Pierre-Henri Conac is Professor of Financial Markets Law at the Université du Luxembourg. He is the author of 'The regulation of securities markets by the French Commission des opérations de bourse (COB) and the US Securities and exchange commission (SEC)' which was awarded several prizes. His research areas deal principally with European, international and comparative securities law. He has been deeply involved in policy making in securities financial law at the European Union level. From 2011 to 2016 the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), appointed him twice to its consultative Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG).