¿Christos V. Gortsos is Professor of Public Economic Law at the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He is also, inter alia, Vice-President of the Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs); Member of the European Parliament's expert group on banking resolution; President of the Academic Board of the European Banking Institute; Research Partner in the University Research Priority Program "Financial Regulation" of the University of Zürich; as well as Member and Academic Coordinator of the Committee on International Monetary Law of the International Law Association (MOCOMILA). With his interests revolving around international and EU monetary and financial law, financial market regulation, central banking law and institutional economics, Christos was granted the Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowship (2017-18) at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. During the current Academic Year (2022-23) he is Visiting Scholar at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zürich and Senior Fellow at the Collegium Helveticum in Zürich.

Extensively covers in a systematic and balanced way the theory of banking regulation and the significance of international banking law

Offers an overview of the theory of banking regulation, an analysis of international banking law, within the system of international financial law, and an analysis of the evolution and the main institutional aspects of European (EU) banking law

Showcases the evolution and the sources of EU banking law, as well an analysis of the law-making process and the institutional aspects of this branch of EU economic law

Part I: Theory Of Banking Regulation And International Financial Standards.- Chapter 1: The Case for Banking Regulation.- Chapter 2: Key Aspects of Public International Financial Law - International Financial Standards.- Chapter 3: Key Institutional Aspects of the International Financial Architecture and an Interim Assessment.- Part II: European Banking Regulation (Law): Definition, Evolution And Sources.- Chapter 4: Definition and Evolution up to the Creation of the Banking Union.- Chapter 5: Developments after the Establishment of the Banking Union.- Chapter 6: The Legislative Acts which constitute the Sources of EU Banking Law.- Part III: European Banking Regulation (Law): Key Institutional Elements.- Chapter 7: The European Banking Authority (EBA) and its (Significant) Role in the Law-Making Process.- Chapter 8: The Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM).- Chapter 9: The Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM)