Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez

Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez is an Assistant Professor of Law at Singapore Management University (SMU), where he teaches corporate governance, financial regulation, and comparative and international insolvency law. He is also the head of the research group on fintech at the SMU Centre for AI and Data Governance as well as co-organizer of the SMUCambridge Roundtable on Corporate Insolvency. Before joining SMU, he was a Fellow of the Program on Corporate Governance and a Fellow of the Program on International Financial Systems at Harvard Law School. He has taught or conducted research at several institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Asia, and Latin America, including Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, Columbia Law School, Stanford University, the University of Oxford, the University of Los Andes, the University of Sao Paulo, the University of Siena, and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Germany. Aurelio is also a director of the Ibero-American Institute for Law and Finance, a non-profit organization that seeks to promote the comparative and interdisciplinary study of law, economics and finance with the purpose of assisting regulators and policymakers to enhance the regulatory framework of business organizations and financial markets. He is a member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, the American Law and Economics Association, INSOL International, and the International Insolvency Institute´s NextGen Group. He is also an instructor of the Global Certificate Program for Securities Regulators jointly organized by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and Harvard Law School. Aurelio has been invited to present his academic work before various regulators, international organizations, and policy-makers, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Argentinian Securities Regulator (CNV), the Spanish Ministry of Economy, the Australian Department of the Treasury, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He has received several scholarships and awards, including the Talentia Fellowship to conduct his studies in law and finance at the University of Oxford, the Class Prize for Best Paper in Law and Economics at Stanford Law School, the Dean´s Teaching Excellence Award at Singapore Management University, and the Silver Medal in International Insolvency Studies given by the International Insolvency Institute. In 2016, he was named Rising Star of Corporate Governance by the Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School. His research interest lies in the intersection of law and finance, with particular emphasis on corporate governance, financial regulation, corporate finance and corporate insolvency law, and how legal and institutional reforms may promote entrepreneurship, innovation, access to finance and economic growth.

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

• Corporate insolvency law
• Business restructuring
• Corporate governance
• Capital markets and financial regulation
• Law and finance
• Fintech

Honours & Awards

• American Bankruptcy Institute’s 40 under 40 Award, 2021
• Master of Laws Teaching Award, SMU Yong Pung How School of Law, 2021
• Research grant for project on the use of litigation funding in insolvency proceedings, INSOL International and University of South Australia, 2021
• Lee Kong Chian Fellowship, Singapore Management University, 2021
• Research Grant, Ministry of Law, 2020
• Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, SMU School of Law, 2019
• Silver Medal in International Insolvency Studies, International Insolvency Institute, 2017
• Rising Star of Corporate Governance Award, Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership, Columbia University, 2016
• Cruz de San Raimundo de Peñafort (Medal of honor granted by the Spanish Ministry of Justice for contributions to the development of law in Spain), 2016
• Talentia Fellowship to pursue studies at the University of Oxford, Andalusian Government, 2013
• FPU Fellowship for Young Researchers, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, 2010-2014

Education

• JSM, Stanford University
• MSc in Law and Finance, University of Oxford
• PhD in Law, CEU San Pablo University
• Bachelor of Laws, University of Granada
• Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Granada