LawLab – Fintech & AI

The LawLab – Fintech & AI was founded on 1 November 2021 and is designed to address legal questions on the regulation of technological changes in financial services due to digital transformation (fintech) as well as on the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). An interdisciplinary approach is a characteristic feature. The LawLab – Fintech & AI is closely tied to the SAFE Policy Center and headed by Katja Langenbucher, Professor of Civil Law, Commercial Law, and Banking Law at the House of Finance of Goethe University Frankfurt, as SAFE Bridge Professor.

At its core, the LawLab – Fintech & AI serves as platform for scientific workshops in exchange with other international universities, thus covering not only the German market for fintech and AI. In addition, frequent event formats incorporate experiences from politics and regulatory practice.

News

Interview: AI & Board Decision-Making
Featured Interview in the April 2025 edition of the ecgi The Future of Corporate Governance newsletter

Katja Langenbucher wins the 2025 Cleary Gottlieb Law Prize for the Best Paper in the ECGI Law Working Paper Series
She was awarded for the paper: “Ownership and Trust: A corporate law framework for board decision-making in the age of AI”

SAFE Finance Blog: Explaining credit scores – the European Court of Justice rules on automated credit assessments
Katja Langenbucher and Kevin Bauer: The European Court of Justice strengthens consumer rights in credit scoring, but does its ruling truly enhance transparency?

New publication: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL POLICYMAKING
A High-Level Panel of Experts’ Report to the G7 


Further Links

The Geopolitical Case for CMU and Two Different Pathways Toward Capital Market Integration
SAFE White Paper No. 102 joint with Florian Heider, Jan Pieter Krahnen, Vincent R. Lindner, Jonas Schlegel, and Tobias Tröger

Gruppendenken und Corporate Governance – illustriert am Beispiel des Wirecard Skandals
SAFE White Paper No. 97 

KI in der Leitungsentscheidung des Vorstands der Aktiengesellschaft
SAFE White Paper No. 96