1979 Doctor in Jurisprudence, University of Torino, Magna cum laude Diplome de II Cycle, Faculté Int. de Droit Comparé, Strasbourg

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1 Prof. Dr. Gianmaria AJANI University of Torino Department of Law / Faculty of Law Via Sant'Ottavio Torino gianmaria.ajani@unito.it Tel Fax CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Family Name Ajani 2. First Name Gianmaria Federico 3. Date of Birth 21 October Nationality Italian 5. Civil Status Married 6. Education 1979 Doctor in Jurisprudence, University of Torino, Magna cum laude Diplome de II Cycle, Faculté Int. de Droit Comparé, Strasbourg 7. Membership of Academic or Professional Bodies Academic, International Academy of Comparative Law, Paris & New York Member, Association Henri Capitant, Paris Lawyer, Admitted to the Bar, Torino, Present Position Dean Faculty of Law, University of Torino Professor of Law, Faculty of Law University of Torino Deputy Director, Centre of Advanced Studies on Contemporary China ( Speaker of the ACQUIS Group, a research network directed to propose the Principles of the EC Existing Law (Acquis) in the field of Contract Law (

2 9. Key Qualifications Contracts law, Comparative Private Law, EU private law. Knowledge of the Legal Systems of the Transition States, with a special focus on the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Albania, PR of China, Vietnam. Law and Language Legal drafting. Law and Development Law and Economics Training of legal personnel, mainly in International Trade Law and Comparative Law. 10. Professional Experience Record Current: Dean and Professor of Law Faculty of Law, University of Torino Deputy Director, Centre for Advanced Studies on Contemporary China Director, Master Program Management of Development, University of Torino-International Training Centre of the ILO Speaker of the ACQUIS Group (an EU based research network directed to propose the Principles of the EC Existing Law (Acquis) in the field of Contract Law ( (Summer) Visiting Professor,(Introduction to Chinesse Business Law) Law Centre, University of Georgetown Summer Programme, London Supervisor, Cluster of the Master Programs, ILO International Training Center, Geneva-Torino Consultant to the German Agency for Technical Cooperation GTZ, projects on SMEs Promotion Law of the PR of China, Legal reforms (Commercial law, Property law) Head, Department of Law, University of Torino 2001 Visiting Professor, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan PR of China (Spring term) 2000 Expert, UNDP project on the training of National Assembly officials, Hanoi, Vietnam

3 2000 Visiting Professor (Jan.-March), Comparative Law,Université de Fribourg, Faculté de Droit 1999 Lecturer, European Law, University of Hanoi, Faculty of Law, Vietnam 1997 Visiting Professor, EC Law, Fall term, UC Berkeley, School of Law Of Counsel, Brosio, Casati, Allen&Overy, Torino, London 1995 Visiting Professor, Law and Economics, Fall term, UC Berkeley, School of Law 1994 Participant in a EC/TACIS project to provide technical assistance for implementation of an overall privatisation strategy in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia Member of a team of three experts called by the OSCE to facilitate dialogue between the Ukrainian Central Government and the Crimean Authorities Consultant to the IMF and the Council of Europe on the project of recodification of civil law in Albania 1991 Legal Expert, the Sacharov Foundation initiative to advise the USSR Government on legal reforms Director, Department of Law University of Trento Visiting Professor, Soviet Law, Fall term, UC, Berkeley, School of Law Professor of Law Faculty of Law, University of Trento 1995, 1987, Visiting Scholar, University of 1985, 1983 Leiden, Documentation Office for Russian and Eastern European Law 1982 Visiting Scholar Moscow, Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences 11. Grants and Awards: 1) Scientific Coordinator at University of Turin, Department of Law on a project funded by the Seventh Framework Program (FP7) on Evaluating Policies for Sustainable Energy Investments: Towards an Integrated Approach on National and International Stage. The network coordinated by University of Turin, Department of Law, Italy

