Maria-Chiara Malaguti is Full Professor of International law at Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore (Milan/Rome, Italy). She is currently legal advisor to the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs on trade matters and to the World Bank on modernization of payment systems, financial markets and governance.
Until 31st July 2003 she was senior expert in the Payments Systems Division of the European Central Bank, advising in legal matters to the Section on Securities Settlement Systems. Already in a previous period of consultancy at the European Monetary Institute in 1996 she had dealt with issues concerning financial markets and global governance.
Dr. Malaguti holds degrees in law and in economics, an LLM from Harvard Law School and a PhD from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. She has various publications, mainly focusing on financial markets, harmonization of law and sovereign debt.
In the past, she has been legal assistant and chief of cabinet at the European Court of Justice and still practices as an attorney in Rome.
