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Professor Roberta Romano Honored at International Conference

Professor Roberta Romano ’80 at a conference
Professor Roberta Romano and Abel Veiga, Dean of the Faculty of Law of Comillas ICADE, at the university's international conference.

Roberta Romano ’80, Sterling Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Corporate Law at Yale Law School, was recognized by the Faculty of Law (Comillas ICADE) at an academic conference in Madrid at the Comillas Pontifical University in June. 

The two-day international conference, titled “A European Tribute to Roberta Romano,” brought together more than 20 academics to discuss their research in relation to Romano’s work on capital markets, legislative competition in the EU, director liability, corporate restructuring, the impact of sustainability (ESG) on financial regulation, and litigation finance. 

The conference also celebrated Romano as “one of the most influential voices in contemporary corporate law.” Panels included “Private Ordering and Multiforum Shareholder Litigation in the EU,” “The Political Economy of Global Stock Exchange Competition,” and “Director’s Fiduciary Duties in the Likelihood of Insolvency,” among others.

Panelists hailed from universities across Europe, including the University of Cambridge, Bocconi University, Humboldt University, Innsbruck University, Siena University, Bremen University, Verona University, Vienna University, Hamburg University, Coimbra University, Rey Juan Carlos University, Autonomous University of Madrid, Valencia University, and Complutense University.

Abel Veiga, Dean of the Faculty of Law of Comillas ICADE, closed the conference by highlighting Romano’s contributions to the critical renewal of corporate law from a multidisciplinary perspective, which was followed by a keynote address by Romano in which she spoke about the political economy of financial regulation.

Romano holds a B.A. from the University of Rochester, an M.A. from the University of Chicago, and a J.D. from Yale Law School. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the European Corporate Governance Institute, a research associate of the National Bureau for Economic Research, as well as a recipient of the American Law and Economic Association’s Ronald H. Coase Medal and William & Mary Law School’s Marshall-Wythe Medallion.