Andrew Campbell is a Scottish academic, solicitor, writer and editor specialising in the fields of international banking and finance law. He currently is a professor of international banking and finance law at the

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, England. He regularly acts as Consulting Counsel for the

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, Washington D.C. In 2007 Campbell became a member of the advisory panel of the

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. Campbell is the older brother of

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, the Labour MP for North Ayrshire and Arran.

Biography

Campbell was born in

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, Scotland, and has lived in several countries including Canada and the US. He currently resides in

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, Wales with his wife with whom he has two daughters, Marianne and Elise.

Career

Campbell graduated with an LLB from the then

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in 1988. From there he qualified as a solicitor before becoming an academic in 1991, starting at the then

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. In the 90s Campbell began making a name for himself in the field of International Banking Law and Finance which led to his becoming Consulting Counsel to the IMF in 2000. In 2004 Campbell moved to the

, becoming a Professor in 2010. In 2021, Campbell returned to Aberystwyth University as a Professor and lecturer in law. Campbell's scholarly and research interests include bank insolvency, protecting bank depositors, bank regulation, Islamic banking and money laundering. Campbell has been contacted by the media to comment on various issues. He has appeared regularly on

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as well as having given many interviews to national newspapers, such as

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and the

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,http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/independence-part-3-could-an-independent-scotland-survive-in-the-global-economy.16564567 'Could an Independent Scotland Survive in the Global Economy?' Tom Gordon, Sunday Herald, 29/1/12 in Scotland and England.

Books

*Campbell, Andrew, and Peter Cartwright.'' Banks in Crisis: The Legal Response''. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate, 2002. *Campbell, Andrew et al. ''Butterworths Annotated Guide to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000'' (Second Edition, London: LexisNexis, 2005). *Campbell, Andrew et al. ''Deposit Insurance'' (Palgrave MacMillan, 2007). *Campbell, Andrew, and Peter Cartwright.'' Routledge Revivals - Banks in Crisis: The Legal Response''. (Routledge, 2017)

References

External links

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Official page at Leeds
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