Prof. Dr. Armin Kammel, LLM, MBA
Head of Department, Associate Professor of Comparative International Business Law
BUSN 4500 Ethical Issues in Business
INTL 2030 International Law
LEGL 2400 Introduction to Law
MNGT 2150 Business Ethics
MNGT 3320 Business Law International
FINC 6290 Corporate Financial Strategy
Prof. Dr. Armin Kammel, LLM (London), MBA (CLU) is Associate Professor of Comparative International Business Law and the inaugural Head of the Department of Law at Webster Vienna Private University. He has been pursuing a dual-track career in both academia and practice and currently serves aside his academic affiliations as Of Counsel with DLA Piper Austria and Managing Director of FS&R Excellence GmbH (in cooperation with DLA Piper Austria).
His research areas are interdisciplinary and cover both legal and economic/finance topics. In law, his primary research activities are in both international and comparative business law, banking law, financial regulation and securities law with a special focus on investment fund law. International economic law and corporate law are also part of his research agenda. In economics/finance, his primary research activities are covering financial markets, investment management, risk management, corporate finance and the economic analysis of law.
Kammel has authored more than 140 publications ranging from monographies and co-authored books to articles in academic journals and conference proceedings. He collaborates extensively with firms and institutions in various industries with a focus on financial market participants. Kammel is also a sworn and court-certified expert in the areas of credit, banks and exchanges (Allgemein beeideter und gerichtlich zertifizierter Sachverständiger).
In addition, he is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the interdisciplinary Research Perspectives series on “International Banking and Securities Law” with BRILL Publishing, Co-Editor of the commentaries on “BWG und CRR” (Austrian Banking Act and CRR), on “Bankensanierungs- und -abwicklungsgesetz (BaSAG)” (Austrian Bank Recovery and Resolution Act) and on “Immobilieninvestmentfondsgesetz (ImmoInvFG)” (Austrian Real Estate Investment Funds Act) with Verlag Manz, as well as Co-Editor of the book series on “Vertragsrecht | Vertragsgestaltung” (contract law | contract design) with facultas Verlag in Austria.
Kammel has roughly 20 years of experience in financial services regulatory advisory business and as executive in the financial services industry, having worked as Head of Legal and International Affairs with the Austrian Association of Investment Fund Management Companies (VÖIG) and having served on the Board of Directors of both the International Investment Funds Association (IIFA) and the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA). Kammel also served as Deputy Chairman of the IIFA until October 2020.
He has been Professor of Banking Law and Securities Regulation at Lauder Business School (LBS), Vienna, Austria and Ehrenprofessor (Honorary Professor), Faculty Member, as well as Program Coordinator (LLM/MLS in International Banking Law and Capital Markets) at Danube University Krems (DUK), Austria. Kammel also serves as the Executive Director of the Joseph von Sonnenfels Center at WVPU. Kammel holds an Adjunct Professorship at California Lutheran University (CLU) in the U.S., and has been a visiting professor at numerous prestigious institutions in Austria, Bulgaria, Israel, Switzerland, the U.K., Ukraine, the U.S. and Thailand.
Education
- California Lutheran University, MBA., 2013
- University of London, LL.M., 2008
- University of Graz, Dr. iur., 2004
- University of Graz, Mag. iur., 2002
Books
Grundriss des Devisenrechts (with Alfred Schramm) (forthcoming March 2026), Bank Verlag, Vienna, Austria, 2026, 2nd edition; ISBN 978-3-85136-119-3
Praxishandbuch ELTIF 2.0 (with Helmut Moritz & Christoph Urbanek) (March 2025); Verlag MANZ, Vienna, Austria, 2025; ISBN 978-3-214-25971-6
Einführung in das Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht (June 2024); Linde Verlag, Vienna, Austria; 3rd edition; ISBN 978-3-7073-4658-9
Praktischer Materialienband – Investmentfondsgesetz und AIFM-Rahmenwerk (with Robert Schredl) (March 2024); Finanzverlag, Vienna, Austria; 5th edition; ISBN 978-3-90-3285156
Rechtsökonomie der Verträge (with Wolfgang Weigel) (November 2021) in: A.J. Kammel/K. Koloseus (Ed.): „Reihe Vertragsrecht | Vertragsgestaltung“, 2nd edition, Facultas Verlag; ISBN 978-3-7089-2204-1
Wirtschaftsstandort Österreich – Perspektiven und Faktoroptimierungen (Editor with Barbara Kolm) (May 2021); Verlag Österreich; ISBN 978-3-7046-8710-4
Praxishandbuch Depotrecht (with Friedrich Jergitsch, Petra Palla & Christian Jöllinger) (June 2020); Finanzverlag, Vienna, Austria; 2nd edition; ISBN 978-3-9501931-8-3
Die Österreichische Schule der Nationalökonomie aus österreichischer Perspektive (Editor with Barbara Kolm) (December 2017); Metropolis Verlag, Marburg, Germany; ISBN 978-3-7316-1301-5
Praxishandbuch MiFID II – Das neue Wertpapierrecht (Co-Editor with Philipp Bohrn et. al) (February 2017); Finanzverlag, Vienna, Austria; ISBN 978-3-9503373-9-6
The Changing Landscape of Global Financial Governance and the Role of Soft Law (Co-Editor with Friedl Weiss) (June 2015); BRILL Martinus Nijhoff Publishers; ISBN 978-90-04-28031-1
Themes in Canadian Studies from an Austrian Perspective (Editor with Erhard Lick & Govind Rao) (July 2010); LIT Verlag, Vienna, Austria; ISBN 978-3-643-50157-8
Perspektiven des Österreichischen Investmentfondswesens (Co-Editor with Thomas Zibuschka) (June 2006); Bank Verlag, Vienna, Austria; ISBN 3-85136-080-X
The Law of International Banking Institutions - A Comparative Analysis (May 2005); Mille Tre Verlag, Vienna, Austria; ISBN 3-900198-06-3
Articles
Rechtsökonomische Gedanken zur EU-Finanzmarktregulierung in: Journal für Rechtspolitik (JRP) (forthcoming 2026)
Ein mögliches Provisionsverbot für Versicherungsmakler – konzeptionelle Überlegungen zu einer regulatorischen Mär in: Österreichisches Bankarchiv / ÖBA, 3/25, pp. 188-201
Ein Wagniskapitalfondsgesetz für Österreich – dringende Notwendigkeit oder Wagnis? (with Victoria Steidl) in: Österreichisches Bankarchiv / ÖBA, 7/23, pp. 492-499
Die Verwahrstelle im AIFM-Rahmenwerk – Gedanken zu Funktionalität und möglicher Neuausrichtung (with Victoria Steidl) in: Österreichisches Bankarchiv / ÖBA, 9/22, pp. 656-666
Zur möglichen Qualifikation von Mietenpools und Alternativen Investmentfonds nach AIFMG – eine konzeptionelle Ambivalenz (with Hannah Fadinger & Thomas Seeber) in: Österreichisches Bankarchiv / ÖBA, 4/21, pp. 255-261
The Complexity of Financial Regulation and a Quest for the Grail in: Amicus Curiae, Issue 110, Summer 2017 (July 2018), pp. 7-14