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Dr. Felix Mezzanotte

Dr. Felix Mezzanotte

Assistant Professor, Law

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Biography

Félix teaches courses in financial services law, legal aspects of sustainable finance and insolvency law. He acts as Director of the MSc in Law and Finance Programme jointly managed by our school and Trinity Business School. His most recent research has addressed problems in the field of law, sustainability and finance including issues of investor protection, sustainability/related information disclosure and compliance. His work has been published in highly-regarded law journals including the Capital Markets Law Journal, European Law Journal, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, Review of Banking & Financial Law, and the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, among others. Prior to Trinity, Félix taught law at the Faculty of Business of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for almost a decade and he was awarded the "Faculty of Business Award for Outstanding Teaching". In the past, Félix worked as policy advisor for the World Bank in Washington DC in the areas of pension, access to credit and property rights and as a research associate at the Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK). As visiting scholar, he completed research projects at Columbia Law School (Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment), Melbourne Law School, and Koguan Law School (Center for Competition Law and Policy), Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Félix earned his undergraduate law degree in Buenos Aires (UNMDP) and graduate degrees in the United Kingdom at the University of East Anglia, University of London (SOAS) and the University of Warwick. PhD/Doctoral Candidates: Candidates considering or planning undertaking doctoral studies in law are strongly encouraged to contact Felix directly: felix.mezzanotte@tcd.ie. He is particularly keen to supervise students interested in legal problems related to sustainability in companies and financial markets such us greenwashing, non-financial information disclosure, duties of investment advisers and managers in a sustainable finance context, investor protection, regulatory compliance, enforcement issues in sustainable finance, among other topics. Drafts of the publications cited below are available in the SSRN website and in research gate at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Felix_Mezzanotte.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Felix E Mezzanotte, "Crypto-Assets and Securities Regulation: Recent Developments and Trends", Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 34, (8), 2019, p564 - 567Journal Article, 2019
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Comments on Argentina's New Leniency Program, Hofstra Journal of International Business & Law, 18, (2), 2019, p163 - 184Journal Article, 2019
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Suitable Investment Advice in Hong Kong: Restrictions on Contractual Disclaimers, Capital Markets Law Journal, 13, (4), 2018, p600 - 618Journal Article, 2018, URL
  • Felix E Mezzanotte and Simon Fung, Do Institutional Owners Monitor? Evidence from Voting on Connected Transaction Proposals in Hong Kong-Listed Companies, Michigan Business and Entrepreneurship Law Review, 7, (2), 2018, p221 - 257Journal Article, 2018
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, The EU Policy on Sustainable Finance: A Discussion on the Design of ESG-Fit Suitability Requirements, Review of Banking & Financial Law, 40, 2020, p249 - 313Journal Article, 2020, URL
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, An Examination into the Investor Protection Properties of Robo-Advisory Services in Switzerland, Capital Markets Law Journal, 15, (4), 2020, p489 - 508Journal Article, 2020, URL
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Do (Underperforming) Students Benefit from a Flipped Lecture? Evidence from Business Students Studying Company Law, Legal Education Review, 28, (1), 2018Journal Article, 2018, URL
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, The Unconvincing Rise of the Statutory Derivative Action in Hong Kong: Evidence from its first Ten Years of Enforcement, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, 17, (2), 2017, p469 - 496Journal Article, 2017, URL
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Use of 'Reading Quizzes' to Foster Learning: Evidence from Teaching Company Law in Business Programmes', The Law Teacher, 51, (3), 2017, p349 - 363Journal Article, 2017
  • Felix E Mezzanotte and Liyang Hou, The Role of Presumptions of Market Dominance in Civil Litigation in China, Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, 3, (suppl 1), 2015Journal Article, 2015
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Notices, Enforcement and the Making of the Hong Kong Competition Ordinance, China-EU Law Journal, 4, (2), 2015, p201 - 222Journal Article, 2015
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Presumptions of Market Dominance and Oligopoly in Europe and China: A Comparison, World Competition, 36, (2), 2013, p313 - 338Journal Article, 2013
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, EU Anti-Collusion Toolkit: Limits of a Policy that Combats the Facilitation of Collusion, European Law Journal, 17, (4), 2011, p495 - 512Journal Article, 2011
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Government Misuse of Competition Laws: Discussing the Telecom Italia Case in Argentina, Law & Business Reviews of the Americas, 2011, p181 - 193Journal Article, 2011
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Using Abuse of Collective Dominance in Article 102 TFEU to Fight Tacit Collusion: the problem of Proof and Inferential Error, World Competition, 33, (1), 2010, p77 - 102Journal Article, 2010, URL
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Interpreting the Boundaries of Collective Dominance in Article 102 TFEU, European Business Law Review, 21, 2010, p519 - 537Journal Article, 2010, URL
  • Interpreting the Boundaries of Collective Dominance in Article 102 TFEU [Reprint] in, editor(s)Greaves, R. , The Library of Essays on Antitrust and Competition Law, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2013, pp255 - 273, [Felix E Mezzanotte]Book Chapter, 2013
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Tacit Collusion as Economic Links in Article 82 EC. Revisited., European Competition Law Review, 30, (3), 2009, p136 - 141Journal Article, 2009
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Direct Versus Indirect Proof of the Airtours Criterion in Impala, World Competition, 31, (4), 2008, p523 - 540Journal Article, 2008
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Comentarios Sobre el Caso Telecom, LA LEY, 2010Journal Article, 2010
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Es La Collusión Tácita Ilegal? El caso Sony/BMG, LA LEY, 2009Journal Article, 2009
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Securitización y la Protección de los Acreedores del Originador, LA LEY, 2006Journal Article, 2006
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Accountability in EU Sustainable Finance: Linking the Client's Sustainability Preferences and the MiFID II Suitability Obligation, Capital Markets Law Journal, (4), 2021, p1-21Journal Article, 2021, URL
