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Personal Chair
- About
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- Email Address
- b.yuksel@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 273602
- Office Address
School of Law
Taylor Building, Room D40
Aberdeen
AB24 3UB
- School/Department
- School of Law
Biography
Professor Yüksel Ripley specialises in private international law, commercial aspects of international trade law, and crypto/digital assets. She is the Theme Coordinator for commercial and trade law LLMs and a former Director of the Centre for Commercial Law.
Burcu obtained her LLB and PhD in Private International Law (Turkey), and her LLM in International and Comparative Business Law (England). Before joining the University of Aberdeen, she worked at the Department of Private International Law at Ankara University Law Faculty. She also practised law and worked at the Export Credit Bank of Turkey (Turk Eximbank).
Burcu has published on private international law, international trade law, international payments, international commercial dispute resolution, crypto/digital assets, and Turkish law. She is the author of Uluslararası Elektronik Fon Transferine Uygulanacak Hukuk (The Law Applicable to International Electronic Funds Transfers) and co-editor of Turkish and EU Private International Law, Cross-Border Litigation in Europe, and From Theory to Practice in Private International Law: Gedächtnisschrift for Professor Jonathan Fitchen. She has been involved in several internationally collaborative research projects and appointed by courts in the UK and Turkey to give expert opinion evidence.
Burcu is a pro-bono subject matter expert consultant for the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) Digital Tokens Project. She is a member of the CBDC Academic Advisory Group of the Bank of England and HM Treasury and of the Advisory Panel of the Digital assets and ETDs in private international law: which court, which law? project. Formerly, she was a NERC Fellow of the Digital Environment Expert Network; a Special Rapporteur for the UK for the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL)’s General Report on ‘Cryptocurrencies: the impossible domestic law regime?’, and an Observer on the Committee on the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and Emerging Technologies.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Director, Centre for Commercial Law (2020-2023); Co-Director (2019-2020) and Associate Director (2018-2019)
Programme Coordinator, Commercial Law Themed LLMs (online, on-campus and blended) with a focus on international commercial law, international trade law and sustainability
Senior Personal Tutor in the Law School (2020-2022)
Chair, School Student Support Committee (2021-2022)
Member, University Student Support Committee (2020-2022)
Member, University Senior Pastoral Support & Guidance Forum (2020-2022)
Member, School Research Committee (2020-2023)
Member, School Education Committee (2020-2022)
Member, School Postgraduate Research Committee (2020-2023)
Member, School Postgraduate Taught Policy Committee
Member, School CB Davidson Bequest Fund and Bursaries and Endowments Committee (2016-2020)
Member, Centre for Private International Law (2012-2022)
- External Memberships
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Pro-bono subject matter expert consultant, Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) Digital Tokens Project
Member, Advisory Panel of Digital assets and ETDs in private international law: which court, which law?
Member, CBDC Academic Advisory Group of the Bank of England and HM Treasury
NERC Constructing a Digital Environment (CDE) Fellow, Digital Environment Expert Network as part of the NERC/UKRI ‘Constructing a Digital Environment’ Programme (2020-2023)
Special Rapporteur for the UK, International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL)’s General Report on ‘Cryptocurrencies: the impossible domestic law regime?’ (Asunción 2022 General Congress, Topic IX.C)
Observer, Committee on the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and Emerging Technologies of the Uniform Law Commission and the American Law Institute (2021-2022)
Member, International Private Law Reference Group of Law Society of Scotland
Member, Young ISTAC (Istanbul Arbitration Centre, Turkey)
Member, IACPIL (Interdisciplinary Association of Comparative and Private International Law, Austria)
Member, EAPIL (European Association of Private International Law, Luxembourg)
External Examiner, University of Edinburgh
External Examiner, Edinburgh Napier University
- Research
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Research Overview
Burcu's research interests are in the following areas:
- international trade and finance law
- private international law (international jurisdiction, applicable law and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil, commercial and family law matters),
- international payments
- international commercial law and dispute resolution,
- law and technology (including digitalisation, digital assets and in particular cryptocurrencies, distributed ledger technology and blockchain),
- Turkish law.
