Staff profile

Dr Pierre Schammo is Professor of Law and Director of Admissions at Durham Law School, where he also serves as Deputy Director of the Durham European Law Institute. He previously taught at the University of Manchester and worked as a Research Fellow in European financial and corporate law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in London. He holds a D.Phil from the University of Oxford (Magdalen College), and law degrees from Leiden University (the Netherlands) and the University of Strasbourg (France).

Pierre is affiliated with the Jean Monnet Centre for EU Studies at Keio University (Tokyo), the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Finance and Law at the University of Genoa (Italy), and the Institute for Data Science at Durham. He has been a Visiting Lecturer at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (University of London) and has held visiting positions at Keio University, the London School of Economics and Political Science (European Institute), and Oxford University (Institute of European and Comparative Law). He currently serves as an External Examiner at the University of Manchester and has previously held similar roles at University College London and the London School of Economics. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Law and Financial Markets Review and sits on the Editorial Board of The Company Lawyer.

Pierre’s research lies at the intersection of financial law, EU law, and law in context. He has published extensively on prospectus regulation and regulatory competition, as well as on the European System of Financial Supervision, the Banking Union, and the Capital Markets Union. His more recent work focuses on technological change and green finance. His research on abuse of law and the European System of Financial Supervision has been cited by the Court of Justice of the European Union. He also acted as UK co-rapporteur on the Banking Union for the 27th Congress of the Federation of European Lawyers (FIDE) and as an expert on European banking supervision for the 13th Luxembourg Expert Forum at the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Teaching areas

• Financial Regulation
• Internal Market Law

• Capital Markets Regulation
• Financial Markets and Banking Supervision
• Internal Market Law
• Regulation and law in context research (law and political science, and law and economics)

Authored book

• EU Prospectus Law - New Perspectives on Regulatory Competition in Securities Markets
  
  Schammo, P. (2011). EU Prospectus Law - New Perspectives on Regulatory Competition in Securities Markets. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511862700

Book review

• L Hornuf, Regulatory Competition in European Corporate and Capital Market Law: An Empirical Analysis (Cambridge, Intersentia, 2012)
  
  Schammo, P. (2013). L Hornuf, Regulatory Competition in European Corporate and Capital Market Law: An Empirical Analysis (Cambridge, Intersentia, 2012). European Law Review, 38(5), 723-725.
• Review of Niamh Moloney's EC Securities Regulation (OUP 2008)
  
  Schammo, P. (2010). Review of Niamh Moloney’s EC Securities Regulation (OUP 2008). European Business Organization Law Review, 11(2), 309-315.

Chapter in book

• EU Prospectus Regulation
  
  Schammo, P. (in press). EU Prospectus Regulation. In P. Giudici & J. A. McCahery (Eds.), Research Handbook on EU Securities Regulation. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Integrating Sustainable Finance into the Prospectus Regulation
  
  Chiu, I., & Schammo, P. (2025). Integrating Sustainable Finance into the Prospectus Regulation. In K. Alexander, M. Gargantini, & M. Siri (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of EU Sustainable Finance: Regulation, Supervision and Governance. Cambridge University Press.
• Global Central Counterparties
  
  Schammo, P. (2023). Global Central Counterparties. In I. Chiu & I. MacNeil (Eds.), Research Handbook on Global Capital Markets Law (pp. 157-171). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800379305.00018
• Who knows what tomorrow brings? Of uncertainty in times of a pandemic
  
  Schammo, P. (2020). Who knows what tomorrow brings? Of uncertainty in times of a pandemic. In H. Eidenmüller, L. Enriques, K. van Zwieten, & G. Helleringer (Eds.), Covid-19 and business law. (pp. 95-97). Beck.
• Banking Union and Brexit: the challenge of geography
  
  Schammo, P. (2019). Banking Union and Brexit: the challenge of geography. In G. Lo Schiavo (Ed.), The European Banking Union and the role of law. (pp. 87-107). Edward Elgar.
• National report – United Kingdom
  
  Georgosouli, A., & Schammo, P. (2016). National report – United Kingdom. In G. Bándi, P. Darák, A. Halustyik, & P. Láncos (Eds.), European Banking Union. XXVII. FIDE Congress proceedings. (pp. 584-607). Wolters Kluwer.
• Differentiated Integration and the Single Supervisory Mechanism: which way forward for the European Banking Authority?
  
