking Activities: Belgian Provisions on Proprietary Trading from an International Perspective’, in V. Colaert (ed.), De nieuwe Bankwet, Roularta Media Group, Roeselare, 2015, 201-211. Public EngagementKatrien acted as a coach for IusStart. IusStart is a University of Leuven-based initiative, where law students – mentored by IusStart coaches – provide legal advice to startups.Related newsWinner of ‘Lawyers and Sustainability’ essay prize announced at special CCLS roundtable 5 October 2022