Professor Paolo Montalenti

Paolo Montalenti is currently Professor of Corporate and Commercial Law at the University of Turin Law School (Torino, Italy).

After graduating in 1975 he started his Academic career as an Assistant Professor until 1987 when he became Full Professor of Corporate and Commercial Law in Trento University. In 1991 he joined again the University of Turin.

He has been visiting Professor at Université Jean Moulin de Lyon in 1991 and 1992 and at Universitad Complutense de Madrid in 2002 and 2003, visiting Scholar at Columbia and Berkeley University in 1989 and 1991. Paolo Montalenti is professor at the International Trade of Law Course, organized in Turin by the International Labour Organisation and a member of the Board of Dottorato di Diritto dell’Impresa at Bocconi University in Milan. He has been Scientific Director of the Turin Law School Master Program for “Giuristi d’Impresa” and a member of the Steering Committee of WIPO Post-Graduate specialization course on Intellectual Property.

He has written many articles and books in the fields of Corporate, Commercial and Civil Law, on Corporate Groups, M&A, Leveraged Buyouts, Takeovers, Unlimited Partnerships, Management Contracts, Arbitration, Corporate Governance. His last work is: Società per azioni corporate governance e mercati finanziari, ed. Giuffrè, Milano, 2011.

He practices as a lawyer in the fields of Corporate Law, Contracts, Banking, Securities Law, Takeovers, M&A and Arbitration.

He has been representative of no-voting shareholders of Fiat s.p.a. since 1996 to 2002; a member of the Board of Directors of Banca Sella S.p.A., Banca Patrimoni Sella &C. S.p.A.; President of Fondazione dell’Avvocatura Torinese Fulvio Croce in Turin; a member of the Consiglio Generale of Compagnia di San Paolo.

He is Vice-President of the “Camera arbitrale del Piemonte”, Vice-President of the Council of Milan International Arbitration Chamber, Scientific Head of The “Osservatorio sulla riforma del diritto societario” of The Chamber of Commerce of Milan; now is member of the Board of Compagnia di San Paolo.

He is President of AIDA– Sezione Italiana and member of the Presidential Council of AIDA World; President of the Scientific Committee of NED Community; President of the Association of Italian Professors in Commercial Law.

He is member of the editorial board of Giurisprudenza Commerciale, one of the main Italian Law Reviews.

He is Academic Member of European Institute of Corporate Governance.