4 includes the Euro-.Mediterranean Center for Climate Change (CMCC), Venice, Italy; University of Eastern Piedmont, Faculty of Law, Italy; University of Lund, Department of Political Science, Lund, Sweden; Université de Provence, Center of Comparative Epistemology & Ergology (CEPERC), France, Tsinghua University, Center for Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Law (THCEREL), Beijing, China; Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES) in Beijing, China; Tomsk State University, Department of Law, Russia. 2) Scientific Coordinator at University of Turin, Department of Law for a project on ICT4 LAW Converging on Law: Next Generation Services for Citizens, Enterprises, Public Administration and Policymakers funded by the Regione Piemonte in the framework of the Converging Technologies 2007 in network with Università degli Studi di Torino Dipartimento di Informatica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Finanziarie "G. Prato", Università del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro, Dipartimento di Studi per l Impresa e il Territorio, Università del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro, Dipartimento di Informatica, CERIS CNR and five private companies 3) Scientific Unit Coordinator at University of Turin, Department of Law, for a project funded by the Sixth Framework Program (FP6) of the European Commission (Identification Number FP CITIZENS-3, Contract Number ) Joint Network on European Private Law, in network with University of Bielefeld (Coordinator), Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private Law and Private International Law, University of Osnabruck, Paris-Sud University, Universität Salzburg, Tilburg University, University of Trieste, Utrecht University, Academy of European Law (ERA), Universiteit van Amsterdam, Association Henri Capitant, University of Bergen, Bielefeld University, University of Edinburgh, Göteborg University, University of Graz, University of Innsbruck. The CoPECL Network of Excellence, founded in May 2005, comprises several Universities, Institutions and other Organisations, as well as more than 150 researchers operating in all EU Member States. 4) Scientific Coordinator at University of Turin, Department of Law for a project funded by the Fifth Framework Program (FP5) of the European Commission (Contract Number HPRN-CT ) on the Uniform Terminology for European Private Law, in network with University of Barcelona (ubcn.dei) - Departament de Dret economia i internacionals; Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (ujml.idc) - Institut de droit comparé "Edouard Lambert"; Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet (umsr.cep) - Centre of European Private Law, Germany; University of Nijmegen (kun.oor) - Faculty of Law, Business & Law Research Centre, The Netherlands; University of Oxford (uoxf.fl) - Faculty of Law, United Kingdom; University of Warsaw (uwars.la) - Faculty of Law and Administration, Poland Recent Publications ( ) 1. G.Ajani, R. Schulze (eds.), Gemeinsame Prinzipien des europaischen Privatrechts, Nomos Verlag, Baden Baden, 2003, pp

5 2. G.Ajani, Legal Taxonomy and European Private Law, in G.Ajani, R. Schulze (eds.), Gemeinsame Prinzipien des europaischen Privatrechts, Nomos, Baden Baden, 2003, G. Ajani, Navigatori e giuristi. A proposito del trapianto di nozioni vaghe, in V. Bertorello (ed.), Io comparo, Giuffré, Milan, 2003, pp G.Ajani, Institutional support to SME in Italy and Suggestions for Regulations Relating to Intermediary Institutions Promoting SME in Chinese Law, in Financial and Economic Committee of the NPC, The Law of the PR of China on the Promotion of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, CITIC Pub. House, Beijing, 2004, vol. III pp G.Ajani Government Support for SME in Italy and Suggestions for a Framework on Government Support for SME in Chinese Law, in Financial and Economic Committee of the NPC, The Law of the PR of China on the Promotion of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, CITIC Pub. House, Beijing, 2004, vol III pp G.Ajani Principles for a Model Law on SME, in Financial and Economic Committee of the NPC, The Law of the PR of China on the Promotion of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, CITIC Pub. House, Beijing, 2004, vol III pp G.Ajani "Return to the codification" (in Chinese language), in 16 Peking University Law Journal, no. 6, 2004, G. Ajani P. Rossi, Codice dei consumatori, Giappichelli,Torino, 2005, pp. i-xiii; G. Ajani, Sistemi giuridici comparati. Lezioni e Materiali, Giappichelli, Torino, 2005, pp G. Ajani, M. Ebers (eds.), Uniform Terminology for European Private Law, Nomos, Baden Baden 2005, pp G. Ajani, M. Ebers, Introduction, in G. Ajani, M. Ebers (eds.) Uniform Terminology for European Private Law, Nomos, Baden Baden G. Ajani, The Transplant of Vague Notions, in Liber Amicorum Z. Peteri, S. Istvan Tarsulat, Budapest, 2005, pp G. Ajani, Das Recht der Laender Osteuropas, Berliner Wissenschafts Verlag, 2005, pp G.Ajani Rule of Law in the PR of China, Proceedings of the China Law Society, Beijing, October 19-22, 2005 (in Chinese language) 15. G. Ajani, "Law and Economic Reform in the Transition from Plan to Market", Int. Encycl. of Comparative Law, vol. XVI State and Economy, R. Buxbaum, F. Madl (eds.), Mohr, Tubingen, G. Ajani, P. Rossi, Coerenza del diritto privato europeo e multilinguismo, in V. Jacometti, B. Pozzo (cur.), Le politiche linguistiche delle istituzioni comunitarie dopo l allargamento, Giuffré, Milano, 2006, pp G. Ajani, La Rule of Law in Cina, in Mondo Cinese, 2006, n.. 126, pp

