Manes, Paola

She works in the field of corporate and private clients. She assists leading Italian companies, including public companies, banks and financial institutions. She advises clients in commercial law and corporate law transactions (company groups, corporate governance), law of associations and foundations, family law, inheritance and trust law and wealth planning. She assists companies and private clients in litigation and arbitration proceedings also as expert before International Chambers.

Manes, Paola
  • Law degree, University of Bologna, 110/110 cum laude, 1994.
  • Admitted to the Italian Bar Association since 1998 and authorized to practice before the Supreme Court, Italy.
  • Full Professor of Private Law at the University of Bologna.
  • PhD in Civil Law.
  • Master in Law (LLM), King’s College London in 1998.
  • She teaches Private Law, Insurance Financial Law and ESG, Corporate governance of Financial Institutions  at the University of Bologna. She teaches Law and Technology at  Bologna Business School, Master in Finance and Fintech.
  • Lecturer, School of Law, King’s College London. Visiting Professor at Brunel University London. Faculty, Bologna Business School.
  • Author of numerous articles and books on Civil law, Comparative law, Corporate law, Insurance and Banking law, trusts and inheritance law and on the regulation of artificial intelligence.
  • She worked at Galgano Law Firm in Bologna and Milan, and at Wither’s LLp London.
  • She worked as of counsel at Camozzi e Bonissoni Law Firm in Milan.
  • Expert, arbitration proceedings at the ICC.
  • Independent Director and Vice President at Arca Vita S.p.A.
  • President of the Supervisory Committee at Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna and at IFAB Foundation
  • Scientific board CEDE, Centre for Digital Ethics, University of Bologna.
  • Research Fellow Centro Baffi, Bocconi University, Milan.
  • Former board member Bologna Business School.
  • Former Independent Director at Unipol Gruppo s.p.a., Unipolbanca s.p.a and Prontoassistence S.p.A.. , President of the Supervisory Committee at UnipolRec S.p.A.; Alternate Auditor at Unicredit S.p.A.
  • Editorial board of the journals “Contratto e impresa”, “Contratto e Impresa Europa” and “European Journal of Privacy Law and Technologies”.  Deputy editor of the journal “Trusts e attività fiduciarie in rete”.
  • Member of the Committee of Bimbo Tu ETS Foundation.

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