Current Research
Burcu is currently researching on digitalisation in international trade, digital assets, distributed ledger technology and blockchain. She is particularly interested in conflict of laws and emerging technology.
Funding and Grants
- 2023- present: Digital Assets in Scots Private Law: Innovating for the Future, funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), Research Workshops Grant (Position held: Principal Investigator)
- 2021- 2023: Time to Become Digital in Law (DIGinLaw), funded by the European Commission, Erasmus+ Programme (Position held: Co-Investigator).
- 2020- 2023: NERC Constructing a Digital Environment (CDE) Fellow of the Digital Environment Expert Network, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), NERC/UKRI ‘Constructing a Digital Environment’ Programme.
- 2014- 2016: Cross-Border Litigation in Europe: Private International Law Legislative Framework, National Courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union (EUPILLAR), JUST/2013/JCIV/AG/4635, funded by the European Commission, Civil Justice Programme (Position held: Researcher).
- 2012- 2013: Cross-Border Litigation in Europe (series of workshops), EU Private International Law Research Network, funded by the European Commission, Jean Monnet Scheme (Position held: National Coordinator for Turkey).
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Undergraduate:
- LS2532 Private International Law
- LS401Q/LX401Q Private International Law of Commercial Law Honours
- LS451U/LS451U International Trade Law Honours (Course Coordinator)
Postgraduate:
- LS508A International Trade and Finance Law
- LS502K Comparative Contract Law for International Transactions
- LS5909 Professional Skills: International Trade Negotiation (Course Coordinator)
- LS503D/LS553D Financing of International Sales (online) (Course Coordinator)
- LS503B/LS553B International Sale of Goods (online)
- LS5811 Law, Business, Security: Petroleum Data Management
Previously:
- LS1520 Contract
- LS2032 Public International Law
- LS2536 Introduction to Comparative Law
- LS502Q Private International Law- Jurisdiction, Recognition & Enforcement
- LS5098 World Trade Organisation: GATT
- LS553A Core Principles of WTO Law (online) (Course Coordinator)
- Publications
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Mapping the Legal Landscape for Cryptoassets in Scotland: Report on Workshop 2
University of Aberdeen: School of LawBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsImplications of electronic trade documents law reform for Scotland
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesImplications of Electronic Trade Documents Law Reform for Scotland: Report on Workshop 1
University of Aberdeen: School of Law. 6 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsThe Law Applicable to (Digital) Transfer of Digital Assets: The Transfer of Cryptocurrencies via Blockchains
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4613821
Digital Assets as Personal Property - Law Commission of England and Wales Short Consultation on Draft Clauses: Response by the Centre for Commercial Law and the Centre for Scots Law at the University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen: School of Law.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsUnlocking the potential of sensors for our environment: A call to action from a NERC writing retreat
Coventry University. 36 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsCryptocurrency Transfers in Distributed Ledger Technology-Based Systems and Their Characterisation in Conflict of Laws
From Theory to Practice in Private International Law: Gedächtnisschrift for Professor Jonathan Fitchen. Borg-Barthet, J., Trimmings, K., Yüksel Ripley, B., Živković, P. (eds.). 1st edition. Hart PublishingChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersFrom Theory to Practice in Private International Law: Gedächtnisschrift for Professor Jonathan Fitchen
Hart, Oxford, Oxford. 336 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksIntroduction
From Theory to Practice in Private International Law: Gedächtnisschrift for Professor Jonathan Fitchen: Gedächtnisschrift for Professor Jonathan Fitchen. Borg-Barthet, J., Trimmings, K., Yüksel Ripley, B., Živkovic, P. (eds.). Hart PublishingChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersThe Law Applicable to Crypto Assets: What Policy Choices Are Ahead of Us?
Blockchain and Private International Law. Bonomi, A., Lehmann, M., Lalani, S. (eds.). Brill, pp. 259-284, 26 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)When is a cryptocurrency transfer international in distributed ledger technology-based systems?
EU and Comparative Law Issues and Challenges (ECLIC), vol. 7, no. Special Issue - Law in the Age of Modern Technologies, pp. 181-201Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnited Kingdom (UK) Report for Questionnaire in View of the General Report on Cryptocurrencies: The Impossible Domestic Law Regime?
