Biography

Alberto ALEMANNO
Associate Professor, Department Business Law and Taxation

Date of arrival at HEC Paris: 2009

CENTERS OF INTEREST
European Law
International Economic Law
Regulatory Law
Competition Law
Risk Regulation
Dispute Settlement
WTO law
Comparative Constitutional Law
Legal Remedies.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
«ECJ's Opinion 1/2008 between shared and exclusive competences» - forthcoming, American Journal of International Law.
«The ECJ France Télécom/Wanadoo judgment: To recoup or not to recoup ? This "was" the question for a predatory pricing finding under Article 82 EC», European Law Reporter, 2009 (in coll. with M. Ramondino).
«The Better Regulation Initiative at the Judicial Gate: A Trojan Horse within the Commission's Walls or the Way Forward?», European Law Journal, May 2009, vol. 15, n° 3, pp. 382-401.
«Regulating Organic Farming in the European Union - Balancing Consumer Preferences and Free Movement Imperatives», European Consumer Law Journal / Revue européenne de droit de la consommation (R.E.D.C.), Special issue, 2009, vol. 1.
«The European Food Safety Authority at Five», European Food and Feed Law Review, 2008.
«Quis Custotet Custodes dans le cadre de l'initiative Mieux Légiférer? Une analyse des méchanismes de surveillance de la qualité réglementaire au sein de la Commission européenne et le Comité d'évaluation des analyses d'impact», Revue du Droit de l'Union Européenne, 2008, n° 1.
«At the end of the tunnel there is & darkness: The ECJ denies EC liability for WTO non-compliance», European Law Reporter, 2008 (in coll. with M. Schmauch).
«European Court rejects damages claim from innocent bystanders in the EU-US "Banana War"», American Society of International Law (ASIL) Insights, October 22nd, 2008, vol. 12, n° 21.
«The European Food Safety Authority before European Courts - Some reflections on the judicial review of EFSA scientific opinions and administrative acts», European Food and Feed Law Review, 2008, n° 5 (in coll. with S. Mahieu).
«L'Autorité européenne de sécurité des aliments souffle ses cinq premières bougies - Un bilan d'activité», Revue du Droit de l'Union Européenne, 2007, n° 3, pp. 585-632.
«Le principe de la reconnaissance mutuelle au delà du marché intérieur. Phénomène d'exportation normative ou stratégie de "colonialisme" règlementaire?», Revue du Droit de l'Union Européenne, 2006, n° 2.
«Fundamental Common Market Freedoms versus Fundamental Individual Rights in the EU: What role for the ECJ after the Omega case?», UE Focus, April 2005.
«Judicial Enforcement of the WTO Hormones ruling within the European Community: Toward an EC Liability for the non-implementation of WTO Dispute Settlement Decisions», Harvard International Law Journal, Summer 2004, vol. 45, n° 2, pp. 547-561.
«À la recherche d'un juste équilibre entre libertés fondamentales et droits fondamentaux dans le marché intérieur - Quelques réflexions à propos des arrêts Schmidberger et Omega», Revue du Droit de l'Union Européenne, 2004, n° 4.
«British American Tobacco: nuovo capitolo della saga "Union de pequeHos agricultores - Jégo Quéré"?», Il Diritto dell'Unione Europea, 2003, n° 3.
«L'articolo 28 del Trattato tra esigenze di funzionamento del mercato interno e tutela dei diritti fondamentali: alla ricerca di un possibile equilibrio», Rivista di Diritto Pubblico Comparato ed Europeo, 2003, n° 4.
«Gli accordi di reciproco riconoscimento di conformità dei prodotti tra regole OMC ed esperienza europea», Rivista di Diritto Pubblico Comparato ed Europeo, 2003, n° 3-4.
«¿Novedades en la jurisprudencia referente a la base jurídica de las normativas comunitarias?: La sentencia "British American Tobacco"», Gaceta Juridica de la Union Europea y de la competencia, July-August 2003, n° 226.
«Le principe de précaution en droit communautaire: stratégie de gestion des risques ou risque d'atteinte au marché intérieur?», Revue du Droit de l'Union Européenne, 2001, n° 4.

Books:
Trade in Food: Regulatory and Judicial Approaches in the EC and the WTO , Cameron May, 2007.

