Ms Valeria Manfredonia
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PhD in Law, University of Cambridge (Sidney Sussex College)
2025 – present
Doctoral Researcher fully funded by the Evan Lewis Sidney Sussex Cambridge International Scholarship (jointly with the Cambridge Trust).
Supervised by Professor Felix Steffek.
LLM in International Commercial Law, University of Warwick
2023 – 2024
Graduated with Distinction; awarded the Prize for Best Performance on the LLM programme.
Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza (5-year integrated Master of Laws), LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome
2019 – 2024
Final dissertation on the principle of translatio iudicii in the relationship between courts and arbitration.
Visiting Student – Erasmus+ Exchange, University of Oslo (UiO), Faculty of Law (2023)
Research
Insolvency law, cross-border insolvency, asset tracing and recovery, law and economics, private international law, digital assets and financial technologies, comparative commercial law
Thesis: Designing Efficient Recovery: The Economics and Institutions of Cross-Border Asset Tracing
My research examines the economic and institutional foundations of cross-border asset tracing and recovery in insolvency. It identifies the transaction-cost frictions that hinder efficient recovery, such as information barriers, jurisdictional misalignments, and coordination failures, and evaluates how legal tools, procedural design, and digital-asset frameworks can improve value preservation and enforcement. The project aims to develop a functional model of “efficient recovery” to guide reform and international cooperation.
Supervisor(s): Professor Felix Steffek
Research centres: Cambridge Private Law Centre (CPLC); Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL)