Nydia Remolina

Nydia Remolina is an Assistant Professor of Law at Singapore Management University. She is also the Finteck Track Lead and Head of Industry at the SMU Centre for AI and Data Governance. Nydia is also a Member of the Swiss Fintech Innovation Lab at the University of Zurich and a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Law & Society (CAILS) at GLA University (India). Her main areas of work and academic research include financial regulation, capital markets, banking law, fintech, digital ethics, AI governance, and the intersection of law and technology.

Before joining SMU, Nydia worked iin the financial services industry and law firms for around 10 years. Nydia has also acted as a Senior Advisor to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and she worked at Sullivan & Cromwell’s New York Office. She obtained a Master in the Science of Law (JSM) from Stanford University, has graduate studies in Economics, Finance and Computer Science and is completing her PhD in Law at the University of Zurich.

Nydia’s academic papers have been cited in internationally recognised magazines such as Forbes and featured on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, the Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog, the Oxford Business Law Blog, and the Machine Lawyering Blog of the Chinese University of Hong-Kong.

Education

• Ph.D. in Law, University of Zurich (candidate)
• J.S.M., Stanford University
• Bachelor of Laws, Pontifical Javeriana University

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

• Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, January 2022- Present

Previous Appointment:

• Research Associate, SMU Centre for AI and Data Governance, 2019-2021
• Adjunct Faculty, Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law, 2020-2021
• Legal Advisor for digital transformation, innovation and policy affairs, Bancolombia, 2017-2021
• Lecturer in Financial Regulation, University of Los Andes, 2017-2021
• Research Associate, Ibero-American Institute for Law and Finance, 2015-2017
• Lecturer in Banking Law and Financial Regulation, Pontifical Javeriana University, 2012–2021
• Foreign Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP – New York Office, 2016-2017
• Senior Advisor, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCDE), 2017
• Manager of Regulation and Policy Affairs, Bancolombia, 2011-2015
• Senior Lawyer - Treasury and Derivatives, Bancolombia, 2010-2011
• Associate, DLA Piper, 2010
• Lawyer of Legal and Enforcement, Self-Regulatory Organization of the Securities Markets, 2008-2009

Courses Taught in SMU

• Fintech Law
• Financial Regulation in Singapore, Hong Kong and Greater China

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

• Banking Law
• Capital Markets and Financial Regulation
• Fintech
• Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance
• Sustainable Finance
• Comparative Law
• Corporate Law and Finance

Honours & Awards

• Best Class Paper ‘Bitcoin. Regulatory flaws. An analysis based on Mt. Gox case,’ Stanford Policy and Economics class ‘The Future of Law and Finance,’ Stanford University, 2016
• Scholarship awardee, Stanford Program in International Legal Studies (SPILS) Fellow, 2015
• Scholarship Awardee, Foundation for the Future of Colombia – Colfuturo, 2015
• Best Paper, Architects of the Colombian Securities Market National Contest, Colombian Stock Exchange. Paper: Alternative Investment Market: assessment and proposals for its deepening from the perspective of small and medium enterprises, 2011
• Member of the honour roll of best GPA, Pontifical Javeriana University