Iwa Salami is a senior lecturer in commercial law and financial law and regulation at the School of Law and Social Sciences. Prior to joining UEL she was a research fellow and teaching assistant at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. She has previously worked in the UK and abroad including the Government Legal Service and the African Development Bank. She has published in the field of financial law and economic integration in emerging economies.

School Leader for Equality and Diversity

Member of School Management Team

• Central banking
• Financial law and regulation
• International banking
• Law reform in emerging economies
• International economic law and regulation
• Legal aspects of economic integration in emerging economies
• Law of the world trade organisation

• LLB
• LLM

Module leader for:

• LLB Commercial Law
• LLM Regulation of Financial Market
• LLM Law of International Finance

Modules

LLM

Regulation of Financial Markets

Law of International Finance

Law of the World Trade Organisaton

Books

Financial Regulation in Africa (Ashgate 2012). For more details see http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754679851

Articles

Salami, I (2012) ‘International Financial Standards and the Application of Basel III in Emerging and Frontier Markets’ Law and Financial Markets Review Volume 6, Issue 5: 336-342.

Salami, I. (2012) ‘Derivatives Markets in Africa – Legal and Regulatory Issues’ Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation Volume 27, Issue 10: 416 - 428.

Salami, I. (2011) ‘Legal and Institutional Challenges of Economic Integration in Africa’ European Law Journal Volume 17, Issue 5: 667-682.

Salami, I. (2011) ‘African Financial Markets – Going Global or Staying at Home?’ Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation Volume 26, Issue 11: 35 – 44.

Salami, I. (2011) ‘Financial Regulation in African Frontier Markets – Can the EU Approach Work?’ Law and Financial Markets Review Volume 5, Issue 5: 380-387.

Salami, I. (2010) ‘Private Equity Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Future Regulation’ Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation Volume 25, Issue 12:588 – 600.

Salami, I. (2010) ‘The Financial Crisis and a Regional Regulatory Perspective for Emerging economies in Africa’ in Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation Volume 25, Issue 3: 128 – 139.

Salami, I. (2009) ‘The Effect of the Financial Crisis on the Nigerian Capital Market: A Proper Regulatory Response’ Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation Volume 24, Issue 12: 612 – 618.

Salami, I. (2008) ‘Devising a Governance Structure for the African Union’ African Journal of International and Comparative Law, Volume 16, No 2: 262 -273.

Salami, I. (2008) ‘Banking Harmonisation in an African Context’, .Journal of Banking Regulation, Volume 9, No 3: 187–195.

Salami, I. (2008) ‘The Global Credit Crunch Impact on Emerging Economies’, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, Volume 34, No 4:201 -202.

Akinrinsola-Salami, I. ‘Legal and Institutional Framework  for Monetary Union in West Africa: The Nigerian Perspective (PhD Thesis, University of London, June 2006).

Akinrinsola, I. ‘Legal and Institutional Requirements for West African Economic Integration,’ Law and Business Review of the Americas, Vol. 10, No.3, 2004, pp.493 –514. (Special Symposium Issue of the Law and Business Review of the Americas on ‘Regional Integration: Comparative Experience’).

I. Akinrinsola, I. ‘Monetary Integration in West Africa’, Journal of International Banking Regulation, Vol. 5, No.1, 2003, pp.21 – 34.

Centre for Commercial Law Studies Report, ‘Legal Aspects of Depositor Protection Schemes: Comparative Perspective’ (Report presented at the International Seminar on Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Financial Stability Basel, Switzerland, 21 – 23 January 2002). A report produced by the International Financial Law Unit of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London.

• Member of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law
• Member of the Society for Legal Scholars (SLS)

Conference Papers

I Salami, ‘International Financial Standards - Do, Should and Must Emerging Markets Implement Them?’ Keynote speaker paper at the 2012 Annual Conference on ‘Global Financial Markets’ at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany, 22 June 2012.

I Salami, ‘Legal Perspectives on Capital Markets Integration in Africa’ Panel speaker at the American Bar Association Spring Meeting on the ‘Investing in Africa’ Panel at the Grand Hyatt, New York, 18 April 2012.

EU Financial Regulatory Framework: An Inspiration for Financial Regulation in Africa, Conference paper at Society for Legal Scholars (SLS) Annual Conference, Downing College, Cambridge University, 7 September 2011.

Financial Regulation in a Global Market: Moving beyond the State, Conference paper at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law Annual Conference, 10 June 2011

The Effects of Poor Financial Regulation on Equity Portfolio Investments in Second Generation Emerging Economies, Conference paper at Society for Legal Scholars (SLS) Annual Conference, University of Southampton, 16 September 2010.

Banking Regulation in West Africa, Conference paper at Central Banking Publication Conference at Kings College, Cambridge University, 5 August 2005.

Monetary Integration in West Africa, Conference paper at London Forum for Internal Economic Law and Development, Conference on the Legal Aspects of Economic Integration as a Panacea for Economic Development, University of London Senate House, 8 May 2003.

Iwa is keen to supervise research students in the field of international financial law and regulation.

Financial Regulation in Africa (Ashgate 2012)

http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754679851