Prof. Dr. Armin J. Kammel
Regulatory compliance
Prof. Dr. Armin J. Kammel, LL.M. (London), MBA (CLU) is Professor of Financial Regulation at the University of Insurance and Finance (VUZF), predominantly teaching regulatory compliance.
He is also Professor (FH) of Banking Law and Securities Regulation at Lauder Business School (LBS), Vienna, Austria and Ehrenprofessor (Honorary Professor), Faculty Member as well as Program Coordinator (LL.M./MLS in International Banking Law and Capital Markets) at Danube University Krems (DUK), Austria. Prof. Dr. Kammel also serves as the Executive Director of the Joseph von Sonnenfels Center at DUK. Moreover, Prof. Dr. Kammel holds an Adjunct Professorship at California Lutheran University (CLU) in the U.S and has been a visiting professor at numerous prestigious institutions in the U.S., the UK, Austria, Bulgaria, Israel, Switzerland, Ukraine, or Thailand.
Prof. Dr. Kammel is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the interdisciplinary Research Perspectives series on "International Banking and Securities Law" with BRILL Publishing, Co-Editor of the commentaries on "BWG und CRR" (Austrian Banking Act and CRR), on "Bankensanierungs- und -abwicklungsgesetz (BaSAG)" (Austrian Bank Recovery and Resolution Act) and on "Immobilien-Investmentfondsgesetz (ImmoInvFG)" (Austrian Real Estate Investment Funds Act) with Verlag Manz in Austria. Prof. Dr. Kammel is a well-published international author of more than 140 publications, among others, his leading textbook "Einführung in das Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht" (Introduction to Banking and Capital Markets Law) with Linde Verlag.
Prof. Dr. Kammel"s primary research interests are in the areas of banking law, securities regulation, financial law, business law and financial markets. Moreover, the economic analysis of the law and economics are also included in his research activities.
Aside from his academic affiliations, Prof. Dr. Kammel is the Managing Director of FS&R Excellence GmbH (in cooperation with DLA Piper Austria) and has roughly twenty years of experience in financial services regulatory advisory business and as executive in the financial services industry, having worked as Head of Legal & International Affairs with the Austrian Association of Investment Fund Management Companies (VÖIG) and having served on the Board of Directors of both the International Investment Funds Association (IIFA) and the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA). Prof. Dr. Kammel also served as Deputy Chairman of the IIFA until October 2020.
Moreover, Prof. Dr. Kammel is a court-certified expert (Allgemein beeideter und gerichtlich zertifizierter Sachverständiger) in the areas of credit, banks, and exchanges in Austria.