Prof. Avv. Rita Rolli

Prof. Rita Rolli, pupil of Prof. Francesco Galgano, graduated with honours in Law from the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna in 1993, where she also obtained a postgraduate degree in Advanced International Legal Studies, in cooperation with the Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco.

She is Full Professor of Private Law at the Department of Legal Studies of the University of Bologna. Author of numerous publications, monographs, and articles for Il Sole 24 Ore, she serves on the editorial board and evaluation committee of prestigious legal journals. She is also the scientific coordinator of several national and international conferences.

Her most recent research focuses on national and EU legislation, self-regulation, and international guidelines concerning sustainability and ESG factors, and their impact on corporate governance, corporate liability, and contract governance, as well as on the use of Artificial Intelligence for enterprises and in the decision-making processes of boards.

As a lawyer admitted to practice before the high court “Corte di Cassazione”, she provides legal assistance in the fields of civil, commercial, and corporate law, as well as in insolvency law. She represents clients in litigation before higher courts and in arbitration proceedings.

Prof. Rita Rolli practices in the field of civil law, with particular expertise in obligations and contracts, national and international contract law, tort liability, consumer protection, personal rights and privacy, real estate and property rights, inheritance law, and family law (separations and divorces).

She also works in the area of commercial and corporate law.

She advises leading national companies, including those listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, on corporate governance and relations with Consob, and provides legal assistance in extraordinary corporate transactions, with consolidated experience in M&A operations, buy-backs, and leveraged buy-outs.

Prof. Rita Rolli also provides assistance regarding compliance with sector-specific regulations for regulated markets, including key aspects of antitrust and golden power regulations.

She operates in the field of insolvency law, with a focus on restructuring tools and business crisis resolution mechanisms.

Although primarily based in Bologna, the Prof. Rita Rolli maintains a strong connection with the territories set in Romagna and offers her legal services also in Forlì, her hometown.

In addition to her academic and professional activities, she has many years of experience serving on the boards of major listed companies as an Independent Director, including as Chair of internal board committees, and as Chairman and member of the Board of Auditors. These roles have allowed her to further strengthen her expertise in corporate governance.

• Vice-President of the Sustainable Development Committee of ACRI – Associazione di Fondazioni e di Casse di Risparmio S.p.A.;
• Director of FONDAZIONE DELLA CASSA DEI RISPARMI DI FORLÌ; 
• Independent Director and Chairman of Committee for Sustainability of INTERPUMP GROUP S.p.A.;
• Standing Auditor of SOGEFI S.p.A.;
• Chairman of the Board of Auditor of ADIACENT S.p.A. Società Benefit and Standing Auditor for others companies of the Gruppo Sesa, such as COMPUTER GROSS S.p.A. and ATS Advanced Technology Solutions S.p.A.; 

She has also held the following positions:

• Independent Director (form 2019 to 2025) and Chairman of the Appointment and Compensation Committee, and Board Member of the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Energy Transition Scenarios Committee of SNAM S.p.A.;
• Independent Director (from 2015 to 2022) and Lead Independent Director, Chairman of the Control, Risks and Substainability Committee, Chairman of of the Appointment and Compensation Committee, Chairman of the Related Parties Committee of TREVI Finanziaria Industriale S.p.A.;
• Independent Director (from 2015 to 2020) and Chairman of the Control, Risks and Related Parties Committee, Board Member of the Appointment and Compensation Committee of I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.;
• Independent Director (from 2015 to 2018) and Board Member of Audit Technical Committee of CASSA DEI RISPARMI DI FORLÌ E DELLA ROMAGNA.
• She has also been a Member of the Shareholders’ Meeting of the FONDAZIONE DELLA CASSA DEI RISPARMI DI FORLÌ since September 29th, 2020, a position suspended as of June 1st, 2021, following her appointment as Board Member.
• In 2007, she collaborated as a consultant with the Ministry of Economy on the reform of consumer credit regulations.

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