Alessio M Pacces is Professor of Law & Finance at the Amsterdam Law School and the Amsterdam Business School of the University of Amsterdam. Moreover, he is Director of the Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics (ACLE), a Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), and a Fellow Academic Member of the European Banking Institute (EBI).

A graduate in economics from LUISS, Rome, Pacces holds the LL.M. European Master in Law & Economics and a PhD in Law & Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Prior to entering academia, Pacces was researcher at the Bank of Italy and at the Italian Securities Authority (Consob).

Pacces is an internationally known scholar who has contributed to the law & finance literature on the regulation of corporate control, financial stability, and shadow banking. His current research interests include sustainable corporate governance, control-enhancing mechanisms, and Fintech. Pacces published in journals such as Harvard Business Law Review, Theoretical Inquires in Law, American Business Law Journal, Journal of Corporate Law Studies and International Review of Law &
Economics, among others, and with houses such as Routledge, Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press, among others. He was invited to speak at the European Commission, the OECD, the IMF, and the European Central Bank, among others. Pacces had visiting positions at Berkeley, Columbia, Haifa, and LUISS Rome, among others.

During the academic year 2024-2025, Pacces is International Visiting Fellow at Stanford Law School.

Additional information on Pacces can be found on his University of Amsterdam website.