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Recent Law Reforms in EU Sustainable Finance: Regulating Sustainability Risk and Sustainable Investments, American University Business Law Review, 11, (2), 2022, p216 - 276Journal Article, 2022, URL
  • Blanaid Clarke and Felix E Mezzanotte, Sustainable Finance in Ireland, Sustainable Finance in European Jurisdictions, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Ferenc Madl Institute of Comparative Law, Budapest, 2022Conference Paper, 2022
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Do Institutional Owners Monitor? Evidence from Voting on Connected Transactions in Hong Kong-listed Companies, Corporate Law Teachers Association (CLTA) Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 2017Conference Paper, 2017
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, The Unconvincing Rise of the Statutory Derivative Action in Hong Kong: Evidence from its first Ten Years of Enforcement, European-China Law Studies Association (ECLS) 2016 Annual Conference, Rome, 21-24 September, 2016Conference Paper, 2016
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Notices, Enforcement and the Making of the Hong Kong Competition Ordinance, European-China Law Studies Association (ECLS) 2014 Annual Conference, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China , November 15th-16th, 2014Conference Paper, 2014
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Understanding the Implications of the Infringement and Warning Notices in the Hong Kong Competition Ordinance: Some Evidence from the Lawmaking Process, Annual Asian Competition Forum Conference (9th), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, December 8th-10th, 2013Conference Paper, 2013
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Proof of Market Dominance and Presumptions in China: Insights and Questions, Annual Asian Competition Forum Conference (8th), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, December 11th-12th, 2012Conference Paper, 2012
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, EU Sustainable Finance: Complex Rules and Compliance Problems, Review of Banking & Financial Law, 42, (2), 2023, p845 - 896Journal Article, 2023, URL
  • Felix E Mezzanotte (with Alexandros Seretakis), Blockchain and Corporate Sustainability Reporting, European Company Law, 20, (5), 2023, p97 - 102Journal Article, 2023
  • Sustainable Finance: Country Report Ireland (forthcoming) in, editor(s)Jens Ekkenga and Martin Winner , Sustainable Finance in the EU, Tubingen, Germany, Mohr Siebeck, 2024, pp106 - 129, [Blanaid Clarke(with Felix E Mezzanotte)]Book Chapter, 2024
  • Félix E Mezzanotte, Corporate Sustainability Reporting: Double Materiality, Impacts and Legal Risk, Journal of Corporate Law Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14735970.2024.2319058, 2024Journal Article, 2024, URL
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Examining the Reasons for Impact Materiality in EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting, European Business Law Review, 35, (7), 2024, p925 - 946Journal Article, 2024, URL
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, 'Robo-Advisers and Investor Protection: A View from Switzerland' / Research Note / University of Oxford (Business Law Blog), 2021, -Miscellaneous, URL
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, "Regulating Sustainability Risk and Sustainable Investments in Europe" / Research Note / The FinReg Blog, Global Financial Markets Center, Duke University School of Law, American University Business Law Review, 11, (2), 2022, 216 - 276Miscellaneous
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, The Monitoring Role of Institutional Owners: Evidence from Shareholders' Voting on Connected Transaction Proposals in Hong Kong, Melbourne Law School, Australia, October 15th, 2015, Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation (CCLSR) and Asian Law CentreInvited Talk
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Notices, Enforcement and the Making of the Hong Kong Competition Ordinance, Hong Kong Competition Commission, Hong Kong, China, July, 2014Invited Talk
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Tips and suggestions in Using Blackboard for Teaching & Learning: Pre-Unit Quizzes and Case Study, AF Teaching and Learning Workshop, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, October 31st, 2014Invited Talk
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Class Participation, Workshop, School of Accounting and Finance, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, March, 2013Invited Talk
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Presumptions of Market Dominance in Article 19 AML: Problems and Limits from the Perspective of Evidence and Law Enforcement, International Symposium on the Frontier of Antimonopoly Law Enforcement, Hangzhou, China, August 13th-15th, 2012Conference Paper
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Article 19 AML's Presumptions of Dominance and Oligopoly: Some Insights, International Seminar: Asian Competition Law and Economics Centre (ACLEC), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, December 3rd, 2011Conference Paper
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Using Article 9 Decisions to Fight Tacit Collusion: A Viable Tool for the Commission?, Workshop, ESRC Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia (UEA), United Kingdom, June, 2009Invited Talk
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, The Downsides of Using Article 9 Decisions to Resolve Concerns of Tacit Collusion, Workshop, Tilburg Law and Economics Centre, Tilburg University, Netherlands, May, 2009Invited Talk
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, The Flipped Classroom, Roundtable Teaching and Learning: MOOCs and the Flipped Classroom (EDC), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, January 27th, 2015Invited Talk
  • Trinity Law School (Technologies, Law and Society Research Group), International Symposium 'Governing Artificial Intelligence: Designing Legal and Regulatory Responses', June 3rd, 2022, Trinity College Dublin (Panel Chair)Meetings /Conferences Organised
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, EU Sustainable Finance: Complex Rules and Compliance Problems / Research Note / Oxford Business Blog, 2023, -Miscellaneous, URL
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Double Materiality in Corporate Sustainability Reporting, Comparative Takeovers and Securities Law, McCann Fitzgerald LLP, 2023Conference Paper
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Rule Complexity and NonCompliance: A Discussion on Sustainable Finance Rules and their Compliance Burdens, Trinity Law School Seminar Series, Dublin, 2022Invited Talk
  • Felix E Mezzanotte (with Alexandros Seretakis), Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Blockchain / Research Note / Duke University - The FinReg Blog, 2024, -Miscellaneous
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Examining the Reasons for Impact Materiality in EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting, Trinity Law School Seminar Series, 2023Invited Talk
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Blockchain, Trinity Law School Seminar Series, Dublin, 2023Invited Talk
  • Felix E Mezzanotte, Corporate Sustainability Reporting: Double Materiality as Innovation, Rethinking Company Law, Newcastle University, United Kingdom, March 2024, 2024Conference Paper

