Hilary J. Allen is a Professor of Law at the American University Washington College of Law.  She teaches courses in Banking Law, Securities Regulation, Financial Regulation, and Business Associations.

Exclusively represented by BrightSight Speakers bureau, Professor Allen is a nationally recognized expert on financial stability regulation, having authored more than 15 law review articles on the subject (recent articles have appeared in the Boston College Law Review, the George Washington Law Review, and the Harvard Business Law Review).  In her work, Professor Allen stresses the importance of financial stability by underlining the human consequences of financial crises, and considers a variety of existing and evolving threats to financial stability.  Her recent work has focused on threats arising from climate change and the increasing prevalence of fintech, as well as adapting the structure and scientific/technological capacity of financial regulatory agencies.  She has testified before the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Committee, and is the author of the book Driverless Finance: Fintech’s Impact on Financial Stability (2022, Oxford University Press).  Professor Allen is also actively involved in presenting scholarly publications at roundtables and conferences, and regularly contributes blog posts and podcasts on the subject of financial regulation.

Professor Allen received her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney, Australia, and her Master of Laws in Securities and Financial Regulation Law from Georgetown University Law Center (for which she received the Thomas Bradbury Chetwood, S.J. Plaque for graduating first in her class).  Prior to entering the academy, Professor Allen spent seven years working in the financial services groups of prominent law firms in London, Sydney and New York (most recently at Shearman & Sterling LLP in New York).  In 2010, she worked with the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which was appointed by Congress to study the causes of the financial crisis of 2007-2008.