Luca Enriques

Luca Enriques is a Professor at Bocconi University's Law Department in Milan, Italy, with additional affiliations at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Law, the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), and the European Banking Institute. His academic work bridges European and American legal scholarship with significant contributions to corporate governance research.

Professor Enriques' research focuses on comparative corporate law and governance, particularly examining how legal frameworks in Europe affect venture capital contracting and entrepreneurial finance. His scholarship provides critical insights into the interaction between mandatory corporate law and private ordering in financial markets, with special attention to German and Italian legal systems.

His recent publications analyze the significant obstacles European corporate laws present to transplanting U.S. venture capital contracts, demonstrating that alternative arrangements are often costlier and less functional. This research has important implications for policymakers seeking to foster venture capital markets in Europe.

Professor Enriques regularly collaborates with leading scholars across Europe and has published extensively in top law and finance journals, establishing himself as a key authority on European corporate governance and venture capital law.