
Agnes N. Williams Research Professor; Faculty Director, Institute of International Economic Law; Professor of Law
Chris Brummer
A.B., Washington University in St. Louis; J.D., Columbia; Ph.D., University of Chicago
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Chris Brummer is a Georgetown law professor and author. He also lectures widely on financial inclusion and equity, financial regulation and global governance. His views regularly inform a wide array of conversations, from diversity in regulatory agencies and corporate boards to cutting edge issues in financial technology and international regulatory and monetary diplomacy. His work has been featured in The New York Times, CNN, Marketwatch, Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Yahoo Money, Roll Call, Cointelegraph, and Coin Desk, among others.
Chris started his career at Cravath Swaine and Moore LLP, and now serves as the Faculty Director of the Institute of International Economic Law. For more than a decade, he has lent his expertise to industry leaders, nonprofits and policymakers, and offered his insights as to how firms and governments can best understand and react to new developments and challenges in the financial system.
Aside from working as a professor and spearheading multiple initiatives related to financial regulation, he also served as both a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Subcommittee on Virtual Currencies and the Consultative Working Group for the European Securities and Markets Authority’s Financial Innovation Standing Committee. Chris also concluded a three-year term as a member of the National Adjudicatory Council of FINRA.
Chris served most recently as a member of the Biden-Harris Transition team, assisting in leading work streams relating to financial technology, racial equity and systemic risk for the Treasury ART.
Chris holds multiple degrees, including a J.D. with honors from Columbia Law School and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is also the author or editor of several books, including Soft Law and the Global Financial System, Minilateralism, Cryptoassets: Legal, Regulatory and Monetary Perspectives, and Fintech Law in a Nutshell.
Chris is the host of CQ Roll Call’s Fintech Beat podcast, and founder of Washington DC’s Fintech Week, an annual free event for the public.
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FORTHCOMING WORKS - JOURNAL ARTICLES & WORKING PAPERS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO LAW REVIEWS AND OTHER SCHOLARLY JOURNALS
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U.S. SUPREME COURT BRIEFS
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“A LOOK AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE’S HISTORICAL LACK OF DIVERSITY,” coverage in Marketplace, January 5, 2022, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“NASAA TO HOLD FINTECH – CYBERSECURITY SYMPOSIUM, WILL DISCUSS DEFI,” coverage in Crowdfund Insider, December 7, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“REGULATORS ASK CONGRESS TO CREATE NEW RULES FOR CRYPTOCURRENCIES,” coverage in The New York Times, November 1, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“HOW TYSON’S VACCINE MANDATE IS WORKING,” coverage by The New York Times, September 30, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“IS THE FED PLANNING AN ESCAPE ROUTE?” coverage by The New York Times, June 16, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
MAY 11, 2021
“CHALLENGES IN REGULATING DIGITAL INNOVATION,” a summary of a recent article co-authored by Professor Chris Brummer in The Regulatory Review, May 11, 2021.
“CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS PUSH BIDEN’S CFPB TO CONFRONT RACISM,” coverage by Roll Call, May 4, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer and Professor David C. Vladeck.
“STATE OF CRYPTO: NYDFS HACKATHON IS ‘TESTAMENT’ TO CRYPTO’S GROWTH,” an opinion piece by Coindesk, March 16, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“THE MODERN CONSENSUS 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN CRYPTO 2021,” coverage in Modern Consensus, March 15, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“CORPORATE DIVERSITY, INCLUSION NEEDS FOCUS ON MIDDLE MANAGEMENT, INFLUENTIAL EMPLOYEES,” coverage by Reuters, March 9, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“FANNIE MAE APPOINTS TWO NEW MEMBERS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS,” coverage in AP News, March 2, 2021, featuring Professor Christopher J. Brummer.
“‘SOMETHING VERY WRONG HAPPENED HERE’,” coverage by The New York Times, February 19, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“GEORGETOWN’S BRUMMER CALLS FOR REGULATORS TO DIVERSIFY RANKS,” coverage by Bloomberg, February 17, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“LATEST OCC CRYPTO BANK APPROVAL HINTS AT POST-TRUMP FUTURE,” coverage by Law 360, February 10, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“WHAT’S NEXT FOR CRYPTO REGULATION,” coverage by The New York Times, January 30, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“PRESIDENT BIDEN’S FINANCIAL TEAM WILL CLARIFY BITCOIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCY REGULATIONS,” coverage in The Motley Fool, January 26, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“GEORGETOWN LAW PROFESSOR CHRIS BRUMMER UP FOR CFTC CHAIR,” coverage in CoinGeek, January 22, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC CHRIS BRUMMER IN LEAD FOR CFTC CHAIR,” coverage by Reuters, January 21, 2021, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“NAMES TO WATCH AS BIDEN MULLS NEXT SEC AND CFTC LEADERS,” coverage in Law360, December 10, 2020, featuring Professor Chris Brummer and De’Ana H. Dow.
