Eva Hupkes
Professional experience
Professional qualifications and education
Other professional activities
| 1999- present | Head of Regulation, Swiss Federal Banking Commission (SFBC), Legal Department, Berne, Switzerland. Responsible for a range of regulatory projects within the ambit of the SFBC and for regulatory cooperation with other authorities, both national and international |
| 2003 -present | Consultant, International Monetary Fund. Advises on a broad spectrum of bank regulatory matters, such as revision of banking legislation and anti-money laundering. |
| 1997 - 1999 | Legal Consultant, International Monetary Fund, Legal Department. Worked on a range of legal matters for IMF Member States in the fields of banking regulation and central banking law. |
| 1993 - 1995 | University of Geneva, Faculty of Law, Geneva, Switzerland, Research and teaching fellow in Roman Law and Comparative Civil Law. |
Professional qualifications and education
| 1999 | Doctorate in Law magna cum laude, University of Berne. Prof. Walther Hug-Preis", award for the best doctoral dissertation in a particular legal research field during the academic year 1998/99. |
| 1997 | Member of the New York Bar |
| 1996 | Master of Laws with distinction, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. (focus on international trade and financial transactions) "CALI Excellence for the Future Award". |
| 1995 | Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures en Relations Internationales (Master in International Relations with focus on public international law) Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva. |
| 1993 | Licence en droit (J.D. equivalent), University of Geneva, following two years of undergraduate legal studies in Germany (University of Passau). |
Other professional activities
Publishes regularly on financial law and speaks frequently at international conferences and at academic and professional institutions, including the University of Zurich, the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, the Financial Stability Institute and the Joint Vienna Institute.
Serves as Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of International Banking Regulation.
Publications
The Legal Aspects of International Bank Insolvency: Responding to Financial Distress in a World of Global Finance and National Sovereignty, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, forthcoming 2006.
Resolving insolvent banks- an international legal perspective, in Chinese translated by Prof. Ji Ligang, Fudan University, Shanghai: China Press, forthcoming 2006.
"Supervising international banks: Swiss Regulatory Practice", in: Working Together: Improving Regulatory Cooperation and Information Exchange, Richard Pratt, ed., International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Basler Kommentar zum Bundesgesetz über die Banken und Sparkassen, Vorbemerkungen zum 11. bis 13. Abschnitt, Art. 29-31, Basel: Helbing & Lichtenhahn, 2005 (interpretation of Swiss banking law provisions on the reorganisation and liquidation of banks and depositor protection).
"The External Auditor and the Bank Supervisor: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson?", Journal of Banking Regulation, Vol. 7/1, 2005.
"Regulatory accountability: dos and don'ts", with Marc Quintyn and Michael Taylor, The Financial Regulator, Vol. 10, 2005.
"Insolvency - What is different about banks?" and "Cross-border Complexities in Resolving Bank Insolvencies", both in: Proceedings of the Insolvency Symposium held in Geneva in September 2004, Henry Peter and Nicolas Jeandin (eds.), Geneva, 2005.
"Too big to save" -- towards a functional approach to resolving crises in global financial institutions," in: Systemic Financial Crisis: Resolving Large Bank Insolvencies, Douglas Evanoff and George Kaufman (eds.), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, 2005.
"The accountability of financial sector supervisors: Principles and practice", with Marc Quintyn and Michael Taylor, IMF Working Paper No. 05/51, 2005, European Business Law Review, 16:6, 2005.
"Banking Regulation in Switzerland", in: Regulation of Foreign Banks: Banking Laws of Major Countries and the European Union, 4th ed., Michael Gruson and Ralph Reisner (eds.), LexisNexis Group, 2005.
"Insolvency - why a special regime for banks?", in: Current Developments in Monetary and Financial Law, Vol. 3, International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., 2005.
"Protect functions, not institutions", The Financial Regulator, Vol. 9, 2004.
"Die Finanzsektorevaluation des Internationalen Währungsfonds: Was sagt der IWF zum Finanzplatz Schweiz?", in: Aktuelle Rechtsprobleme des Finanz- und Börsenplatzes Schweiz, Peter Nobel (ed.), Berne: Stämpfli, 2004.
