GIANI, Leonardo

Max Weber Fellow 2011-2012

Email Leonardo.Giani@EUI.eu 
Tel. [+39] 055 4685 686
Office VF 25

European University Institute
Max Weber Programme
Via delle Fontanelle 10
I-50014 San Domenico

Departmental affiliation: Law  
Mentor: Fabrizio Cafaggi  

Giani CV 

My research interests concern bankruptcy law, business law, banking and financial regulation, law & economics. In particular, my research activity at the EUI concerns the consequences arising from bankruptcy within entrepreneurial contexts such as the inter-firm networks existing all over Europe.

I obtained an LL.M. from Columbia University in May 2011. In January 2010 I received my Ph.D. in Law and Economics from the University of Siena, where I completed my dissertation, The Convergence among Bankruptcy Laws: Looking at a Hypothesis from a Law and Economics Perspective, under the supervision of Prof. Lorenzo Stanghellini. Previously I received an M.Sc. in Law and Economics from the University of Siena and an LL.B. from the Bocconi University of Milan.

From January to June 2007 I was a Visiting Scholar at the Boston University School of Law. In December 2009 I was appointed Honorary Fellow in Business Law at the University of Florence. I have published articles on bankruptcy law and banking law in Italian as well as in English.
My academic background has been complemented by some practical experience. Notably, I have practiced as an attorney at law and, from August 2007 to July 2009, I worked at the European Central Bank (initially as a trainee and afterwards in the capacity of Financial Supervision Expert).

My publications include: ‘Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Banking Regulation: United States and Italy in Comparison’ (with R. Vannini), Review of Banking and Financial Law, Vol. 29, 2010, p. 405-439; ‘The Complementarity between Financial Supervision and Crisis Resolution: A Gap in the EU Framework at the Time of the Crisis’, Law and Financial Markets Review, n. 4/2010, p. 421-427.