Commissioned by International Academy of Comparative Law. 116 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsResponse to Bank of England and HM Treasury Consultation on the Digital Pound: A New Form of Money for Households and Businesses?
University of Aberdeen: School of Law (pdf). 4 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsResponse to UK Government Consultation and Call for Evidence on the Future Financial Services Regulatory Regime for Cryptoassets
University of Aberdeen: School of Law (Document).Other Contributions: Other ContributionsResponse to UNIDROIT Digital Assets and Private Law Consultation
University of Aberdeen: School of Law (Document). 12 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsResponse to UK Parliament Special Public Bill Committee's Inquiry on Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL]
UK Parliament. 5 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsUNITED KINGDOM (UK) REPORT with a focus on the law of England and Wales and the law of Scotland
Cryptocurrencies: The Impossible Domestic Law Regime?. Lehmann, M., Morishita, T. (eds.). IntersentiaChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersResponse to Law Commission of England and Wales Consultation on Digital Assets
University of Aberdeen: School of Law (document).Other Contributions: Other ContributionsResponse to UK Parliament Call for Evidence on the Crypto-Asset Industry
University of Aberdeen: School of Law.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsDigital Assets Law Reform in England and Wales and Prospects for Scotland
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesResponse to UK Government Consultation on Managing the Failure of Systemic Digital Settlement Asset (Including Stablecoin) Firms
University of Aberdeen: School of Law. 2 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsResponse to Scottish Government Consultation on Digital Assets in Scots Private Law
University of Aberdeen: School of Law (document).Other Contributions: Other ContributionsResponse to UK Government Consultation on the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting From Mediation (New York, 2018) (the “Singapore Convention on Mediation”)
University of Aberdeen: School of Law. 9 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsCOVID-19 Related Export Bans and Restrictions Under WTO Law and the Determination of Their Legal Effects on International Sale of Goods Contracts Between Parties Located in WTO Member States: Interplay Between Public and Private International Law
Blurry Boundaries of Public and Private International Law: Towards Convergence or Divergent Still?. Sooksripaisarnkit, P., Prasad, D. (eds.). Springer, pp. 157-177, 21 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8480-7_9
Law Commission of England and Wales’s New Project on Conflict of Laws and Emerging Technology
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesResponse to UK Government Consultation on Access to Cash
University of Aberdeen: School of Law.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsCommentary to the Commission’s proposal for the “AI Act” – Response to selected issues
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites- [ONLINE] https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12527-Artificial-intelligence-ethical-and-legal-requirements/F2665397_en
- [ONLINE] https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12527-Artificial-intelligence-ethical-and-legal-requirements_en
The Rome I Regulation, the CISG and the EU-AstraZeneca Dispute
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesResponse to Law Commission of England and Wales Call for Evidence on Digital Assets
University of Aberdeen: School of Law.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsResponse to Law Commission of England and Wales Consultation on Digital Assets: Electronic Trade Documents
University of Aberdeen: School of Law.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsResponse to European Commission Consultation on Digitalisation of Cross-border Judicial Cooperation
. 14 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsResponse to HMRC Consultation on Clamping Down on Promoters of Tax Avoidance
University of Aberdeen: School of Law. 9 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsResponse to UK Government Consultation and Call for Evidence on UK Regulatory Approach to Cryptoassets and Stablecoins
University of Aberdeen: School of Law. 7 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsResponse to European Commission Consultation on an Initiative on Sustainable Corporate Governance
. 28 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsResponse to UK Government Consultation on Insolvency Changes for Payment and Electronic Money Institutions
University of Aberdeen: School of Law.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsResponse to UK Government Call for Evidence on Access to Cash
University of Aberdeen: School of Law.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsCOVID-19 and Illegal Wildlife Trade: Where does the Law Fail and How Digital Technologies can help?
