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Dr Anton Didenko

Dr Anton Didenko

Senior Lecturer
Law & Justice
School of Private & Commercial Law

Anton is a Senior Lecturer at UNSW Sydney specialising in banking and finance law, with a focus on FinTech and open banking/open finance. He has over 10 years of experience as in-house counsel for major commercial banks in Moscow and as senior associate at a law firm in London.

Prior to joining UNSW Sydney, Anton worked as head of legal support of international operations in several commercial banks and as a Research Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. His experience covers advising on banking regulations and legislation applicable to financial intermediaries, as well as a wide range of financing transactions.

Anton also specialises in the area of secured transactions law and transnational commercial law: he is the author of a monograph on the documentary history of the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Hart, 2021) and the general editor of the Cape Town Convention Journal.

Anton holds several law degrees from Russia and the UK, including an MJur and a DPhil from the University of Oxford.

If you are reading this on the UNSW Law & Justice website, the information below may not be up-to-date. For the accurate record of publications and supervision details, please see https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/dr-anton-didenko.
Phone
+61-2-9065 2795
E-mail
anton.didenko@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 341
  • Books | 2021
    Didenko A, 2021, The Cape Town Convention: A Documentary History, Hart Publishing, https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/cape-town-convention-9781509939770/
  • Book Chapters | 2021
    Zetzsche D; Buckley R; Arner D; Didenko A, 2021, 'Liabilities Associated with Distributed Ledgers: A Comparative Analysis', in Madir J (ed.), Fintech Law and Regulation, Edward Elgar Publishing
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Arner D; Buckley R; Zetzsche D; Zhao B; Didenko A; Park C-Y; Pashoska E, 2019, 'Policy and Regulatory Challenges of Distributed Ledger Technology and Digital Assets in Asia', in Brummer C (ed.), Cryptoassets: Legal, Regulatory and Monetary Perspectives, Oxford Scholarship Online, pp. 157 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190077310.003.0011
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Zetzsche D; Buckley R; Arner D; Didenko A, 2019, 'Liabilities associated with distributed ledgers: A comparative analysis', in Madir J (ed.), FinTech: Law and Regulation, Edward Elgar, pp. 185 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788979023.00022
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Buckley RP; Didenko AN; Trzecinski M, 2023, 'Blockchain and its Applications: A Conceptual Legal Primer', Journal of International Economic Law, 26, pp. 363 - 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgad010
    Journal articles | 2022
    Didenko AN; Buckley RP, 2022, 'Central bank digital currencies as a potential response to some particularly Pacific problems', Asia Pacific Law Review, 30, pp. 44 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10192557.2022.2045706
    Journal articles | 2021
    Buckley RP; Arner DW; Zetzsche DA; Didenko AN; van Romburg LJ, 2021, 'Sovereign digital currencies: Reshaping the design of money and payments systems', Journal of Payments Strategy and Systems, 15, pp. 7 - 22
    Journal articles | 2021
    Didenko A, 2021, 'A Better Model for Australia’s Enhanced FinTech Sandbox', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 44, pp. 1078 - 1113, http://dx.doi.org/10.53637/XCWH2963
    Journal articles | 2020
    Arner DW; Buckley RP; Zetzsche DA; Didenko A, 2020, 'After Libra, Digital Yuan and COVID-19: Central Bank Digital Currencies and the New World of Money and Payment Systems', SSRN Electronic Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3622311
    Journal articles | 2020
    Didenko A, 2020, 'Cybersecurity Regulation in the Financial Sector: Prospects of Legal Harmonisation in the EU and Beyond', Uniform Law Review, 25, pp. 125 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ulr/unaa006
    Journal articles | 2019
    Didenko A; Buckley R, 2019, 'The Evolution of Currency: Cash to Cryptos to Sovereign Digital Currencies', Fordham International Law Journal, 42, pp. 1041 - 1094, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3256066
    Journal articles | 2018
    Didenko A; Kemp K; Malady L; Buckley RP, 2018, 'Restricted Banking Licences: An Opportunity to Be Seized', Journal of Banking & Finance Law and Practice, 29, pp. 57 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3146666
    Journal articles | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Regulating FinTech: Lessons from Africa', San Diego International Law Journal, 19, pp. 311 - 369, https://digital.sandiego.edu/ilj/vol19/iss2/5
    Journal articles | 2018