"Learning lessons and implementing a new approach - bank insolvency resolution in Switzerland", in: Who will pay for bank insolvency?, David Mayes et. al (eds.), New York: Palgrave, 2003.
"Neue Aufgaben für die Bankenaufsicht - die Bankenkommission als Konkursbehörde", Zeitschrift Insolvenz- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Vol. 4, 2002 and Vol. 1, 2003.
"Keeping dirty money and terrorist funds away - the new Anti-Money-Laundering Regulation of the Swiss Federal Banking Commission", Journal of International Financial Regulation and Compliance, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2002.
"Dealing with Distressed Banks - some insights from Switzerland", Journal of International Banking Law, Vol. 17, No. 6, 2002.
The Legal Aspects of Bank Insolvency, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2000.
"Public Procurement in Central and Eastern Europe", Public Procurement Law Review, Vol. 2, 1997.
Serves as Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of International Banking Regulation.
Publications
The Legal Aspects of International Bank Insolvency: Responding to Financial Distress in a World of Global Finance and National Sovereignty, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, forthcoming 2006.
Resolving insolvent banks- an international legal perspective, in Chinese translated by Prof. Ji Ligang, Fudan University, Shanghai: China Press, forthcoming 2006.
"Supervising international banks: Swiss Regulatory Practice", in: Working Together: Improving Regulatory Cooperation and Information Exchange, Richard Pratt, ed., International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Basler Kommentar zum Bundesgesetz über die Banken und Sparkassen, Vorbemerkungen zum 11. bis 13. Abschnitt, Art. 29-31, Basel: Helbing & Lichtenhahn, 2005 (interpretation of Swiss banking law provisions on the reorganisation and liquidation of banks and depositor protection).
"The External Auditor and the Bank Supervisor: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson?", Journal of Banking Regulation, Vol. 7/1, 2005.
"Regulatory accountability: dos and don'ts", with Marc Quintyn and Michael Taylor, The Financial Regulator, Vol. 10, 2005.
"Insolvency - What is different about banks?" and "Cross-border Complexities in Resolving Bank Insolvencies", both in: Proceedings of the Insolvency Symposium held in Geneva in September 2004, Henry Peter and Nicolas Jeandin (eds.), Geneva, 2005.
"Too big to save" -- towards a functional approach to resolving crises in global financial institutions," in: Systemic Financial Crisis: Resolving Large Bank Insolvencies, Douglas Evanoff and George Kaufman (eds.), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, 2005.
"The accountability of financial sector supervisors: Principles and practice", with Marc Quintyn and Michael Taylor, IMF Working Paper No. 05/51, 2005, European Business Law Review, 16:6, 2005.
"Banking Regulation in Switzerland", in: Regulation of Foreign Banks: Banking Laws of Major Countries and the European Union, 4th ed., Michael Gruson and Ralph Reisner (eds.), LexisNexis Group, 2005.
"Insolvency - why a special regime for banks?", in: Current Developments in Monetary and Financial Law, Vol. 3, International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., 2005.
"Protect functions, not institutions", The Financial Regulator, Vol. 9, 2004.
"Die Finanzsektorevaluation des Internationalen Währungsfonds: Was sagt der IWF zum Finanzplatz Schweiz?", in: Aktuelle Rechtsprobleme des Finanz- und Börsenplatzes Schweiz, Peter Nobel (ed.), Berne: Stämpfli, 2004.
"Learning lessons and implementing a new approach - bank insolvency resolution in Switzerland", in: Who will pay for bank insolvency?, David Mayes et. al (eds.), New York: Palgrave, 2003.
"Neue Aufgaben für die Bankenaufsicht - die Bankenkommission als Konkursbehörde", Zeitschrift Insolvenz- und Wirtschaftsrecht, Vol. 4, 2002 and Vol. 1, 2003.
"Keeping dirty money and terrorist funds away - the new Anti-Money-Laundering Regulation of the Swiss Federal Banking Commission", Journal of International Financial Regulation and Compliance, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2002.
"Dealing with Distressed Banks - some insights from Switzerland", Journal of International Banking Law, Vol. 17, No. 6, 2002.
The Legal Aspects of Bank Insolvency, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2000.
"Public Procurement in Central and Eastern Europe", Public Procurement Law Review, Vol. 2, 1997.