Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez is Professor of Law at the Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law. His research lies at the intersection of law and finance, with particular emphasis on corporate governance, capital markets, financial regulation and corporate insolvency law, and how legal and institutional reforms may promote entrepreneurship, innovation, access to finance and economic growth. He is the Head of the Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative and a Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute. He also serves as the president of the Ibero-American Institute for Law and Finance and as an External Advisory Expert for the World Bank’s Business Ready project. He has held visiting positions at several institutions, including Harvard Law School, University of Cambridge, University of Chicago, Reichman University, University of Los Andes, University of Melbourne and University of Tokyo. His academic work has been cited by courts, regulators and international organizations, including the World Bank, OECD, UK Insolvency Service, Singapore Court of Appeal, and the U.S. Congressional Research Service. In 2024, he was named Cross-Border Insolvency Academic of the Year by Global Restructuring Review.
Qualifications
- 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
Courses Taught in SMU
- Comparative Corporate Governance
- International and Comparative Insolvency Law
- The Law and Finance of Corporate Transactions
- Securities and Financial Regulation
- Company Law
Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation
- Corporate insolvency law
- Business restructuring
- Corporate governance
- Capital markets and financial regulation
- Law and finance
- Fintech