6 18. G. Ajani, P. Rossi, Multilingualism and the Coherence of European Private Law, in B. Pozzo, V. Jacometti (eds.) Multilingualism and the Harmonization of European Law, Kluwer Law Int., Alphen a/d Rijn, 2006, pp G.Ajani, L. Lesmo, G. Boella, A. Mazzei, P. Rossi, Multilingual Conceptual Dictionaries Based on Ontologies, in Proceedings of the XML Workshop, European Press Academic Pub., C. Biagioli, E. Francesconi, G. Sartor (eds.), Florence, G. Ajani, Alcune considerazioni su comparazione giuridica, traduzione e coerenza del diritto privato europeo, in E. Ioriatti Ferrari (cur.), La traduzione del diritto comunitario ed europeo: riflessioni metodologiche, Univ. di Trento, Trento, 2007, pp G.Ajani, A. Serafino, M. Timoteo, Diritto dell Asia Orientale, UTET, Torino, 2007 pp i-xiii, G. Ajani, Cohérence du droit privé européen et multilinguisme: deux principes qui s opposent?, Revue Droit des Affaires Int., 2007, pp G.Ajani, Terminology and Search Functions, in 25 Years of European Law Online, Publications Office of the EC, Luxembourg, 2007, pp G. Ajani, E pluribus unum (?). Illusioni dell armonizzazione e utilità dell ontologia, in 47 Rivista di Estetica, 2007, pp G.Ajani, Transplants, Legal Borrowings and Reception, in Encyclopedia of Law and Society (D.Clark Gen. Ed.), New York, 2007, vol G.Ajani, Le multilinguisme, les langues du droit et la recherche de cohérence du droit privé européen, in G.Ajani, G. Peruginelli, G. Sartor, D. Tiscornia, The Multilanguage Complexity of European Law, European Press, 2007, pp G.Ajani, Legal Change and Institutional Reforms, in Ret tog tolerance. Festkrift til Helge Johan Thue, Glydendal Norsk Forlag, Oslo, 2007, pp G.Ajani (with S. Stafutti), Colpirne uno per educarne cento. Slogans e parole d ordine per capire la Cina contemporanea, Einaudi, Torino, G.Ajani, A Better Coherence of EU Private Law and Multilingualism, in R Schulze (ed.), Common Frame of Reference and Existing EC Contract Law, Sellier, Munchen, 2008, pp G. Ajani, (with J. Luther) eds., Modelli giuridici europei nella Cina contemporanea, Jovene, Napoli, 2009, pp ) 31. G. Ajani, Fa Zhi, Rule of Law, Stato di diritto, in G. Ajani, (with J. Luther) eds., Modelli giuridici europei nella Cina contemporanea, Jovene, Napoli, 2009, pp ) 32. G.Ajani (with P. Casanovas, U. Pagallo, G. Sartor) eds., AI Approaches to the Complexity of Legal Systems, Springer, Dordrecht, New York, 2010, pp G.Ajani (with A. Donati), eds. I diritti dell arte contemporanea, Allemandi, Torino, 2011, pp

