Narun Popattanachai

Former Affiliates

Rethinking the Asian Financial Crisis

Narun is a current J.S.D. candidate working under the supervision of Professor Katharina Pistor at Columbia Law School. His doctoral research proposes a reinterpretation of the Asian Financial Crisis through the lens of Legal Theory of Finance as well as critically analyzes the regional financial development from financial liberalization in the 1990s to financial integration of the 2010s. In addition to the topic of dissertation, his academic interests span capital market regulation, securities regulation, corporate governance, as well as law and economic development. Prior to the J.S.D. admission, he worked as a government lawyer for the Office of Council of State of Thailand. He holds an LL.B. and LL.M. from University College London as well as another LL.M. from Columbia. Since 2013, he has been admitted as a member of the New York Bar Association.