Ligia Arias-Barrera

About As an Independent Expert at the European Commission, the IMF, the IFC, and the UK parliament, I provide consultancy services on sustainable finance, carbon markets, and fintech in capital markets, leveraging my Ph.D. in Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law from the University of Warwick. I have over 10 years of experience in financial regulation, corporate finance, and financial law, with a focus on the OTC derivatives market and its regulatory reforms in the UK and the US. My mission is to contribute to the development and implementation of policies and strategies that foster financial stability, transparency, and sustainability in the global financial system. I have published several research articles and two books on the “Regulation and supervision of the OTC derivatives market” ( Routledge, 2018) and ‘The Law of ESG Derivatives: Risk, Uncertainty and Sustainable Finance ( Routledge, 2024), and I have presented my findings in prestigious academic and professional venues. I am also an Associate Professor at Externado de Colombia University, where I teach and mentor students on commercial law, and financial law. Additionally, I am the CEO of Financial Services Consulting LLP, a firm based in the UK and providing services in the UK and the EU. LLB and Postgraduate Degree (U. Externado de Colombia), LLM in Commercial and Corporate Law (Queen Mary, University of London) and Ph.D. in Law (U. of Warwick). My doctoral research was focused on deficiencies of the OTC derivatives market. I have been granted with several scholarships from Externado de Colombia University, COLFUTURO and Ecopetrol S.A. The central bank of Colombia sponsored my Ph.D. at the University of Warwick. lam a consultant on Central Clearing Services, Exchange and OTC markets, Legal Structure, Conflicts of Laws, CCPs-CMs agreements in Emerging Markets (Nigeria). I provide institutional consulting services on Post-Brexit regulatory reforms - (Bank of England). I've been assistant lecturer of the Financial Services Regulation Seminar at School of Law- University of Warwick and visiting lecturer of the Financial Derivatives module at CCLS - Queen Mary University of London. Several of my research articles are published in Canadian (BFLR), British (Financial Reg. International Warwick Law School Working Paper Series) and Colombian Law Journals. I published a chapter on "Multiple Strategies of Financial Regulation in the Colombian OTC Derivatives Market" book" Law and Policy in Latin America: Transforming Courts, Institutions and Rights" (Palgrave, 2017).