People
Avv. Prof. Mario Cera
Degree in Law with 110/110 cum laude in 1975 from the Faculty of Law of Università degli Studi di Pavia, lecturer prof. Guido Rossi.
Since 1992 teacher and then full professor at the Faculty of Law of Università degli Studi di Pavia; at present professor emeritus of Commercial law at the Department of Law, University of Pavia.
He is the author of various treatises and many scientific publications on corporate law, investments and financial services law and banking law (among which an handbook on listed companies, published by Zanichelli and at its third edition). He also collaborates, as referee, with the most important italian reviews regarding commercial law and has curated and directed some collective works on the same matters, among which (together with Gaetano Presti) the Trattato on the Testo Unico Finanziario (Zanichelli). he is, inter alia, co-founder of and co-director of the review AGE – Analisi Giuridica dell’Economia, published by Il Mulino, and co-founder of Associazione Disiano Preite, that promotes the study of corporate law. Several have been the speeches at conferences and other public events organized by italian universities (particularly, Bocconi and Cattolica in Milan, Luiss in Rome).
He is the founder and director of Centro Studi Guido Rossi – Diritto delle grandi imprese sited and operating in Collegio Ghislieri in Pavia.
In recent years, he published various opinions on corporate governance matters on the newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.
Admitted to the bar since 1978, with professional practice in Milan.
Intensive and various has been the advisory activity and the judicial assistance to important companies, also listed, banking foundations and non-banking institutions as well.
After having been, from 1991 and 1994, a member of the board of auditors of Banca del Monte di lombardia and assisting its transformation into s.p.a., he has held various positions as a board member, in banks, investment companies, also listed. He was, among other things, a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of Banca Lombarda S.p.A., member of the Management Board of UBI – Unione Banche Italiane S.c.p.a., Chairman of Banca Regionale Europea S.p.A. and of Banca Popolare Commercio & Industria S.p.A., Chairman of IW Bank S.p.A., Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Italmobiliare S.p.A., Senior Deputy Chairman of Supervisory Board of UBI Banca.
He has been and currently is Chairman of relevant foundations operating in Milan: in particular, it is to report the presidency, until 2019, of Fondazione Artistica Museo Poldi Pezzoli and, at this time, of Fondazione ravasi garzanti, an important institution in Milan in the field of social solidarity for older people.
Since 2022, he was appointed President of Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lombardia and, from April 2024, member of the Board of Directors of ACRI.
He has been awarded of the Prize Donato Menichella, and also of the Prize Re Manfredi and the Sigillo d’Oro – C.C.I.A.A. Pavia.
