ROMANO GIOVANNI

Giovanni
Romano
Professore Associato

Presentation

I am an Associate Professor of Business Law at the Department of Business and Law Studies (DISAG), University of Siena, where I teach Transnational Corporate Governance Law (MSc in International Accounting and Management) and Insolvency and Business Crisis Law (MSc in Management and Governance). I obtained my law degree from the University of Perugia and earned a PhD in Banking and Financial Market Law from the University of Siena, where I subsequently began my academic career as a research fellow in Commercial Law.

I have been a Visiting PhD Student at the Institut für Genossenschaftswesen of Philipps-Universität Marburg and a Visiting Scholar at the UCLA School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles. My main research interests include corporate and banking law, the law and regulation of financial contracts and collective investment schemes, and insolvency and restructuring law.

I am a member of the Editorial Board of the journals Ianus (the online journal of the Department of Business and Law Studies, University of Siena) and Diritto della Banca e del Mercato Finanziario. I currently serve as the Director’s Delegate for Departmental Seminars at DISAG. Since January 2022, I have been a member of the University Quality Assurance Board of the University of Siena. I am also a member of the Academic Board of the PhD Programme in Law and Management of Sustainability (DiMaS) at DISAG.

In 2025, within the framework of the University of Siena Research Development Plan, I was awarded a competitive research grant under the New Frontiers programme, aimed at early-career researchers and reserved for highly innovative projects, for the research project entitled “Insolvency Law in the Age of the Intangible Economy and New Technologies (INSOLTECH)”.

Office hours

Office hour: Students can contact me by email to schedule an appointment.

Contacts

0577232855 [int.2855]

Curriculum Vitae

Notices

 

Teaching activities

CORPORATE LAW AND REGULATION (BUSINESS LAW BASIC) a.a. 2022-2023 - Second semester

 The course focuses on corporate law.

European company law in particular will be considered, but attention will also be paid to the Italian company law system.

A. CONTENTS

The general definition of “company/corporation”. Partnerships and corporations. The organisation of assets and liability for corporate obligations. The single-member company. The corporate group. The 'purpose' of companies. The profit-making company; the cooperative society; the consortium; the EEIG.

The notion of share capital and the rules for its formation and conservation.

The corporate organisation of capital companies: the systems of administration and control.

The legal bases and the process of harmonisation of company law in Europe. The right of establishment of companies and cross-border extraordinary transactions.

Listed companies and takeover regulation. The financing of innovative start-ups: venture capital; SPACs

Corporate Law and Sustainability: the proposal for a Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence; the EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Reporting

Corporate Insolvency and Reorganization Law

 

B. GOALS

Through the analysis of the European legal system related to economic initiatives, the course aims to offer students a complete knowledge of European legislation relating to business and company law so that the student can acquire the appropriate skills to identify and solve problems related to business activity and, specifically, to companies, with regard to their operations in the context of the single market.

The expected training objectives therefore provide the student with a solid knowledge of the legal profiles of how firms operate, in relation to professional outlets that involve the assumption of operational or advisory responsibilities.

 

C. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER STUDYING MATERIALS

Nicola De Luca, European Company Law, Cambridge University Press, 2nd. ed.,  2021

OR

Andrea Vicari, European Company Law, De Gruyter, 2021

AND

Andrea Sacco Ginevri (ed), Commentaries and cases on italian business law, 2nd ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2021

Additional materials will be made available during the course in the associated Moodle space

 

D. EXAMINATION AND MID-TERMS

The final examination is oral. It covers the main course content and is aimed at ascertaining knowledge of the topics and acquisition of the skills described above.

During the course, four intermediate tests covering 80% of the assessment will be conducted.

The in itinere tests may consist of:

-  analysis of case law

- a written test

- an oral presentation in classroom

- a research paper on a topic assigned by the lecturer

Completion accademic year: 2025/2026

Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE A.Y. 2025/2026
Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT A.Y. 2025/2026

Completion accademic year: 2024/2025

Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE A.Y. 2024/2025
Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT A.Y. 2024/2025

Completion accademic year: 2023/2024

Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE A.Y. 2023/2024
Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT A.Y. 2023/2024

Completion accademic year: 2022/2023

Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE A.Y. 2022/2023
Course year: 2 First cycle degree (DM 270) ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT A.Y. 2021/2022

Completion accademic year: 2021/2022

Course year: 3 First cycle degree (DM 270) ECONOMICS AND BANKING A.Y. 2019/2020
Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE A.Y. 2021/2022

Research

Selected publications:

  • Santoro, V., Romano, G. (2016). L’ultimo atto di riforma delle banche popolari. LE NUOVE LEGGI CIVILI COMMENTATE, 39(2), 210-261. - view more