“THE FINANCE 202: PREET BHARARA, GARY GENSLER TOP LIST OF POTENTIAL PICKS FOR SEC CHAIR,” coverage in The Washingon Post, December 9, 2020, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SEEN AS AIDING DIGITAL IDENTITIES, CLOSING FINTECH LOOPHOLES,” coverage by Roll Call, December 1, 2020, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“BIDEN SEC LIKELY TO PUSH MORE CLIMATE, DIVERSITY DISCLOSURES,” coverage by Bloomberg Law, November 12, 2020, featuring Professor Urska Velikonja and Professor Chris Brummer.
“WALL STREET WANTS TO BE SURE BIDEN CAN KEEP WARREN’S ARMY AT BAY,” coverage by Bloomberg, November 7, 2020, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“THE CASE(S) AGAINST BIG TECH,” coverage by The New York Times, October 20, 2020, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“FINTECH EQUALITY COALITION ENGAGES BLACK FINTECH CEOS,” coverage by Forbes, October 13, 2020, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“FINTECH SOUTH ANNOUNCES WORLD CLASS SPEAKER LINE UP,” coverage by Yahoo Finance, October 2, 2020, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
“THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN A HANDFUL OF BLACK FINANCIAL REGULATORS, FOR GENERATIONS,” coverage by Marketplace, September 7, 2020, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“PURITY TEST: DEMOCRATS CLASH OVER BIDEN DIVERSITY GOALS,” coverage by Politico, September 7, 2020, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“TO CLOSE THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP, PUT MORE BLACKS IN THE SEATS OF POWER,” an opinion piece in Market Watch, August 19, 2020, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“JUST 3% OF TOP FINANCIAL REGULATORS IN LAST 106 YEARS WERE BLACK,” coverage by Yahoo Money, July 28, 2020, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“BLACK REGULATORS RARELY APPOINTED TO OVERSEE WALL STREET,” coverage in The Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2020, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“FINTECH BEAT SITS DOWN FOR A ONE-ON-ONE WITH MAXINE WATERS,” coverage by Fintech Beat, December 17, 2019, a podcast hosted by Professor Chris Brummer.
“LIBRA UPDATES WHITE PAPER, REMOVES DIVIDENDS FOR LIBRA ASSOCIATION,” coverage by Cointelegraph, December 13, 2019, mentioning Professor Chris Brummer.
“THE TRANSFER AGENT: A DEEP-DIVE INTO HOW BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP CAPITAL MARKETS,” coverage by Fintech Beat, December 10, 2019, a podcast hosted by Professor Chris Brummer.
DECEMBER 10, 2019
“EXCLUSIVE: THE LIBRA WHITE PAPER HAS BEEN EDITED, WITH NOTABLE CHANGES,” an opinion piece by Professor Chris Brummer, December 10, 2019, appearing in Fintechpolicy.org.
“WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ICOS,” coverage by The Regulatory Review, September 25, 2019, citing to an ARTICLE co-authored by Professor Chris Brummer.
“CQ: FINTECH BEAT BY CQ: THE REAL-TIME PAYMENTS DEBATE,” an opinion piece by Professor Chris Brummer, appearing in CQ and through U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, August 13, 2019.
“CHRIS BRUMMER ON FACEBOOK’S DIGITAL CURRENCY“, coverage in Washington Journal/C-SPAN, August 2, 2019, interviewing Faculty Director of the Institute of International Economic Law and Professor Chris Brummer.
“INDUSTRY LEADERS, ACADEMICS WEIGH IN ON FACEBOOK’S LIBRA CRYPTO PLANS,” a Wolter Kluwer blog on World Securities, July 19, 2019, quoting Professor Chris Brummer.
“THE FACEBOOK COIN: WHAT IT MEANS FOR FINTECH AND SOCIETY,” a Roll Call Fintech Beat podcast hosted by Professor Chris Brummer, June 24, 2019.
“HERE’S HOW THE RISE OF NON-BANK LENDING IS IMPACTING THE HOUSING MARKET,” a segment on CNBC, June 14, 2019, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“FINTECH BEAT: STATES POISED TO ACT AS CRYPTO-COPS,” a piece by Professor Chris Brummer, appearing in CQ Magazine, June 10, 2019.
“FINTECH BEAT: BIG TECH SHAKES CRYPTOCURRENCY WORLD,” a piece by Professor Chris Brummer, appearing in CQ Magazine, June 3, 2019.
“EU TRADE COMMISSIONER CECELIA MALMSTROM HEADLINES 40TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE UPDATE“, March 15, 2019, quoting Professor Chris Brummer.
“FINTECH SECTOR HURT BY SHUTDOWN,” a piece by Professor Chris Brummer appeared on Roll Call, January 10, 2019.
