Francesca Ruggieri

A professor of criminal procedural law at Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Francesca specialises in criminal law, particularly in the criminal law aspects of patents and trademark infringement, bankruptcy and administrative law. She also has substantial experience in advising on corporate criminal law issues, corporate liability matters and white collar crime.

Her professional experience includes:

• Teaching criminal procedural law, mediation (in criminal matters) and comparative criminal law at the University of Como 
• (Founder and) Member of Scientific Committee of Centro di diritto penale europeo di Como Institute for Research into European Criminal Law (www.dirittopenaleeuropeo.it)
• Member of Editorial Board of “Diritto penale contemporaneo” (www.penalecontemporaneo.it) 

• Author of Diritto processuale e pratiche criminali, Zanichelli Editore, 2018 
• Author of over 50 articles in some of the most important criminal law journals. Her published articles include: La giurisdizione di garanzia nelle indagini preliminari, Milan (1996), "Divieti probatori e inutilizzabilità nella disciplina delle intercettazioni telefoniche", Milan (2001), "Argomentazione e processo", "Raccolta di temi ed atti in diritto processuale penale: soluzioni ragionate", Milan (2004), "Omicidio, Questioni processuali", Milan (2007)