Chapters in collective books:
«The Dialogue between Judges and Experts in the EU and WTO» in Shaping the Rule of Law through Dialogue: International and Supranational Experiences - forthcoming 2010, P. Carrozza, F. Fontanelli, G. Martinico (eds.), Europa Law Publishing.
«How to get out of the Transatlantic Regulatory deadlock over GMOs? This is Time for Regulatory Cooperation» in Cooperating in Managing Biosafety and Biodiversity in a global world, the United States and the European Union, and California - forthcoming, J. Swinnen & D. Vogel (eds), University of Berkeley Press.
«Solving the Problem of Scale - The European approach to import safety and import security concerns» in Import Safety: Regulatory Governance in the Global Economy - forthcoming, C. Coglianese, A. Finkel, D. Zahring (eds), University of Pennsylvania Press.
«What has been and what is left thirty years after Les Verts/Parliament» in The Past and Future of European Union Law. The Classics of EC Law Revisited on the Occasion of the 50th Year of the Treaty of Rome - forthcoming, L. Azoulai - M. Poiares Maduro (Eds), Hart Publishing.
«Comparing Regulatory Oversight Bodies across the Atlantic: The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the US and the Impact Assessment Board in the EU» in Comparative Administrative Law, S. Rose-Ackerman, P. L. Lindseth (eds), Yale University Press, 2010 (in coll. with J. Wiener).
«The FIAMM judgment or "going bananas" ! A missed opportunity to distribute the costs of European Community's non-compliance with WTO rulings across society» in The ECJ under Siege: New Constitutional Challenges for the European Court, G. Martinico, F. Fontanelli, ICFAI Press, 2009.
«Science & EU Risk Regulation: The Role of Scientific Experts in Decision-Making and Judicial Review» in European Risk Governance: Its Science, its Inclusiveness and its Effectiveness, E. Vos (Ed.), Connex Report Serie, 2008.«Private Parties and WTO Dispute Settlement System Who bears the costs of non-compliance and why private parties should not bear them» in Essays on the Future of the World Trade Organization, J. Chaisse & T. Balmelli (Eds), EDIS (Editions Interuniversitaires Suisses), 2008.
«The Shaping of the Precautionary Principle by European Courts: From Scientific Uncertainty to Legal Certainty» in Valori Costituzionali e nuove politiche del diritto, L. Cuocolo, L. Luparia (eds), Halley, 2007.
«The Contested Governance of European Food Safety The Evolution of Food Safety in the EU» in European Food Safety Regulation: the Challenge of Multi-Level Governance, D. Vogel and C. Ansell eds, MIT Press, 2006.
«Voce "Aiuti di Stato"» in Dizionario di Diritto Pubblico, Giuffré, 2006 (in coll. with S. Cassese).
«La politica europea di sicurezza e difesa (PESD) - Profili storici, istituzionali e normativi» in La politica estera e di sicurezza comune, Giuffré, 2005 (in coll. with P. Mariani).

Published Proceedings:
«Analysis of organic food regulations in the European Union: food safety, environmental protection or protection of European agriculture?», Université de Laval, Québec, September 2008, Canada.

Working Papers:
«The shaping of risk regulation by Community Courts», Jean Monnet Working-Paper , n° 18/2008.
«Same-Sex Marriage in America between Substantive Due process and the Equal Protection Clause», Cahiers Européens , 2006.
«A look at the European Constitution from the other side of the Atlantic 'Interconnecting' the European supranational project to the American federalist model», Cahiers Européens, 2004.
«Private Parties and WTO Dispute Settlement System - Who bears the costs of non-compliance and why private parties should not bear them», Cornell Law School Working Papers, 2004.

MAIN COURSES TAUGHT AT HEC PARIS:
European Law
Global Antitrust Law
European Risk Regulation
European Affairs Strategy

CURSUS:
2006 PhD in International Law & Economics, Bocconi University, Milano, Italy.
2004 LL.M. degree, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA.
2001 LL.M. in European Law, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.
1999 Laurea in Giurisprudenza (J.D.), Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy.
Languages: English, Italian, Spanish.

FIRM ACTIVITIES:
Professional experience prior to joining HEC Paris:
January 2005 - January 2009 Référendaire, European Court of Justice, Luxembourg.
Since November 2004 - Attorney at law, Admitted to the New York State Bar, USA.

Consulting Activities:
2009 Independent reviewer, 7th Research Program, European Commission.
2002 - 2008 Speaker, European Commission, DG Enlargement, Taiex Office, Brussels, Belgium.
2008 Member of Advisory Board at the European Court of Auditors (Better Regulation Audit), Luxemburg.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES:
Member of the RIEB group on international economic velstions, the Hague.
Membership of scientific or professional organisation:
2005 Best Paper Award in Risk Science & Law by the Elected Member of the Executive Committee of the Society for Risk Analysis - Europe since September 2005.
President of the Risk Policy & Law Specialty Group of the Society for Risk Analysis.
Member of the American Society of International Law.
Member of the American Bar Association Law (ABA).
Member of the European Society of International Law (ESIL).
Member of the Society of Risk Analysis.

Editorial Activities:
Member, Editorial Board, Revue du Droit de l'Union Européenne.
Member, Editorial Board, European Food and Feed Law Review.
Member, Editorial Board, Risk Analysis: an International Journal.
Member, Editorial Board of the European Food & Feed Law Review.

Honors and Distinctions:
American Society for Risk Analysis, Orlando, SRA Annual Meeting, December 2005.
2001 Freshfield Prize for the Best Italian Business Law student ; European finalist.
Full scholarship from Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry to attend College of Europe.
Full Phd Scholarship from Bocconi Phd Programe in International Law & Economics.
Nominee and finalist of L'Oréal Prize for Innovation in Teaching.