Courses a.y. 2024/2025
Biographical note
I am Full Professor of Corporate Law and Financial Markets Regulation. I have been a Full Professor of Business Law at Penn State Law School, USA; and the Director of the Max Planck Institute of Luxembourg (currently I am a Scientific Member of this institution).
From 2016 to 2022 I was Head of Department of Legal Studies "Angelo Sraffa" of Bocconi University.
Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). I have been visiting professor at several law schools and universities, among which: Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Hamburg Law School, Germany; Esade Law School, Barcelona, Spain; National Law School of India, Bangalore; Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Chile, Santiago; and I lectured and gave talks at several institutions such as Oxford Law School, Pennsylvania University Law School, and Fordham Law School.
About
I am a member of the editorial board of the following journals: European Company and Financial Law Review, Oxford Journal of Financial Regulation, Rivista delle Società, Banca Impresa Società, Rivista dei Dottori Commercialisti; and an academic member of COMI, the consulting committee of market experts created by the Italian FInancial Supervisor, Consob.
Research interests
My research interests cover corporate law, corporate governance, financial structure of business organizations, securities regulation, and takeovers.
Selected Publications
Classes of shares and voting rights in the history of Italian corporate law
Research hanbdbook on the history of corporate and company law, 2018
Responsabilità da direzione e coordinamento e vantaggi compensativi futuri
RIVISTA DELLE SOCIETA', 2016
The disappearing taboo of multiple voting shares: regulatory responses to the migration of Chrysler-Fiat
ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR VERGLEICHENDE RECHTSWISSENSCHAFT, 2015
Modifiche di diritto, indirette e di fatto del diritto di voto e recesso nelle s.p.a.
GIURISPRUDENZA COMMERCIALE, 2015
Comparative corporate law
2015
When market abuse rules violate human rights: Grande Stevens v. Italy and the different approaches to double jeopardy in Europe and the US
EUROPEAN BUSINESS ORGANIZATION LAW REVIEW, 2015
Comparing Insider Trading in the United States and in the European Union: History and Recent Developments
EUROPEAN COMPANY AND FINANCIAL LAW REVIEW, 2014
Issuing New Shares and Preemptive Rights: A Comparative Analysis
RICHMOND JOURNAL OF GLOBAL LAW AND BUSINESS, 2013