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Pietro Sirena

Sirena Pietro
Department of Legal Studies
Full Professor
Civil Law, Comparative Private Law, and Banking Law
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Bio

-Born in Canelli (Italy), on 7 January 1970

-Dean of Bocconi Law Scool (2018-)

-Past Faculty Deputy for "Law and Regulation" at SDA Bocconi-School of Management (2021-2023)

-Member of the Executive Committee (2019-), Treasurer (2021-2025), and Elected Second Vice-President (2025-)  of the European Law Institute (ELI)

-Member of the Executive Committee (2011-) and President (2022-) of the Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA)

-Membre associé of the Académie Internationale de Droit Comparé (2016-)

-Past Secretary-General of the Associazione Civilisti Italiani (2010-2016)

-Presidente del Collegio di Roma dell'Arbitro Bancario Finanziario (ABF) (2019-)

-Past Research Director of Società Italiana Ricerca nel Diritto Comparato (SIRD) (2014-2022)

Research Interests

  • Consumer protection, particularly in European private law
  • Banking law
  • Unjustified enrichment and restitution

Publications

National laws and European private law: the value of legal pluralism in Europe
The future of European private law, 2023
The European System of Banking Law. A Tribute to Stefan Grundmann
EUROPEAN BUSINESS LAW REVIEW, 2023
Autonomia privata e regolazione del mercato nella disciplina dei contratti d'impresa
Annuario del contratto 2022, 2023
Autonomia privata e regolazione del mercato nella disciplina dei contratti d'impresa
BANCA BORSA TITOLI DI CREDITO, 2023
Danno-evento, danno-conseguenza e relativi nessi causali. Una storia di superfetazioni interpretative e ipocrisie giurisprudenziali
RESPONSABILITÀ CIVILE E PREVIDENZA, 2023
Effetti e vincolo
Effetti. In Trattato del contratto / diretto da Vincenzo Roppo, 3, 2023
‘Granular legal norms’ in the financial services trade
Algorithmic regulation and personalized law : a handbook, 2021
Hardship and Renegotiation of Contracts in the Prospective Recodification of Italian Civil Law
ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR VERGLEICHENDE RECHTSWISSENSCHAFT, 2020
The contracting parties' choice of European soft law: its validity and limits
Researches in European private law and beyond : contributions in honour of Reiner Schulze’s seventieth birthday, 2020
I Principios Latinoamericanos de Derecho de los Contratos e il diritto nazionale dei consumatori
OSSERVATORIO DEL DIRITTO CIVILE E COMMERCIALE, 2019
The concepts of ‘harm’ in the French and Italian laws of civil liability
French civil liability in comparative perspective, 2019
Die Rolle wissenschaftlicher Entwürfe im europäischen Privatrecht
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR EUROPAISCHES PRIVATRECHT, 2018
La rèforme du droit français des contrats et des obligations: un regard italien
La reécriture du code civil: le droit français des contrats après la réforme de 2016, 2018
ADR systems in the banking and financial markets
Le tritement des difficultés des étabilissements bancaires et istitutions financières. Approche croisée, 2017
The new design of the French law of contract and obligations: an Italian view
The Code Napoléon rewritten. French contract law after the 2016 reforms, 2017