7 34. G.Ajani, Trapianto di norme informato e globalizzazione: alcune considerazioni, in Studi in onore di Aldo Frignani, Jovene, Napoli, 2011, pp Publications ( ) 1. G. Ajani "La Costituzione della Repubblica Democratica Somala del 1979", in Africa, 1981, n. 3-4, pp G. Ajani, " Simulazione del contratto", in Rivista di Diritto Civile, 1982, n. 4, II, pp G. Ajani, "The 1979 Somali Constitution: the Socialist and African Patterns and the European Style", in Review of Socialist Law, 1982, n.3, pp G. Ajani, "L'azione di regresso dell'assicuratore in diritto sovietico", in Responsabilita' civile e previdenza 1983, n. 1, pp G. Ajani, "La revisione del PTK ungherese e alcune innovazioni nel diritto civile socialista", in Rivista di Diritto Civile, 1984, n.1,i,pp G. Ajani, "Simulazione del contratto", in Rivista di Diritto Civile, 1985, n.4, II, pp G. Ajani, "The Supremacy of Statutory Law in Socialist Systems.Scholarly Opinions and Operative Rules", in Review of Socialist Law, 1985, n.2 pp G. Ajani, Le fonti non scritte nel diritto dei Paesi socialisti,giuffre', Milan, 1985, pp.i-xiv, G. Ajani, "I diritti di proprieta' in Unione Sovietica: definizioni e regole operative",in Economia e Banca, 1986, n. 1, pp G. Ajani, "Il diritto sovietico in teoria e in pratica", in Rivista di Diritto Civile, 1986, n.2, pp G. Ajani, La proprieta' delle organizzazioni sociali nel diritto die Paesi socialisti, Giuffre', Milan, 1988, pp. I-XII, G. Ajani, "Perestrojka e cooperazione commerciale est-ovest. La legislazione sovietica sulle joint-ventures, problemi giuridici ed aspetti fiscali, in Economia e Banca, 1988, n.2, pp G. Ajani, "Some Notes on the Development of Trade Union and Other Social Organization Ownership in the Soviet Union", in Law and the Gorbachev Era, (D.D.Barry et al. eds.), No. 39 Law in Eastern Europe, (F.J.M. Feldbrugge ed.) Kluwer,Dordrecht, 1988, pp, G. Ajani, "Collettivo di lavoro nei Paesi socialisti", voce in Digesto IV Edizione- Discipline Privatistiche, UTET, Turin, 1989

