Member of Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) from 15 July 2014 to 14 July 2021

Born in Aci Catena (Catania) in 1965.

• Full Professor of Commercial Law, at the University of Verona, since 2004. Previously Associate Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Catanzaro and Senior Research Fellow in Commercial Law at the same University.
• In 1989 she graduated with honours - Faculty of Law - from University of Catania and she received Ph.D. in Commercial Law in 1994. Lawyer since 1992
• From 1992 to 2005 frequently carried out research at Max Planck Institut of International and Foreign civil law - Hamburg; and also carried out research at the London School of Econimics and Political Science, in 2007.
• From 2001 to 2003 in charge of the Scientific Unit of Research at University of Catanzaro for a National Research Programm (P.R.I.N.) "La modernizzazione del diritto dell'impresa", financed by Italian Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca Scientifica;
• In 2007 in charge of the Scientific Unit of Research at University of Catanzaro for a National Research Programm (P.R.I.N.) "La Direttiva 2005/29/CE sulle pratiche commerciali sleali" financed by Italian Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca Scientifica;
• From 2012 to 2013 member of the Scientific Unit of Research at University of Cassino (FR) for a National Research Programm (P.R.I.N.) "Le riforme del diritto commerciale alla prova della crisi" financed by Italian Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca Scientifica
• From 1994 to 1998 law assistant for the "Autorità Garante della concorrenza e del Mercato" Rome.
• Member of Giurì dell'Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria since 2011.

She is author of books (Il risarcimento del danno da illecito concorrenziale, Napoli, ESI, 2005; L'invalidità dell'atto di fusione, Torino, Giappichelli, 1997) and of articles, books chapters and papers on company law, antitrust, merger and acquisition, unfair competition. She is editor of I decreti legislativi sulle pratiche commerciali scorrette. Attuazione e impatto sistematico della direttiva 2005/29/CE, Padova, CEDAM, 2008, and Il nuovo diritto societario. Prime riflessioni su alcuni contenuti di disciplina, Torino, Giappichelli, 2004.