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Armin Kammel

Of Counsel
About

Armin Kammel is Of Counsel with DLA Piper Austria, offering financial regulatory advisory services. He has roughly 20 years of experience in financial services regulatory business, among others 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). Armin served as Deputy Chairman of IIFA until October 2020. Moreover, Armin is a court-certified expert (Allgemein beeideter und gerichtich zertifizierter Sachverständiger) in the areas of credit, banks, and exchanges.

He is Professor (FH) of Banking Law and Securities Regulation at Lauder Business School (LBS), Vienna, Austria, Visiting Professor at Webster Vienna Private University (WVPU) 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. Armin also serves as the Executive Director of the Joseph von Sonnenfels Center for the Economic Analysis of Law. Moreover, he 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.

Languages
  • German
  • English
Education
  • California Lutheran University, MBA., 2013
  • University of London, LL.M., 2008
  • University of Graz, Dr. iur., 2004

Publications and media

Armin 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 as well as Co-Editor of a book series on “Vertragsrecht | Vertragsgestaltung” (contract law | contract design) with facultas Verlag in Austria. Armin is a well-published international author of more than 140 publications, including his textbook “Einführung in das Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht” with Linde Verlag on Austrian banking and capital markets law.

Additional Information

Armin is Managing Director of FS&R Excellence GmbH.

Additional Qualifications

  • Court-Certified Expert in the areas of credit, banks, and exchanges
  • Professor (FH) of Banking Law and Securities Regulation
  • Visiting Professor of Law