Valerio Lemma is an Associate Professor of Law and Economics at the Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi in Rome, Italy, and a visiting Associate Professor at Regent's University, UK. He is a professional lawyer within the District of Rome, and attained his degree in Economics, his degree in Law (2006), and his Ph. D. in finance (2010) at Luiss University of Rome, Italy. He has written books previously on real estate investment funds and the reform of project financing, as well as more the 40 articles on banking, finance and insurance regulation.