Luigi Arturo Bianchi

Full Professor of Coporate Law at the Università L. Bocconi (having previously been an Associate Professor), where he is the Head of Corporate Law and advanced Corporate Law courses. He is director of the Corporate Law Course organized by the School of Law of the Università L. Bocconi. He is also a member of the PhD faculty for Corporate Law at the Università L. Bocconi. Former President of CAFRA, Bocconi's Center for Research on Business Administration, Finance and Regulation and he was also Head of the Legal Division of the SDA Bocconi School. He has given lectures and seminars at the leading Italian universities, Notary Schools, Bar Associations and Chartered Accountants Associations and has participated in numerous seminars and conferences both in Italy and abroad on commercial law, banking, bankruptcy, corporate finance issues and arbitration law promoted and organized by public (i.e. Bank of Italy and Consob) and private bodies, the latest being on the 40th anniversary of Consob held at the Università L. Bocconi (2014). He was a visiting scholar in Hamburg (Max Planck Institute), Cologne (Institute for Commercial Law), and Berkeley (School of Law, University of California). He attended an introductory course to the US legal system, organized by the Southwestern Legal Foundation in Dallas, Texas. He is member of the Editorial Board for various Italian publications. He is Co-director of the legal publication AGE-Analisi Giuridica dell'Economia, ed. Il Mulino and is a permanent advisor of the Organismo Italiano di Contabilità (OIC), the Italian setter for accounting standards; He has advised the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Bank of Italy on corporate governance matters and is a former member of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration. He is currently a member of boards of directors, control committees and supervisory bodies of the foremost Italian listed companies. Furthermore, he is a lawyer and partner at the Milan branch of Gatti Pavesi Bianchi law firm where he mainly advises on m&a, capital market, corporate law and litigation matters.