    Malady L; Buckley RP; Didenko A; Tsang C-Y, 2018, 'A Regulatory Diagnostic Toolkit for Digital Financial Services in Emerging Markets', Banking and Finance Law Review, 34, pp. 1 - 30, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328118839_A_Regulatory_Diagnostic_Toolkit_for_Digital_Financial_Services_in_Emerging_Markets
    Journal articles | 2017
    Didenko A, 2017, 'A Historical Overview of the Basic Concepts of the Cape Town Convention (Part I): “International Interest” and “Internationality”', Cape Town Convention Journal, 6, https://ctcjournal.net/index.php/ctcj/article/view/11/10
    Journal articles |
    Didenko A, 'Cybersecurity Regulation in Singapore’s Financial Sector: Protecting FinTech ‘ants’ in a Jungle Full of ‘Elephants’', SSRN Electronic Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3679678
  • Working Papers | 2020
    Zetzsche D; Buckley R; Arner D; Didenko A; Romburg LV, 2020, Sovereign Digital Currencies: The Future of Money and Payments?, http://dx.doi.org10.2139/ssrn.3714386
  • Reports | 2022
    Bennett Moses L; Adamson G; Bednarz Z; Didenko A; Krebs S; Manwaring K; Taylor S, 2022, Submission on the Privacy Act Review Discussion Paper (October 2021), https://allenshub.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/inline-files/20220110%20Submission%20to%20AGD%20regarding%20Privacy%20Act%20Review%20Discussion%20Paper.pdf
    Reports | 2022
    Didenko A, 2022, Decentralised Finance – A Policy Perspective, https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/-/media/project/cpa/corporate/documents/tools-and-resources/business-management/decentralised-finance-report.pdf?rev=1b376d342aed4dec92066f8f5fd17069&sc_lang=en
    Reports | 2022
    Didenko A, 2022, Implications of the Consumer Data Right Framework for Trusted Advisers, https://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/-/media/project/cpa/corporate/documents/tools-and-resources/business-management/consumer-data-right-report-2022.pdf?rev=99a9fde22c7e4c8bbbc36fe395ddd0f3&download=true
    Submissions to Government | 2021
    Bennett Moses L; Buckland R; Di Marco BJ; Didenko A; Habibi Gharakheili H; Manwaring K; Modini J; Nicholls R; Phair N; Taylor SM; Zhao S, 2021, Submission on Australia’s cyber security regulations and incentives, , https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/reports-and-pubs/files/strengthening-australias-cyber-security-submissions/unsw-allens-hub-for-technology-law-and-innovation-ifcyber-secedu-australian-society-for-computers-law.pdf
    Submissions to Government | 2021
    Didenko A, 2021, Australia Needs a Better Model for Its Enhanced Fintech Sandbox, , https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=cfb0061c-526b-4955-880c-3c494df41e73&subId=709310
    Reports | 2020
    Buckley R; Arner D; Zetzsche D; Didenko A; van Romburg LJ, 2020, Blockchain and Central Bank Digital Currencies: Opportunities and Challenges for the Pacific, Asian Development Bank
    Reports | 2020
    Didenko A; Buckley R, 2020, A Comparative Analysis of Policy Approaches to Encourage FinTech, CPA Australia, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2892281588/view
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Didenko A, 2020, 'Australia’s Enhanced Regulatory Sandbox: Old Wine and New Bottles?', presented at Centre for Law, Markets and Regulation Research Symposium 2020, Australia, Sydney, 07 July 2020
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Didenko A, 2020, 'Cape Town Convention: Commercial Certainty or State Sensitivities?', presented at Security Interests: Airline Insolvency Conflicts Between Commerce and State, Australia, Sydney, 26 August 2020
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Didenko A, 2020, 'Evolution of regulatory sandboxes: What can Australia learn from the new regulatory approaches to FinTech?', presented at Law Schools Global League Academic Conference 2020, Australia, Sydney, 11 February 2020
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Didenko A, 2020, 'The Practice of Settling Class Actions in Australia', presented at Kovalyov Readings 2020, Russia, Yekaterinburg, 14 February 2020
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Didenko A, 2020, 'Three Catalysts Reshaping Modern Payment Systems', presented at Global Scholars Academy 2020, Switzerland, Geneva, 06 January 2020
    Reports | 2019
    Arner DW; Buckley RP; Zetzsche DA; Zhao B; Didenko A; Park C-Y; Pashoska E, 2019, Distributed Ledger Technology and Digital Assets: Policy and Regulatory Challenges in Asia, http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/TCS190205-2, https://www.adb.org/publications/distributed-ledger-technology-digital-assets-asia
