Pietro Sirena

Full Professor
Knowledge groupLaw
Research domainsBusiness Law
Teaching domainsConsumer Protection, International Commercial Contracts, Banking Law, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
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Biography

Pietro Sirena is a Full Professor of Civil Law, Comparative Private Law, and European and International Contracts at Università Bocconi, where, since 2018, he is also the Dean of the Law School.

He is also part of the Knowledge Group 'Law and Regulation' at SDA Bocconi School of Management.

His research activity focuses on issues of unjust enrichment, consumer protection, banking contracts, and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Pietro is a member of the Executive Committee of the European Law Institute (ELI) and president of the Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA). He is an associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law. He is a member of the editorial board of the European Review of Contract Law (ERCL) and of the Observatory of Civil and Commercial Law. He is also co-director of the European Contract Law and Theory (EUCOLATH) series, published by Intersentia (Antwerp-Oxford).

He graduated with honors in Law from La Sapienza University of Rome and earned a PhD in Private Law from the University of Pisa.

Recent Publications

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  • 2026
    Contract and Power: Ideologies, Inequalities, and Marginalisation in European Contract Law
    SIRENA, P., L. MILLER, "Contract and Power: Ideologies, Inequalities, and Marginalisation in European Contract Law" in Contract and Power: Ideologies, Inequalities, and Marginalisation in European Contract Law., Miller, Lucinda ; Sirena, Pietro (Eds.), Intersentia, 2026
  • 2026
    Contract and Power: Ideologies, Inequalities, and Marginalisation in European Contract Law
    P. SIRENA, L. MILLER (Eds.), "Contract and Power: Ideologies, Inequalities, and Marginalisation in European Contract Law" - 2026, Intersentia, Cambridge, Great Britain
  • 2026
    Note critiche sul rapporto tra regresso e surrogazione legale nella disciplina delle obbligazioni passivamente solidali
    SIRENA, P., "Note critiche sul rapporto tra regresso e surrogazione legale nella disciplina delle obbligazioni passivamente solidali", Nuovo Diritto Civile, 2026
  • 2026
    The Subsidiarity of Unjustified Enrichment
    SIRENA, P., "The Subsidiarity of Unjustified Enrichment" in Comparative Reflections in Private Law., Marco Cappelletti, Ciara Kennefick, Dorota Leczykiewicz (Eds.), Oxford University PressOxford, pp. 295-330, 2026
  • 2025
    De iure
    SIRENA, P. - "De iure" - 2025, Giappichelli Editore, Torino, Italy
  • 2025
    Introducción al Derecho privado
    SIRENA, P. - "Introducción al Derecho privado" - 2025, ZELA Editorial , Puno, Peru