Prof.ssa Maria Chiara Malaguti

Profilo Personale

Permanent Address:
Via Mengoli, 34
40138 Bologna, Italy
Ph: (39-51) 34-3433
(also manual fax)
E-mail: mcmalaguti@hotmail.com

Address in Frankfurt:
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
D- 60311 Frankfurt
Ph: (+4969)13446897
Fax (+4969)13447488

PERSONAL

Date of birth: February 26, 1964
Citizenship: Italian
Status: Single

EDUCATION

February 2000 Professore Associato in commercial law

1989-1993 PhD with distinction - Istituto Universitario Europeo, Florence (IUE), Italy - Thesis topic: "A legal framework for the payments system in the European Union" (in English discussed in English and Italian). Jury composed by: Dr. T. Padoa Schioppa (Vice-Director General Bank of Italy); Prof. Hal Scott (Harvard Law School); Dr. Luc Gyselen (DG IV - EC Commission); Prof. G. Olivieri (Macerata University); Prof. F. Snyder (IUE and Univ. College of London).
Scholarship of Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze.

1988-1989 LL.M. Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA International Rotary Foundation Scholar. Paper topic: "Legal Problems on Mistake, Fraud and Finality in Wire Transfer: A Comparative Analysis".
Courses:
- Corporation Law (R. Clark);
- Payment systems (H. Scott);
- Antitrust (Judge Breyer) - auditor;
- Negotiation (R. Fischer, Sander);
- Conflict of laws (K. Laenartes, Bruges).

1983-1987 Law Degree - Univ. of Bologna, Italy.
Thesis topic in EC law: "Section 85 of the Treaty of Rome and the rule of reason" (Comparative analysis between the Treaty of Rome and the Sherman Antitrust Act).
Graduating score: 110 Cum Laude (max. score).

ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENTS

2000-today Professore Associato charged of the chair of Trade Law at the Law Faculty of the University of Lecce

1997-today Jean Monnet Professor of European Commercial Law at the Law Faculty of the University of Lecce.

1999-today Administrator of School of Excellence ISUFI, Lecce for trade law matters.

PROFESSIONAL STATUS - Dottore in legge;
- Member of the Italian Bar (1992);
- Member of the New York Bar (1991).

EMPLOYMENT

Feb. 2001-today Legal expert - European Central Bank - Directorate General Payment Systems, Securities Settlement Policy Division

1998/2000 Referendaire - Cabinet Judge Mengozzi, Tribunal of 1st Instance of the European Communities, Luxembourg

1994-1998 Studio Legale Associato
Mazzoni e Associati, Milan: associate

1991-1994 Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton,
Brussels: associate

1990-1991 EC Commission, DG XV, stagiaire. Main area of work: EC Commission's GREEN PAPER ON PAYMENTS SYSTEMS, of September 15, 1990.

1987-1988 Studio di consulenza in Contrattualistica Internazionale Prof. M. Bonora, Bologna, Italy: associate.

Spring 1988 Stagiaire - John Gittens & Co., Solicitors, London, Great Britain.

LANGUAGES - Italian (mother tongue)
- English: TOEFL (fluent A+P)
- French: Alliance Française Diploma (Mention
Très Honorable) (fluent A+P)
- German: Deutsche als Fremdsprache Diploma
- Spanish: fluent: P
good: A

EXTRACURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES

Spring 1997-1999 Consultant, Legal Working Party, Committee on Euro established by the Italian Ministry of Treasury.

Summer 1997 Member of the 1997 Working Party on the WTO, The Hague International Academy.

Summer 1996 Legal consultant for the European Monetary Institute (Frankfurt).

1996-present Member of the editorial staff of "Contratto e impresa / Europa", CEDAM.

1994-present Assistant to Prof. Mario Siragusa "Community and national competition law", Catholic University, Milan.

1993-1994 Member of the CEPS Working Party on Cross-Border Payments and Clearing in Europe (Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels).

Summer 1990 The Hague Academy of International Law. Auditor.

1989-1992 Member of the editorial staff of "I Martedì Europa", Bologna.

1988-1989 Harvard Law School - International Graduate Students Association - Executive Secretary.

Spring 1989 Research assistant Prof. David Kennedy on EC Law (Harvard Law School).

1984-1986 Town Secretary of JEF (Jeunesse Européenne Fédéraliste).