Staff profile

Affiliations

• Associate Professor of Financial Law at Durham Law School
• Director for International Development
• Invited Professor at Católica Lisbon School of Law

Clara Martins Pereira is Associate Professor of Financial Law and Director for International Development at Durham Law School, and Invited Professor at Católica Lisbon School of Law. Her research lies at the intersection of financial law and regulation, technological innovation, and sustainable development.

In particular, she is interested in examining how law and legal institutions can be used to address the changes experienced by financial systems in a world of technological disruption and growing inequality. She also maintains a strong interest in company law, tort law, and contract law.

Clara holds a DPhil, an MPhil, and a Magister Juris from the University of Oxford, as well as an MSc in Law and Business and an LLB in Law from Católica Lisbon School of Law. Before moving to Durham, Clara was Lecturer in Financial Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law (King’s College London), Stipendiary Lecturer in Tort Law at St. Catherine’s College (University of Oxford), and Departmental Lecturer and Tutor in Company Law at Oxford Law School. During her DPhil, she was Tutor in Company Law, Tort Law, and Contract Law at various Oxford colleges, as well as Guest Teacher in International Financial Law and Law of Business Associations at the London School of Economics.

Clara was also a Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School, Sapienza Università di Roma, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, Facultat de Dret de la Universitat de Barcelona, Tashkent State University of Law, Mackenzie University, São Paulo, and REW University of Graz. Before entering academia, she worked as a Capital Markets lawyer at Portuguese law firm PLMJ. In addition to her academic work, Clara has been working as a consultant for various international organisations including the World Bank and ICF.

Email

clara.martins-pereira@durham.ac.uk

Room number

Palatine Centre, room 128 (provisionally 220)

• Financial Regulation
• Financial Law
• Law and Financial Technology (FinTech)
• Law and Sustainable Finance
• Corporate Finance Law
• Company Law
• Tort Law
• Contract Law

Authored book

• A Regulação do Crowdfunding de Capital no Ordenamento Jurídico Português
  
  Martins Pereira, C. (2019). A Regulação do Crowdfunding de Capital no Ordenamento Jurídico Português. UCE.

Chapter in book

• A Proteção de Direitos Fundamentais no Regulamento Europeu da Inteligência Artificial
  
  Martins Pereira, C. (in press). A Proteção de Direitos Fundamentais no Regulamento Europeu da Inteligência Artificial.
• The European Union’s Approach to Artificial Intelligence and the Challenge of Systemic Risk
  
  Keller, A., Martins Pereira, C., & Lucas Pires, M. (2023). The European Union’s Approach to Artificial Intelligence and the Challenge of Systemic Risk. In H. Sousa Antunes, P. M. Freitas, A. L. Oliveira, C. Martins Pereira, E. Vaz Sequeira, & L. Barreto Xavier (Eds.), Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence and the Law (pp. 415-439). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41264-6_22
• The Future of the UK IPO
  
  Payne, J., & Martins Pereira, C. (2023). The Future of the UK IPO. In I. Chiu & I. MacNeil (Eds.), Research Handbook on Global Capital Markets Law. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Residência e Ausência – Anotação aos Artigos 82.º a 121.º do Código Civil
  
  Martins Pereira, C. (2014). Residência e Ausência – Anotação aos Artigos 82.º a 121.º do Código Civil. In C. Fernandes & B. Proença (Eds.), Comentário ao Código Civil – Parte Geral. UCE.
• The Uncertain Path Towards Open Finance: Mutual Lessons from the United Kingdom and European Union Regulatory Approaches
  
  Martins Pereira, C. (n.d.). The Uncertain Path Towards Open Finance: Mutual Lessons from the United Kingdom and European Union Regulatory Approaches. In A Research Agenda for Financial Law and Regulation [Contracted by publisher]. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Edited book

• Artificial Intelligence, Law and Beyond
  
  Sousa Antunes, H., Freitas, P. M., Oliveira, A. L., Martins Pereira, C., Vaz Sequeira, E., & Barreto Xavier, L. (Eds.). (n.d.). Artificial Intelligence, Law and Beyond [Proposed to publisher]. Springer Verlag.

Journal Article

• European Human Rights Law for a Digital Economy: a Right to Financial Inclusion?
  
  Martins Pereira, C., & Lima, D. (2024). European Human Rights Law for a Digital Economy: a Right to Financial Inclusion?. Mackenzie Law Review, 3(18), Article e17517EN. https://doi.org/10.5935/2317-2622/direitomackenzie.v18n317517EN
• O sistema financeiro como laboratório da Inteligência Artificial
  
  Martins Pereira, C. (2024). O sistema financeiro como laboratório da Inteligência Artificial. Diurna, 4(XIV).
• The Digital Tokenisation of Non-financial Assets: Challenges to English Private Law
  
  Martins Pereira, C. (2023). The Digital Tokenisation of Non-financial Assets: Challenges to English Private Law. Católica Law Review, 7(2), 9-46. https://doi.org/10.34632/catolicalawreview.2023.13176
• Unregulated Algorithmic Trading: Testing the Boundaries of the European Union Algorithmic Trading Regime
  
  Martins Pereira, C. (2020). Unregulated Algorithmic Trading: Testing the Boundaries of the European Union Algorithmic Trading Regime. Journal of Financial Regulation, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/jfr/fjaa008
• Reviewing the literature on behavioural economics
  
  Martins Pereira, C. (2016). Reviewing the literature on behavioural economics. Capital Markets Law Journal, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/cmlj/kmw013

Other (Print)

• The Future of the UK IPO
  
  Martins Pereira, C., & Payne, J. (2022). The Future of the UK IPO [Oxford Business Law Blog]. Oxford Business Law Blog. Oxford Law Faculty.

Report

• How Insolvency & Creditor/Debtor Regimes Can Help Address Nonperforming Loans
  
  Meneses, A., Muro, S., & Martins Pereira, C. (2021). How Insolvency & Creditor/Debtor Regimes Can Help Address Nonperforming Loans.