Veronica Aoki Santarosa

Veronica Aoki Santarosa is a Professor of Law at UC Berkeley, specializing in Law and Economics, Banking and Financial Regulation, Legal History, Institutional Economics, and Law and Development. Her research combines archival and empirical analysis to examine how legal frameworks shape markets, particularly in financial capitalism and global trade.

• Ph.D. in Economics, Yale University
• LL.M., Yale Law School
• M.A. in Economics, University of Hamburg
• B.A. in Economics, Ibmec-Insper Business School (Brazil)
• LL.B., University of Sao Paulo

Previously, she taught at the University of Michigan Law School and worked with institutions like the Brazilian antitrust agency (CADE), Anheuser-Busch InBev, and the World Bank-IFC.