Profile
Dr Saad Alrayes
Lecturer in Law
Peter Lanyon Building A143
Particulars
Dr Saad Alrayes is a lecturer in law (Education and Research) with a robust interdisciplinary background that spreads across law, finance, and technology.
Prior to taking up the position of a lecturer at the University of Exeter, Dr Alrayes worked as a qualified lawyer in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. Dr Alrayes has a practical understanding of the law and extensive experience in the legal profession; he is the CEO of the Al-Dar Law Firm. In the course of his career, Dr Alrayes has worked in Kuwait, Qatar, and Dubai as an independent legal consultant and business analyst for more than 45 companies and capital market authorities. He contributed to the corporate restructuring of legal and financial aspects of many companies in the Middle East, with a particular focus on the consequences of the global financial crisis. This increased his ability to become a board member of various companies. He executed duties as an academic tutor at Queens University Belfast (QUB) and Oxford Academy and has formally been appointed as an Academic Fellow of the Commercial Law Centre at Harris Manchester College, the University of Oxford.
Over the years—as legal, finance, and technology research sparked his interest— Dr Alrayes applied the practical aspects of more than 15 years of experience as an independent legal consultant to the academic field. He writes about the complex field of corporate law and financial regulation in several leading Gulf newspapers. He was awarded a PhD from QUB, passing the viva without correction. His doctoral thesis was titled: ‘The Architecture of the Stock Market Accessibility and Operational Framework: What Can an Emerging Market Economy Learn from the ‘International Standards’ and the ‘Best Practice’ Models of the US and UK?’
External Fellowships
- Fellow of the Advance HE (The Higher Education Academy).
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Fellow of the Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL).
Higher Education Degrees
- PhD in Law: Achieved without corrections.
- LLM in International Trade and Commercial Law: Achieved with Distinction.
- LLB (Hons): First-Class Honours - Achieved with %84.38.
Research group links
Research interests
Dr Alrayes’s general work and research interests lie in the fields of the complexity of the law, finance and technology, corporate law, and financial regulations.
He pays particular interest in the following area of research and practice: Fintech, Regtech, Legtech, Cryptocurrencies, Law & Innovations, Venture Capital & Equity, Paytech, Tech-platform, Token Economy, Blockchain, Crowdfunding, Artificial Intelligence & Ethics, e-Commerce & Market Design, Financial Market Infrastructures, Big Data, Digital Finance, Smart Regulation, Smart Contract, Stock Market & Securities Law, Behavioural Finance & Financial Decision Making, Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance, Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises Law (SMEs), Sharing Economy, Entrepreneurs & Startups Regulations, Open Banking, Islamic Finance & Banking, Foreign Investor Policies, Investment Firms & Regulatory Compliance, Green Contracts & Financial Impacts, & all that are shaping up the future of alternative finance.
Prizes and Awards
- Awarded ‘Eureka Fellowship’ in Law, Finance and Technology with access to £474k research grants.
- Awarded the best external research paper prize at Fordham University School of Law Conference, New York, 2018 for Research Paper titled: ‘Converging Policies and Regulations: What an Emerging Market Economy Can Learn from the ‘Best Practice’ Models, the US and UK’.
Modules taught
- LAW2004C - Contract Law
- LAW3112C - Law and Technology
- LAW3194C - The Law of Corporate Finance
- LAW3195C - Corporate Law, Theory and Governance