Dr Obiora Ezike
- Lecturer in Commercial Law (School of Law)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8678-7646Biography
Dr Obiora Ezike joined the School of Law as a Lecturer in Commercial Law in January 2022, having previously held a Lectureship in Law at Coventry University. He obtained his LLB from Nnamdi Azikiwe University and his LLM in Corporate and Financial Law (with distinction) from the University of Glasgow.He was the overall best student on the LLM course. He also completed his PhD, which was sponsored by the College of Social Sciences Scholarship, at the University of Glasgow. His PhD examined the Financial Collateral Arrangement Directive, particularly how property rights are created in financial instruments across English, Scots and Civil law systems.
Obiora is also dual-qualified: he is a Scottish solicitor and a solicitor in Nigeria. He has previously practised in the areas of commercial and insolvency law in Nigeria before going into academia.
Obiora is a member of the Society of Legal Scholars, co-director of the Corporate and Financial Law Research Group at the School of Law, and the Law Society of Scotland. He is also a member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Research interests
- Financial Collateral
- Secured transaction
- Comparative property law
- Commercial law
Obiora welcomes applications for PhD supervision in these areas
Publications
2025
Ezike, Obiora 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8678-7646
(2025)
Possession and control in the Collateral Directive as English law concepts?
European Property Law Journal, 14(3),
pp. 263-287.
(doi: 10.1515/eplj-2025-0012)
2022
Ezike, Obiora ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8678-7646
(2022)
The EU financial collateral directive: the distinguishing features of a security financial collateral arrangement?
Uniform Law Review,
(doi: 10.1093/ulr/unac025)
2021
Ezike, Obiora (2021) The collateral directive and financial collateral: ownership of, or entitlement to, collateral? European Property Law Journal, 10(2-3), pp. 304-342. (doi: 10.1515/eplj-2021-0015)
Ezike, Obiora (2021) Identifying a system-neutral meaning of a title transfer financial collateral arrangement in the Financial Collateral Directive. Uniform Law Review, 26(3), pp. 554-582. (doi: 10.1093/ulr/unab023)
2018
Ezike, Obiora ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8678-7646 and MacLeod, John
(2018)
Restitution under an illegal contract: a Scots law perspective on Patel v. Mirza.
European Review of Private Law, 26(2),
pp. 273-282.
(doi: 10.54648/erpl2018019)
Articles
Ezike, Obiora ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8678-7646
(2025)
Possession and control in the Collateral Directive as English law concepts?
European Property Law Journal, 14(3),
pp. 263-287.
(doi: 10.1515/eplj-2025-0012)
Ezike, Obiora ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8678-7646
(2022)
The EU financial collateral directive: the distinguishing features of a security financial collateral arrangement?
Uniform Law Review,
(doi: 10.1093/ulr/unac025)
Ezike, Obiora (2021) The collateral directive and financial collateral: ownership of, or entitlement to, collateral? European Property Law Journal, 10(2-3), pp. 304-342. (doi: 10.1515/eplj-2021-0015)
Ezike, Obiora (2021) Identifying a system-neutral meaning of a title transfer financial collateral arrangement in the Financial Collateral Directive. Uniform Law Review, 26(3), pp. 554-582. (doi: 10.1093/ulr/unab023)
Ezike, Obiora ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8678-7646 and MacLeod, John
(2018)
Restitution under an illegal contract: a Scots law perspective on Patel v. Mirza.
European Review of Private Law, 26(2),
pp. 273-282.
(doi: 10.54648/erpl2018019)
Grants
College of Social Sciences Scholarship for PhD (£84,000)
Professional activities and recognition:
Most Outstanding Student, LLM in Corporate and Financial Law (School of Law, University of Glasgow, 2013/2014)
Supervision
- Li, Chun
Structural Limitations of “Principle-and-Exception” Governance Paradigm in Cross-border Financial Data Flows - Mičik, Lorena
Taking security over crypto-assets - Ying, Zheng
Comparison of Involuntary Creditor Relief under Limited Liability in China and the UK - Zang, Chang Wei
Marine Insurance and Autonomous Vessels: An Analysis of the Seaworthiness Obligation and Cyber Risks
Teaching
Law of Secured Finance (LLM)
Commercial Law (LLB)
Business Law