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Didenko A, 2019, 'AI and the Law - Common Legal Misconceptions', presented at AI and Ethics in Australia – Building an Ethical Framework, Australia, Canberra, 10 May 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Didenko A, 2019, 'After Bitcoin: Towards New Sovereign Digital Currencies', presented at Digital Assets Project conference, United Kingdom, Oxford, 26 June 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Didenko A, 2019, 'Exit from a Sandbox and Next Steps', presented at Asian Development Bank training, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 16 April 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Didenko A, 2019, 'Growing a FinTech Economy: Three Short Stories', presented at Presentation for CPA Australia members, China, Hong Kong, 23 September 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Didenko A, 2019, 'Growing a FinTech Economy: Three Short Stories', presented at Presentation for CPA Australia members, Singapore, 26 September 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Didenko A, 2019, 'How and Why China Leads the World in Data-driven Finance', presented at CIBEL Global Network Conference 2019, Australia, Sydney, 01 May 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Didenko A, 2019, 'How do Regulators Encourage FinTech: Lessons from the Leading Financial Centres', presented at Presentation at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore, 07 November 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Didenko A, 2019, 'Identity & Governance: Regulation of the Construction and Use of Digital Identities, Including on Blockchain', presented at World Legal Summit 2019, Australia, Sydney, 01 August 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Didenko A, 2019, 'Implementation of Regulatory Sandboxes: A Global Overview', presented at Asian Development Bank training, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 16 April 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Didenko A, 2019, 'Key Considerations in Developing a Regulatory Sandbox', presented at Asian Development Bank training, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 16 April 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Didenko A, 2019, 'Keynote: The Gloves are Off: Libra as the Perfect Catalyst for New Sovereign Digital Currencies', presented at Singapore FinEdTech Conference 2019, Singapore, 06 November 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Didenko A, 2019, 'Regulatory Sandbox Concept', presented at Asian Development Bank training, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 16 April 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Didenko A, 2019, 'Regulatory Sandbox Eligibility Requirements and Application Process', presented at Asian Development Bank training, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 16 April 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Didenko A, 2019, 'Testing, Monitoring and Supervision of Sandbox Entities', presented at Asian Development Bank training, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 16 April 2019
    Reports | 2018
    Didenko A; Didenko A; Ivasikh V; London S, 2018, Getting the Deal Through 2019: Fintech (Russia)
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'After Bitcoin: Central Bank-Linked Cryptocurrencies and their impact on development', presented at 3rd University of Luxembourg Inclusive and Sustainable Finance Research Conference, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 13 November 2018 - 13 November 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Behind the Buzz Words: Blockchain', presented at FLIP Inquiry Series session at the Law Society of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 24 October 2018 - 24 October 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Capacity Building for Financial Regulators in the Pacific Islands', presented at AFI Global Policy Forum 2018, Sochi, Russia, 03 September 2018 - 03 September 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Central Bank Digital Currencies: Design Choices and Policy Issues', presented at 2018 UNSW – Tsinghua Research Collaboration Workshop on Financial Innovation and Regulatory Change in the Context of (De)globalisation, Sydney, Australia, 16 November 2018 - 16 November 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Crowdfunding Mechanics and Regulatory Challenges', presented at Presentation to the Banking Commission and Central Bank of West African States, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 20 April 2018 - 20 April 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Data Privacy and Cybersecurity in Finance', presented at CBTL-AFI Regional Training on FinTech for Financial Inclusion, Dili, Timor Leste, 13 December 2018 - 13 December 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Exit from a Sandbox and Next Steps', presented at CBTL-AFI Regional Training on FinTech for Financial Inclusion, Dili, Timor Leste, 12 December 2018 - 12 December 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Feasibility of a Regional or Global Regulatory Sandbox', presented at CBTL-AFI Regional Training on FinTech for Financial Inclusion, Dili, Timor Leste, 11 December 2018 - 11 December 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Implementation of Regulatory Sandboxes: A Global Overview', presented at CBTL-AFI Regional Training on FinTech for Financial Inclusion, Dili, Timor Leste, 11 December 2018 - 11 December 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Key Considerations in Developing a Regulatory Sandbox', presented