Alessandro Spano
Email: alessandro.spano@kcl.ac.uk, alessandrospano@yahoo.com
Profile
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2009/current: Research Fellow in the EU STF Programme China (www.euchinastf.eu/ ), School of Law, King’s College London and Tsinghua University of Beijing
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2009/current: Foreign expert at the School of Law of the Tsinghua University of Beijing (main areas of expertise: WTO Law, Competition Law and EU Law)
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2007/2008: Visiting Scholar at the School of Law of the Tsinghua University of Beijing
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March/July 2007: Internship at the Trade and Investment Section of the EU Delegation in Beijing, China (focus on: M&A, Competition Law, IPRs protection)
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2006: Visiting Researcher at the School of Law of the Tsinghua University of Beijing.
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2003/2004: Master in Advanced European Studies at the College of Europe, Warsaw, Poland. Master Thesis: “Direct taxation and the Case law of the ECJ”, supervisor: Professor Andrea Biondi, King’s College, London
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2002/2003: Maîtrise (four-year Diploma in Law) in International and European Law, Paris X Nanterre University, Paris, France
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1999/2002: Three-year Law Programme, Università Cattolica di Milano, Milan, Italy
Research
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October 2005/June 2010: PhD Programme at the School of Law of King’s College London. PhD Topic: “Market integration in China relevance of the EU experience”, supervisors: Professor Andrea Biondi and Professor Piet Eeckhout, King’s College, London.
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Description of the project: an analysis of the legal reforms enacted by the Chinese government after China’s accession to the WTO with a particular focus on Competition law matters.
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Main areas of Research: EU Law, Competition Law, WTO Law, Chinese Law
Recent Presentations & Publications
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“Free Movement of Capital and National Company Law: A new perspective on Corporate control?”, in “International Trade and Business Law Review”, (Murdoch University School of Law, Perth, Australia, forthcoming January 2010)
Case analysis
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“Case C-432/05 Unibet (London) Ltd, Unibet (International) Ltd v Justitiekanslern”, in “The Global Community, YILJ 2008”, (Giuliana Ziccardi Capaldo, ed., Oxford U. Press, forthcoming 2009)
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“Case T-23/03 CAS v Commission”, in “The Global Community, YILJ 2008”, (Giuliana Ziccardi Capaldo, ed., Oxford U. Press, forthcoming 2009)
Teaching & Employment Interests
EU Law - Competition Law - WTO Law – Chinese Law
Since October 2004: Member of the Law Bar of Milan, Italy (Junior Lawyer)
Legal consultant: Contract Law - Company Law - Tax Law - M&A - EU Law