ACLE PhD candidates
Okke Bergers
Okke Bergers is a PhD candidate in Law & Finance at the ACLE. His research focuses on the regulation of shadow banking, with a particular emphasis on private credit funds. As part of the wider project on financial market resilience, he explores how regulatory frameworks can better address risks in non-bank financial intermediation while fostering efficient capital allocation in the EU.
Okke holds an LL.M in Law & Finance from the University of Amsterdam and an M.A. in Finance & Investments from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. Before starting his PhD he worked as a financial regulatory lawyer at Van Doorne where he also qualified as a lawyer under the Dutch Bar Association.
Xinyue Chen
Xinyue Chen is a a PhD candidate in Law & Finance at the ACLE. She has a background in interdisciplinary studies between law and finance. Her research interests mainly focus on banking regulation and green finance. During the PhD study she is planning to explore the impacts of green banking regulations both on banks and shadow banks. The ultimate goal of this research is to incentivize green lending while safeguarding financial and social stability.
Xinyue holds an LL.M in Law & Finance from the University of Amsterdam (cum laude) and an M.A. in Law and economics from China University of Political Science and Law.
Fatjon Kaja
Fatjon Kaja, JD, is a PhD candidate at the ACLE and Lecturer in Law and Economics at Amsterdam Law School. As lecturer, he won the Amsterdam Law School's Lecturer of the year award of 2021.
His PhD research, partly funded by the Amsterdam University Fund (AUF) grant "The Societal Role of Corporations", focuses on the ‘Law and Economics of Sustainable Corporate Governance’ and is performed under the supervision of ACLE research members Prof. Alessio Pacces and Prof. Arnoud Boot. Fatjon Kaja holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree in Economics from City College of New York - CUNY, and a Juris Doctor degree from University of Minnesota Law School. Video of Fatjon Kaja's response to being Lecturer of the year of the Amsterdam Law School:
Caitlin Walker-Cerqua
Caitlin Walker-Cerqua is a PhD candidate in Law and Finance at the ACLE. Her research focuses on intermediated securities systems, corporate governance and sustainability.
She holds an LL.B from Stellenbosch University (South Africa), an LL.M in Law and Economics from the University of Turin (Italy), and a M.A. in Public Policy from the University of Padova (Italy).
Caitlin is passionate about legal education and about making law scholarship fit for practical purposes through policy design and engagement.