at CBTL-AFI Regional Training on FinTech for Financial Inclusion, Dili, Timor Leste, 11 December 2018 - 11 December 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Regulatory Aspects of Cyber-Security in Finance: Existing Approaches and Future Challenges', presented at AFI Global Policy Forum 2018, Sochi, Russia, 04 September 2018 - 04 September 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Regulatory Sandbox Concept', presented at CBTL-AFI Regional Training on FinTech for Financial Inclusion, Dili, Timor Leste, 11 December 2018 - 11 December 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Regulatory Sandbox Eligibility Requirements and Application Process', presented at CBTL-AFI Regional Training on FinTech for Financial Inclusion, Dili, Timor Leste, 12 December 2018 - 12 December 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Regulatory Sandboxes and Consumer Protection', presented at AFI Global Policy Forum 2018, Sochi, Russia, 04 September 2018 - 04 September 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Regulatory Sandboxes and Consumer Protection', presented at CBTL-AFI Regional Training on FinTech for Financial Inclusion, Dili, Timor Leste, 13 December 2018 - 13 December 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Regulatory Sandboxes – Consolidation and Review', presented at CBTL-AFI Regional Training on FinTech for Financial Inclusion, Dili, Timor Leste, 12 December 2018 - 12 December 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Regulatory Sandboxes: Design and Policy Considerations', presented at AFI Global Policy Forum 2018, Sochi, Russia, 03 September 2018 - 03 September 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Didenko A, 2018, 'Testing, Monitoring and Supervision of Sandbox Entities', presented at CBTL-AFI Regional Training on FinTech for Financial Inclusion, Dili, Timor Leste, 12 December 2018 - 12 December 2018
    Reports | 2017
    Didenko A; Didenko A; Ivasikh V; London S, 2017, Getting the Deal Through 2018: Fintech (Russia)
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Didenko A, 2017, 'Challenges of Commercial Treaty-Making: Some Lessons from the Cape Town Convention', presented at Radboud University Doctoral Conference, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 12 June 2017 - 12 June 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Didenko A, 2017, 'Development of the Cape Town Convention: When the Journey Means More than Its Destination', presented at 6th annual conference of the Cape Town Convention Academic Project, Oxford, UK, 13 September 2017 - 13 September 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Didenko A, 2017, 'Priority Rules under Cape Town Convention and Interaction with National Rules', presented at Secured Transactions Law Reform Conference, Leeds, UK, 06 January 2017 - 06 January 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Didenko A, 2017, 'Regulating FinTech: Challenges and Implications for Kenya and South Africa', presented at Rule of law, legal and regulatory challenges for SMEs in Africa, Washington DC, US, 12 October 2017 - 12 October 2017
    Theses / Dissertations | 2017
    Didenko A, 2017, Challenges to effective treaty-making in contemporary transnational commercial law: lessons from the Cape Town Convention, University of Oxford
    Reports | 2017
    Didenko A, 2017, Regulatory challenges underlying FinTech in Kenya and South Africa
    Reports | 2017
    Kemp K; Didenko A; Malady L; Buckley R, 2017, Submission on the APRA Discussion Paper on Licensing: A Phased Approach to Authorising New Entrants to the Banking Industry
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Didenko A, 2016, 'Challenges of Commercial Treaty-Making: Some Lessons from the Cape Town Convention', presented at The Challenges of Commercial Law in the 21st Century, Durham, UK, 23 June 2016 - 23 June 2016
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Didenko A, 2016, 'The Future of Commercial Treaty-Making: Some Lessons from the Cape Town Convention', presented at International and Comparative Law in the 21st Century: Lessons Learned?, Dublin, Ireland, 10 June 2016 - 10 June 2016
    Preprints |
    Arner DW; Buckley RP; Zetzsche DA; Didenko AN, Monetary Hegemony, Technological Evolution and the International Monetary System, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4613622
    Preprints |
    Buckley RP; Arner DW; Didenko AN; Zetzsche DA, Ukraine, Sanctions and Central Bank Digital Currencies: The Weaponization of Digital Finance and the End of Global Monetary Hegemony?, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4133531
    Reports |
    Didenko AN; Buckley RP, Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Potential Response to the Financial Inclusion Challenges of the Pacific, Elsevier BV, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3937698, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3937698

  • Australian Academic of the Year in Digital Finance (2023) 

My Teaching

Law of Banking

International Financial Law

Banking and Finance Law

Law in the Global Context