“EU REPORTS ON CRYPTOASSET REGULATION COULD HAVE GLOBAL REVERBERATIONS,” a piece by Professor Chris Brummer, appearing in Roll Call, January 9, 2019.
“EU TO MOVE FIRST ON CRYPTO RULES. WILL US FOLLOW?,” a Roll Call podcast, January 8, 2019, with Professor Chris Brummer.
“CHRIS BRUMMER TALKS FINTECH, FIINANCIAL REGULATION AND TRADE FOR CFTCTALKS“, a CFTC podcast, December 7, 2018, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“MONETARY POLICY & FINANCIAL REGULATION, coverage in C-SPAN broadcast from the Brookings Institution, November 9, 2018, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“COINDESK RANKS THE TOP 10 US BLOCKCHAIN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, coverage in Coindesk, October 2, 2018, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“THE ROLE OF THE FINTECH INDUSTRY”, a Bloomberg event, September 13, 2018, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY ON BITCOIN AND ICOS, a C-SPAN broadcast, March 14, 2018, featuring testimony by Professor Chris Brummer.
“PAYPAL CEO DAN SCHULMAN TALKS FINTECH ON CAPITOL HILL WITH GEORGETOWN’S CHRIS BRUMMER”, coverage in The Daily Telescope, January 16, 2018, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“GEORGETOWN LAW HOSTS FIRST ANNUAL FINTECH WEEK”, October 27, 2017, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“SEC CHAIRMAN JAY CLAYTON DISCUSSES SEC AGENDA AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE”, September 28, 2017, featuring a panel discussion with Professor Chris Brummer.
“FAREWELL ADDRESS OF CFTC COMMISSIONER SHARON Y. BOWEN”, September 25, 2017, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“DAVID COHEN DISCUSSES GROWING IMPORTANCE AND COMPLEXITY OF SANCTIONS ON C-SPAN,” a C-SPAN broadcast, September 11, 2017, featuring an interview at the law center conducted by Professor Chris Brummer.
“CHRIS BRUMMER LAUNCHES SERVICE AND RESEARCH WEBSITE ON CHRISBRUMMER.ORG,” coverage by Crossroads Today, August 8, 2017, quoting Professor Chris Brummer and featuring his BLOG on Scholarly Pursuits.
“CHRIS BRUMMER LAUNCHES “HEDGED POSITIONS” WEBSITE ON CHRISBRUMMER.COM,” coverage by Authority Presswire,July 7, 2017, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SETS OFF ALARM BELLS BY PULLING NOMINEES TO REGULATORY COMMISSIONS,” coverage by The Huffington Post, March 1, 2017, mentioning Professor Chris Brummer.
“TRUMP PULLS CFTC NOMINATIONS FOR 2 OBAMA PICKS”, coverage in Law360, March 1, 2017, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“EX-CRAVATH ATTY, HEDGE FUND RUNNER GET 2ND CFTC SEAT TRY,” coverage by Law 360, January 17, 2017, featuring Professor Christopher Brummer.
“SENATE PANEL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES CFTC NOMINEES,” coverage in The Wall Street Journal, September 28, 2016, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER NOMINEES FOR DERIVATIVES REGULATOR,” coverage by Reuters, September 15, 2016, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“PRESIDENT OBAMA NOMINATES TWO COMMISSIONERS FOR THE US COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION,” coverage in JD Supra, March 18, 2016, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“OBAMA NOMINATES PAIR TO JOIN CFTC,” coverage in The Hill, March 3, 2016, featuring Professor Chris Brummer. Also reported in LAW360 and the WALL STREET JOURNAL.
“CHINA’S RENMINBI IS APPROVED BY I.M.F. AS A MAIN WORLD CURRENCY,” coverage in The New York Times, November 30, 2015, quoting Professor Christopher Brummer. Further coverage is in THE BOSTON GLOBE.
“FINRA STRENGTHENS BROKER PENALTY GUIDELINES; BROKERS CAN NOW BE PERMANENTLY DISBARRED,” coverage in The Wall Street Journal, May 12, 2015, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“GLOBAL ECONOMICS: LEARNING THE RIGHT LESSONS FROM HISTORY,” Brookings Up Front, January 15, 2015, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
Professor Chris Brummer gave expert testimony to the European Parliament’s ECONOMIC AND MONETARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE on Tuesday, March 18.
“FED’S MOVE IS SOMETHING TO BANK ON,” coverage in The Wall Street Journal, February 24, 2014, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.
“GETTING TO YES ON TRANSATLANTIC FINANCIAL REGULATION,” Project Syndicate, January 23, 2014, an opinion piece by Professor Christopher Brummer.
“CENTRAL BANKS TO MISS ACCORD DEADLINE,” coverage in the Washington Times, December 13, 2012, featuring Professor Chris Brummer.