Dr Mohammed Khair Alshaleel
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 874713
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Location
4SB.5.21, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Tuesday 14:00 - 15:00
Profile
Biography
Dr Mohammed Alshaleel joined Essex Law School as a lecturer in September 2017 and was promoted to senior lecturer in 2022. He has an LLB from the University of Damascus where he graduated as the Best Student of the Faculty of Law. Mohammed holds an LLM in International Trade Law and a PhD in Law from the University of Essex. He is an Associate Editor of the Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice. Dr Mohammed has recently published his new book 'The Regulation and Governance of Mutual Funds: UK and US Perspectives on Investor Protection'. In 2017, he launched two Islamic modules: Introduction to Islamic law and Islamic banking and finance law. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Mohammed has particular interests in international financial law, international trade law and Islamic banking and finance law. He has taught subjects such as Company Law, Islamic Banking and Finance Law, International Trade Law, Introduction to Islamic Law, International Trade Finance Law, International Financial Law, and Contract law. Dr Mohammed has presented papers in several international conferences and has published in reputable international journals in areas of financial regulations and Islamic banking and finance law. Dr Mohammed has recently obtained research funding to work on a new project 'Digitalising International Trade Finance Process: Interrelationships, Constraints and Opportunities'. Dr Mohammed is a member of the Society of Legal Scholars, the Essex Finance Centre (EFiC) and the Arab Lawyers Association.
Qualifications
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LLB Damascus University
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LLM (International Trade Law) The University of Essex,
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PhD (Law) The University of Essex,
Appointments
Other academic
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Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Essex (1/9/2017 - 30/9/2022)
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Part-time Lecturer, School of law, University of Essex (1/9/2016 - 30/4/2017)
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Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of law, University of Essex (1/9/2013 - 31/8/2016)
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Senior Lecturer in law, University of Essex (1/10/2022 - present)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
International Financial Law
Financial Regulation
Commercial Law
Islamic Financial Law
Banking Law
Current research
Digitalising International Trade Finance Process: Interrelationships, Constraints and Opportunities
This project has been awarded the QNRF’s CWSP grant.
Conferences and presentations
The Mutual Funds Industry and ESG Integration
Financial Law and Regulation Conference, London, United Kingdom, 1/7/2022
International Trade Finance Parties and Digital Innovation
Digitalising International Trade Finance Processes: Interrelationships, Constraints, Opportunities and Perspectives, Qatar, Doha, Qatar, 30/3/2022
AI, Smart Contracts and Fintech in International Trade Finance
Invited presentation, Fintech: Finance, Technology, Policy and Law, The UK, Colchester, United Kingdom, 23/3/2022
The UK and the EU's Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive: How will Brexit affect the UK's Anti-Money Laundering Laws?
Invited presentation, 1 St GPDRL International Symposium on Saudi Arabia Vision 2030: Legal Socio- Economic Issues and Way Forward., Prinnce Sultan University, Saudi Arabia, 11/4/2021
The UK and the EU’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive: Exceeding Expectations
Kuwait International Law School’s 7th Annual International Conference, 10/10/2020
Islamic finance, sustainable development and developing countries: Linkages and Potential, Kuwait International Law School’s 6th Annual International Conference, Kuwait.
Kuwait, 3/5/2019
Money Market Funds Reforms in the US and the EU: the Quest for Financial Stability, 3rd Law & Political Science Conference, Lisbon (2018)
Lisbon, Portugal, 25/9/2018
Money Market Funds Reforms in the EU and the US: the Quest for Financial Stability, 8th Academic International Conference on Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, University of Oxford (2018)
8th Academic International Conference on Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, Oxford, United Kingdom, 5/3/2018
The Regulation and Governance of Mutual Funds in the UK in the Quest for Investor Protection Lessons for Middle Eastern Countries, 2nd Academic International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge (2017)
2nd Academic International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 22/5/2017
Mutual Funds Regulation and Governance: Increased Investors Protection, PhD Research Conference, University of Essex (2015)
PhD Research Conference, Colchester, United Kingdom, 12/2/2015
Current Challenges in Corporate Governance: Between Regulatory and Shareholder Activism, University of Bedfordshire (2013).
Current Challenges in Corporate Governance: Between Regulatory and Shareholder Activism, Luton, United Kingdom, 11/4/2013
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Final Year Research Project (LW304)
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Introduction to Islamic Law (LW359)
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International Trade Finance Law (LW601)
Publications
Journal articles (5)
Alshaleel, MK. and Hoekstra, J., (2021). A Decade After the Global Financial Crisis: New Regulatory Challenges to Financial Stability. European Business Law Review. 32 (1), 117-156
Alshaleel, M., (2020). Money Market Funds Reforms in the US and the EU: the Quest for Financial Stability. European Business Law Review. 31 (2), 303-335
Alshaleel, M., (2020). The UK and the EU’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive: Exceeding Expectations. European Company Law. 17 (4), 123-132
Van Ho, TL. and Alshaleel, MK., (2018). The Mutual Fund Industry and the Protection of Human Rights. Human Rights Law Review. 18 (1), 1-29
Alshaleel, MK., (2016). Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive V: Increased Protection for Investors'. European Company Law. 13 (1), 14-22
Books (1)
Alshaleel, M., (2022). Regulation and Governance of Mutual Funds: United Kingdom and United States of America Perspectives on Investor Protection.. Routledge. 9780367645175
Book chapters (1)
Alshaleel, M., (2019). Islamic finance, sustainable development and developing countries: Linkages and Potential. In: Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing and Emerging Markets - Institutions, Actors and Sustainable Development. Editors: Osuji, O., Ngwu, FN. and Jamali, D., . Cambridge University Press. 281- 305. 9781108472111
Thesis dissertation (1)
Alshaleel, MK., (2017). The Regulation and Governance of Mutual Funds in the UK in the Quest for Investor Protection: Lessons for Middle Eastern Countries
Contact
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Tuesday 14:00 - 15:00
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