Marco Ventoruzzo
Arthur L. and Sandra S. Piccone Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law
Education:
Ph.D., University of Brescia
LL.M., Yale Law School
J.D., Università Statale di Milano
Laurea degree, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Professor Marco Ventoruzzo joined the faculty of Penn State Law in summer 2009 with a joint appointment with Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, where he is director of the Ph.D. in Corporate and Business Law program and vice-director of the Paolo Baffi Research Center on Central Banking and Financial Regulation.
A scholar of business law, Professor Ventoruzzo has published more than thirty articles, book chapters, and books in Italian, English and French, in major U.S. and European law reviews. He was recently appointed as a Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute.
Professor Ventoruzzo is a member of the boards of editors of several Italian peer-reviewed law journals and a member of the scientific advisory committees of the Italian Association of Independent Directors and of the Italian Association of Financial Analysts. He has taught and lectured at various law schools and universities in Europe, the United States and Asia, including Oxford University (U.K.), Hamburg University (Germany), Fudan University (China), National Law School of Bangalore (India), LSU Law School (USA), Esade Law School (Spain), and several Italian universities.
Professor Ventoruzzo was recently named to the board of supervisors of UniCredit, a major multi-national financial institution and to the board of supervisors of the Italian Democratic Party, which oversees the finances of that organization. He also served on the committee that drafted the Italian Code of Corporate Governance and from 2001 to 2008 served as a Special Legal Consultant to the Italian Stock Exchange (London Stock Exchange Group). Additionally, Professor Ventoruzzo has served as an expert witness on comparative business law and is interviewed frequently by the media on current developments of corporate and business law in Europe and in the United States.
Contact Information:
E-mail: mxv23@psu.edu
Phone: (814) 865-8957
Principal Office: University Park
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Publications:
Takeover Regulation as a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Taking U.K. Rules to Continental Europe, 1 U. Pa. J. Bus. L. 135 (2008).
Commentary to article 2475-bis of the Italian Civil Code, in Commentario alla riforma delle società (P. Marchetti, et al. eds., 2008) (book chapter on directors’ conflict of interest).
Les administrateurs nommés par la minorité dans le droit italien des sociétés par actions cotées en bourse, Revue des sociétés (2007) (law review article on directors appointed by minority shareholders in listed corporations).
Cross-border Mergers, Change of Applicable Corporate Laws and Protection of Dissenting Shareholders: Withdrawal Rights under Italian Law, in European Company and Financial Law Review, 2007.
La composizione del consiglio di amministrazione delle società quotate dopo il d. lgs. N. 303 del 2006: prime osservazioni, Riv. Soc. 2007 (law review article on directors appointed by minority sharheholders in listed corporations).