Research Expertise

I investigate the role of law in promoting sustainable financial markets and companies. With the European Green Deal and EU sustainable finance providing the policy context, my research enquires into the design, workings and compliance with recently created legal rules aimed at integrating sustainability preferences and performance in the decision-making process of investors and companies. Focussing on key problems of investor protection, information disclosure and regulatory enforcement strategies, my research is driven by the premise that a sound integration of sustainability factors in decision making renders the conduct of financial actors and companies more accountable towards the environment and society. More broadly, my research record includes publications in the field of competition law, company law and governance, financial law, and legal education.

  • Title
    Teaching Company Law to Students of Accounting and Finance: Enhancing the Students' Learning Experience and Outcomes
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    University Grants Committee - Hong Kong
  • Title
    Will China Defeat Oligolopy? An Analysis of the Presumptions of Market Dominance in Article 19 of China's Antimonopoly Law
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    School of Accounting and Finance / Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Title
    Sustainable Finance in Ireland: Integrating Social Objectives in Investment Decisions
    Summary
    This project investigated the legal constraints influencing the development of sustainable investment markets and products by Asset Management Firms (AMFs) in Ireland. To this end, the project aimed to explain the role of those AMFs in sustainable finance in Ireland and to identify and examine compliance problems and other legal constraints.
    Funding Agency
    Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund, FAHSS, Trinity College Dublin
    Date From
    01 April 2021
    Date To
    19 July 2023
  • Title
    The Statutory Derivative Action in Hong Kong: Has It Increased Shareholder Protection? An Empirical Study
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Rearch Grants Council - Hong Kong
  • Title
    Understanding the Effects of Presumptions of Market Dominance on the Enforcement of Article 17 of China's Antimonopoly Law: A Three-Dimensional Approach
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Title
    An Examination Into the Effectiveness of the 'First Conduct Rule' in the HK Competition Bill from the Perspective of Deterrence of Collusive Behavior
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Title
    Comparing the Traditional Lecture With the Flipped Class in AF3507 Company Law
    Summary
    Funding Agency
    Faculty of Business/ Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Banking, finance and securities law, Legal institutions (incl. courts and justice systems), European Union law, Corporations and associations law,

Recognition

  • External Trinity Consulting 2021