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesDavid Fox & Sarah Green (eds), Cryptocurrencies in Public and Private Law
Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 309-311Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2020.0639
Transition to Paperless Trade to Mitigate COVID-19 Impact on International Trade
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesUse of Blockchain Technology in Cross-Border Legal Cooperation under the Conventions of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesNon-Uniform Application of European Union Private International Law
Diversity and Integration in Private International Law . Ruiz Abou-Nigm, V., Blanca Noodt Taquela, M. (eds.). Edinburgh University Press, pp. 83-94, 12 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474447850.003.0006
A Comparative Analysis on the Current Legislative Trends in Regulation of Private Law Aspects of Digital Assets
Working Papers: Working PapersIs the UK heading towards regulation of cryptoassets? Findings from the UK Cryptoassets Taskforce Final Report
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesUluslararası Elektronik Fon Transferine Uygulanacak Hukuk
XII Levha, Istanbul. 345 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksAn Analysis of the Effectiveness of the EU Institutions in Making and Interpreting EU Private International Law Regulations
Cross-Border Litigation in Europe. Beaumont, P., Danov, M., Trimmings, K., Yüksel, B. (eds.). Hart Publishing, pp. 35-53, 19 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781782256793.ch-003
Choice of law aspects of non-consensual adoption of Eastern European children in England and Wales
International Family Law, no. 3, pp. 202-209Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCross-border Civil and Commercial Disputes Before the Court of Justice of the European Union
Cross-Border Litigation in Europe. Beaumont, P., Danov, M., Trimmings, K., Yüksel, B. (eds.). Hart Publishing, pp. 499-584, 85 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781782256793.ch-033
Cross-Border Litigation in Europe
Hart Publishing. 864 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781782256793
Cross-border Litigation in Europe: Some Theoretical Issues and Some Practical Challenges
Cross-Border Litigation in Europe. Beaumont, P., Danov, M., Trimmings, K., Yüksel, B. (eds.). Hart Publishing, pp. 819-832, 14 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781782256793.ch-047
National Report: Great Britain
Cross-Border Litigation in Europe. Beaumont, P., Danov, M., Trimmings, K., Yuksel, B. (eds.). Hart Publishing, pp. 79-124, 45 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781782256793.ch-005
The Turkish Constitutional Court on international parental child abduction: judgment of Marcus Frank Cerny
International Family Law, no. 3, pp. 223-232Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Turkish Constitutional Court on international parental child abduction: judgment of Marcus Frank Cerny
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesChoice of Law in Civil and Commercial Matters under Turkish Private International Law in Comparison with Their Equivalents under the Rome I and Rome II Regulations
Turkish and EU Private International Law: A Comparison. Beaumont, P., Yuksel, B. (eds.). XII Levha, pp. 153-223, 71 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersTurkish and EU Private International Law: A Comparison
XII Levha, Istanbul. 266 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksUluslararası Elektronik Fon Transferine Uygulanacak Hukuk
University of Ankara. 333 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsFacilitating International Trade between Turkey and China by International Payments via Electronic Funds Transfer: Problems and Possible Solutions under the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Credit Transfers
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsThe Relevance of the Rome I Regulation to International Commercial Arbitration in the European Union
Journal of Private International Law, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 149-178Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5235/174410411795375588
The validity of choice of court agreements under the Brussels I regulation and the Hague choice of court agreements convention
Convergence and Divergence in Private International Law: Liber Amicorum Kurt Siehr. Boele-Woelki, K., Einhorn, T., Girsberger, D., Symeonides, S. (eds.). Eleven International Publishing, pp. 563-577, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersLa reforma del reglamento de Bruselas I sobre acuerdos de sumisión y la preparación para la ratificación por la UE del Convenio de la Haya sobre acuerdos de elección de foro
Anuario Español de Derecho Internacional Privado, vol. 2010, pp. 129-159Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAsliye 1. Ticaret Mahkemesi, Izmir, 19 November 2004 and Yargitay, 11th Civil Chamber, 19 January 2006: Sarilar Uluslararasi Nak. Ith. Ihr. Ltd. Sti. v. Batinak Shipping Trading Co. Ltd.
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration. [No. 3.] Kluwer Law International pp. 822, 5 pages.Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Other ContributionsYargitay, 13th Civil Chamber, 7 July 1998: Glencore International A.S. v. Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration. [No. 2.] Kluwer Law International pp. 817, 5 pages.Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Other Contributions