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Dr Albert Puja

Dr Albert Puja

Research Staff Level B

Doctor of Laws (LLD), University of the Western Cape

Master of Laws (LLM) in International Trade, Business and Investment Law, University of the Western Cape

Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Nnamdi Azikiwe University 

Law & Justice
School of Private & Commercial Law

I am a Research Fellow at UNSW Sydney, where my research explores the policy, legal and regulatory questions raised by the innovations and emerging technologies defining the current era of FinTech and digital finance. I also engage with related fields including data privacy, digital trade, corporate digital responsibility, and the governance of the digital economy and technologies.

Before joining UNSW, I served in various capacities as a Lecturing Assistant and Research Fellow at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, where I was involved in research, teaching and supervision across legal research and writing, trade finance, financial regulation, FinTech, and public law modules at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels.

Alongside my academic work, I have been actively engaged in legal practice for over ten years across diverse settings, including law firms, in-house roles and consulting. I have advised on and worked across a broad range of matters spanning banking and finance transactions, project finance, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, data privacy, IT contracts, technology transfer and policy reform initiatives across various African markets.

 
E-mail
a.puja@unsw.edu.au
Location
Law Building, Room 308, UNSW Kensington Campus, Sydney, NSW 2052 , Australia
  • Book Chapters | 2025
    Stewart B; Puja A, 2025, 'Regulatory modernisation in response to digital transformation in South Africa’s banking sector', in Kelly-Louw M; Lawack V (ed.), Contemporary Banking and Finance Law, pp. 127 - 127
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Lawack V; Puja A, 2023, 'Setting the scene for the discourse on fintech law and regulation in Africa', in Lawack V (ed.), Fintech Law and Regulation: An African Perspective, pp. 1 - 37
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Puja A, 2023, 'Adapting the frameworks for financial regulation to cater to fintech’s risks', in Lawack V (ed.), Fintech Law and Regulation: An African Perspective, pp. 43 - 81
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Puja A, 2023, 'Revisiting Nigeria’s institutional structure of financial regulation in the era of fintech', in Lawack V (ed.), Fintech Law and Regulation: An African Perspective, pp. 43 - 81
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Puja AC, 2025, 'Towards an Enabling Regulatory Environment for Fintech Startups in Africa: Lessons From Nigeria', Journal of Comparative Law in Africa, 12, pp. 146 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.47348/jcla/v12/i1a4

Olu Akinkugbe Business Law in Africa Fellowship, Centre for Comparative Law in Africa, University of Cape Town (2024)

Trade Finance Global (UK) Accelerate Scholarship, awarded for the top entry/overall winner in an international essay competition on international trade and finance, selected from submissions across 43 universities in 12 countries (2022)

Golden Key International Honour Society, awarded for ranking among the top 15% of students in the LLM graduating class, University of the Western Cape (2022)

Graduate Lecturing Assistant (GLA) Scholarship, funded master’s and doctoral postgraduate study, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape (2021–2023)

Prof. Enga Kanemi Prize, awarded for the best LLM student in Legal Aspects of Trade Finance, Faculty of Law, University of the Western Cape (2021)

3rd Best Graduating Student, Faculty of Law, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria (2014)