  Schammo, P. (2016). Differentiated Integration and the Single Supervisory Mechanism: which way forward for the European Banking Authority?. In P. Birkinshaw & A. Biondi (Eds.), Britain alone! The implications and consequences of United Kingdom exit from the EU. (pp. 311-335). Kluwer Law International.
• Capital Markets Union and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs): a Preliminary Assessment
  
  Schammo, P. (2015). Capital Markets Union and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs): a Preliminary Assessment. In F. Allen, E. Carletti, & J. Gray (Eds.), The new financial architecture in the Eurozone. (pp. 137-176). European University Institute. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2605549
• Marchés financiers - émetteurs
  
  Schammo, P. (2014). Marchés financiers - émetteurs. In Jurisclasseur Europe, fascicule 1025 (1025th ed., pp. 1-22). Lexis Nexis, JurisClasseur: Europe Traité.
• Comments on abuse of rights in EU law
  
  Schammo, P. (2011). Comments on abuse of rights in EU law. In R. de la Feria & S. Vogenauer (Eds.), Prohibition of abuse of law : a new general principle of EU law ? (pp. 193-199). Hart.
• Corporate Finance Law in the UK and the EU
  
  Schammo, P. (2011). Corporate Finance Law in the UK and the EU. In D. Prentice & A. Reisberg (Eds.), Equivalence-based Regulation and EU Prospectus Law - the Shadow Regime (pp. 493-518). OUP.

Journal Article

• Is Corporate Offsetting a Good Idea?
  
  Schammo, P. (in press). Is Corporate Offsetting a Good Idea?. European Business Organization Law Review.
• Of standards and technology: ISDA and technological change in the OTC derivatives market
  
  Schammo, P. (2021). Of standards and technology: ISDA and technological change in the OTC derivatives market. Law and Financial Markets Review, 15(1-2), 3-37. https://doi.org/10.1080/17521440.2022.2063030
• Institutional change in the Banking Union: the case of the Single Supervisory Mechanism
  
  Schammo, P. (2021). Institutional change in the Banking Union: the case of the Single Supervisory Mechanism. Yearbook of European Law, 40, 265-309. https://doi.org/10.1093/yel/yeab002
• Inaction in macro-prudential supervision: assessing the EU's response
  
  Schammo, P. (2019). Inaction in macro-prudential supervision: assessing the EU’s response. Journal of Financial Regulation, 5(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1093/jfr/fjz001
• ‘Undisruption’ in the SME funding market: information sharing, finance platforms and the UK bank referral scheme
  
  Schammo, P. (2019). ‘Undisruption’ in the SME funding market: information sharing, finance platforms and the UK bank referral scheme. European Business Organization Law Review, 20(1), 29-53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40804-019-00139-x
• Editorial (Fintech Revolution and Regulation)
  
  Avgouleas, E., Chiu, I., & Schammo, P. (2019). Editorial (Fintech Revolution and Regulation). European Business Organization Law Review, 20(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40804-019-00140-4
• Wightman is not the road to never-never land (but would you rather plunge into the Brexit abyss?)
  
  Schammo, P. (2019). Wightman is not the road to never-never land (but would you rather plunge into the Brexit abyss?). The Company Lawyer, 40(2), 37-38.
• Actions and inactions in the investigation of breaches of Union law by the European Supervisory Authorities
  
  Schammo, P. (2018). Actions and inactions in the investigation of breaches of Union law by the European Supervisory Authorities. Common Market Law Review, 55(5), 1423-1456.
• Caught in a cross-fire? The US CFTC and the European Commission’s proposals on third-country CCPs
  
  Schammo, P. (2018). Caught in a cross-fire? The US CFTC and the European Commission’s proposals on third-country CCPs. The Company Lawyer, 39(9), 277-278.
• The Commission's agenda on financial supervision: forging ahead of Brexit [editorial comments]
  
  Schammo, P. (2018). The Commission’s agenda on financial supervision: forging ahead of Brexit [editorial comments]. The Company Lawyer, 39(1), 1-2.
• Market building and the Capital Markets Union: addressing information barriers in the SME funding market
  
  Schammo, P. (2017). Market building and the Capital Markets Union: addressing information barriers in the SME funding market. European Company and Financial Law Review, 14(2), 271-313. https://doi.org/10.1515/ecfr-2017-0014
• The European Central Bank’s duty of care for the unity and integrity of the internal market
  
