Israel Cedillo LazcanoIsrael Cedillo Lazcano is Associate Professor in Banking and IP/IT Law, and Director of Research and Graduate Studies at Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP), Mexico. He obtained his PhD in Law at the University of Edinburgh in 2021, his Bachelr´s degree in International Law in 2009, a Master´s degree in Anthropologic Studies of Mexico in 2012 and a Master´s degree in Governance and Globalisation in 2014, all from UDLAP. Professionally, he has worked as Intellectual Property Advisor and Personal Data Protection Officer for different institutions and was editor of Intellectual Property for SCRIPTed. His academic research is focused on intellectual property, artificial intelligence, financial innovation, and the legal nature of money. He has won national and international research prizes such as the 2013 FELABAN Prize (the Competition for Legal Monographs for Lawyers under 35 years old, sponsored by the Latin American Banks Federation), and the Second Prize of the 2015 Manuel Espinosa Yglesias Prize, sponsored by the Espinosa Yglesias Research Centre. Read More Read Less