Saule T. Omarova

Assistant Professor of Law

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison
J.D., Northwestern University

Professor Omarova received her Diploma (B.A. equivalent) from the Department of Philosophy of Moscow State University, her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law. Prior to joining the UNC Law School, Professor Omarova practiced law in the Financial Institutions Group of Davis, Polk, & Wardwell, a premier New York law firm, where she specialized in a wide variety of corporate transactions and advisory work in the area of financial regulation. In 2006-2007, she served at the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a Special Advisor for Regulatory Policy to the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance. Her primary research and teaching interests include regulation of financial institutions, corporate finance, and international business transactions.

Selected Publications

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Bankers, Bureaucrats, and Guardians: Toward Tripartism In Financial Services Regulation, 37 J. CORP. L.� (forthcoming 2012). [SSRN]
From Gramm-Leach-Bliley to Dodd-Frank:� The Unfulfilled Promise of Section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act, 89 N.C. L. REV. 1683 (2011). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Generic Link]
That Which We Call a Bank: Revisiting the History of Bank Holding Company Regulation in the United States (with Margaret E. Tahyar), 31 REV. BANKING & FIN. L. __ (forthcoming 2011-12). [SSRN]
The Dodd-Frank Act: A New Deal for A New Age?, 15 N.C. BANKING INST. 83 (2011). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Hein]
Wall Street as Community of Fate: Toward Financial Industry Self-Regulation, 159 U. PA. L. REV. 411 (2011). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Hein]
Rethinking the Future of Self-Regulation in the Financial Industry, 35 BROOK. J. INT'L L. 665 (2010). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Hein]
Risks, Rules, and Institutions: A Process for Reforming Financial Regulation (with Adam Feibelman), 39 U. MEM. L. REV. 881 (2009). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Hein]
The New Crisis For The New Century: Some Observations On The "Big- Picture" Lessons Of The Global Financial Crisis Of 2008, 13 N.C. BANKING INST. 157 (2009). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Hein]
The Quiet Metamorphosis: How Derivatives Changed the Business of Banking, 63 U. MIAMI L. REV. 1041 (2009). [Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, SSRN, Hein]

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Areas of Expertise

Banking Law
Corporate Finance
LL.M. Program
Regulation of Financial Institutions

Current Courses

Contact Information

Office:�	5091 Van Hecke-Wettach Hall
Phone:�	919.843.4356
Fax:�	919.962.1277
E-mail:�	omarova@email.unc.edu

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