  Schammo, P. (2017). The European Central Bank’s duty of care for the unity and integrity of the internal market. European Law Review, 42(1), 3-26.
• The UK’s five “noes” on EU economic governance
  
  Schammo, P. (2016). The UK’s five “noes” on EU economic governance. The Company Lawyer, 37(7), 201-202.
• Protecting the City of London? UK challenges before the Court of Justice of the EU
  
  Schammo, P. (2016). Protecting the City of London? UK challenges before the Court of Justice of the EU. The Company Lawyer, 37(1), 1-2.
• Protecting the City of London? UK challenges before the Court of Justice of the European Union
  
  Schammo, P. (2015). Protecting the City of London? UK challenges before the Court of Justice of the European Union. The Company Lawyer, 36(3), 65-66.
• Protecting the City of London? UK challenges before the Court of Justice of the European Union
  
  Schammo, P. (2014). Protecting the City of London? UK challenges before the Court of Justice of the European Union. The Company Lawyer, 35(7), 193-194.
• Protecting the City of London? UK challenge to EU agency law. [editorial comments]
  
  Schammo, P. (2014). Protecting the City of London? UK challenge to EU agency law. [editorial comments]. The Company Lawyer, 35(2), 33-34.
• Home country control with consent: a new paradigm for ensuring trust and cooperation in the internal market?
  
  Schammo, P. (2013). Home country control with consent: a new paradigm for ensuring trust and cooperation in the internal market?. The Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies., 15, 467-501. https://doi.org/10.1017/s152888700000313x
• EU Day-to-Day Supervision or Intervention-Based Supervision: Which Way Forward for the European System of Financial Supervision?
  
  Schammo, P. (2012). EU Day-to-Day Supervision or Intervention-Based Supervision: Which Way Forward for the European System of Financial Supervision?. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 32(4), 771-797. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqs002
• The European Securities and Markets Authority: Lifting the Veil on the Allocation of Powers
  
  Schammo, P. (2011). The European Securities and Markets Authority: Lifting the Veil on the Allocation of Powers. Common Market Law Review, 48(6), 1879-1913.
• Regulating transatlantic stock exchanges
  
  Schammo, P. (2008). Regulating transatlantic stock exchanges. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 57(4), 827-862. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020589308000651
• Arbitrage and abuse of rights in the EC legal system
  
  Schammo, P. (2008). Arbitrage and abuse of rights in the EC legal system. European Law Journal, 14(3), 351-376. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0386.2008.00417.x
• The prospectus approval system
  
  Schammo, P. (2006). The prospectus approval system. European Business Organization Law Review, 7(2), 501-523. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1566752906005015

Other (Print)

• Greenwashing [editorial comments]
  
  Schammo, P. (2023). Greenwashing [editorial comments] [Editorial comments] (pp. 105-106). The Company Lawyer.
• Negotiating the future, Brexit and the spectre of regulatory competition [editorial comments]
  
  Schammo, P. (2020). Negotiating the future, Brexit and the spectre of regulatory competition [editorial comments] (pp. 217-218).
• "Next Generation EU": the Commission's plan to boldly go where no EU agreement has gone before [editorial comments]
  
  Schammo, P. (2020). "Next Generation EU": the Commission’s plan to boldly go where no EU agreement has gone before [editorial comments] (pp. 337-338). The Company Lawyer.
• ‘Sunk like the Titanic’ : the Commission’s proposals on reforming the governance of the European Supervisory Authorities [editorial comments]
  
  Schammo, P. (2019). ‘Sunk like the Titanic’ : the Commission’s proposals on reforming the governance of the European Supervisory Authorities [editorial comments] (pp. 309-311). The Company Lawyer.
• The EU Capital Markets Union and Brexit: time to move on. [editorial comments]
  
  Schammo, P. (2017). The EU Capital Markets Union and Brexit: time to move on. [editorial comments] (pp. 301-302). The Company Lawyer.
• Brexit and the Capital Markets Union: thoughts on the European Commission's mid-term review. [editorial comments]
  
  Schammo, P. (2017). Brexit and the Capital Markets Union: thoughts on the European Commission’s mid-term review. [editorial comments] (pp. 105-106). The Company Lawyer.