8 15. G. Ajani, "Contratto economico nei Paesi socialisti", voce in Digesto IV Edizione- Discipline Privatistiche, UTET, Turin, G. Ajani, "Joint Ventures con l'unione Sovietica: le novità del dicembre 1988, in Foro Padano, 1989, cc G. Ajani, "Riforme economiche, proprieta' e cooperative in Unione Sovietica. La legge del 1 luglio 1988 'Sulla cooperazione in URSS',in Rivista di diritto civile, 1989, n.1, I, pp G. Ajani, "Social Organizations and Administrative Law": the Hypothesis of Socialization of the Soviet State", in Soviet Administrative Law. Theory and Policy (G. Ginsburgs et. al) No. 40 Law in Eastern Europe, (F.J.M. Feldbrugge ed.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1989, pp G. Ajani, "Foreword" in O.S. Ioffe, Development of Civil Law Thinking in the USSR, Giuffre', Milan, 1989, vii-xix 20. G. Ajani, Diritto dei Paesi socialisti, UTET Libreria, Turin, 1990, pp G. Ajani, "Perestroika and Official Social Organizations: Past Problems and Future Trends", in The Impact of Perestroika on Soviet Law (A.J. Schmidt), No. 41 Law in Eastern Europe (F.J.M.Feldbrugge ed.) Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1990, pp G. Ajani, "Liberalismo e Autocrazia nella Russia di Nicola II", in Biblioteca della Liberta', 3, 1990, pp G. Ajani, "Diritto dei Paesi socialisti", in Digesto IV Edizione-Discipline Privatistiche, UTET, Turin, G. Ajani,"La circolazione dei modelli romanistico e germanico nella cultura giuridica russa", in Russica.Studi e ricerche sulla Russia contemporanea (A. Masoero, A. Venturi eds.), Angeli, Bologna,1990, pp G. Ajani, V. Loi, "La nuova legislazione sovietica sull'impresa, le societa' ed i titoli di credito", in Rivista di diritto civile, 1990, n.6, ii, pp G. Ajani. B. Dallago, B. Grancelli, "Introduzione" a "Impresa privata e transizione nell'est Europa e in Cina", in Quaderni di economia e banca, 1990, n.10 pp G. Ajani, "The Soviet Experience with Codification: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives", in The Soviet Sobranie of Law(R. Buxbaum, K. Hendley eds., Univ. of California at Berkeley, 1991, pp G. Ajani, "Dal piano al mercato: alcune considerazioni sul processo di transizione nell'europa centrale ed orientale", in Giurisprudenza Italiana, 1991, iv 29. G. Ajani, B. Rudden, G. Ginsburgs, "State and Individual", in The USSR and Eastern Europe on the Road from Totalitarianism to Democracy, Moscow, 1991, G. Ajani, "La legge sulla cooperazione in URSS" del 1 luglio 1988 ed i Kolchozy: alcuni rilievi sui suoi presupposti e sulle prospettive", in Lo sviluppo della scienza e

9 dell'insegnamento del diritto agrario. Diritto dell'ambiente e rapporto fra agricoltura e industria in Italia e nell'urss, Giuffrè, Milan, 1992, pp G. Ajani, B.Dallago, B.Grancelli, "Introduction", in Privatization and Entrepreneurship in Post Socialist Countries. Economy, Law and Society (B.Dallago, G.Ajani, B.Grancelli eds.), Mc Millan, St. Martin Press, London, G. Ajani, "The Rise and Fall of the Law-Governed State in the Experience of Russian Legal Scholarship", in Toward the Rule of Law in Russia?: Political and Legal Reform in the Transition Period, (D.D.Barry ed.), New York, 1992, G. Ajani "Gestione operativa in Digesto IV Ed. -Discipline Privatistiche, UTET, Turin, G. Ajani, A.Maffiodo, "Presentazione", in C.Shalev, Nascere per contratto, Giuffrè, Milan, 1992, pp. ix-xv. 35. G. Ajani, "I Paesi dell'est Europeo", in R.Sacco, Che cos'è il diritto comparato, Giuffrè, Milan, 1992, pp G. Ajani, "Preliminary Draft of a Civil Code for the Republic of Albania. Books 1-4". [IMF Project], Tirana, G. Ajani (ed.), Lo sviluppo della scienza e dell'insegnamento del diritto agrario. Diritto dell'ambiente e rapporto tra agricoltura e industria in Italia e nell'urss, Giuffrè, Milano, 1992, pp. i-xxx, G. Ajani, Fonti e modelli nel diritto dell'europa orientale, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche, Università di Trento, Trento, 1993, pp. i-xiv, G. Ajani, "Die Kodifikation des Zivilrechts in Albanien", in Recht in Ost und West, 1993, 9, G. Ajani, "Continuity and Discontinuity of Law in Times of Social Revolution: the Case of Central and Eastern Europe", in Italian National Reports to the XV International Conference of Comparative Law, Milan, Giuffrè, 1994, pp G. Ajani, "Imperio, prestigio e caso nella circolazione di modelli nell'europa orientale", in Studi Sacco, Milan, Giuffrè, 1994, vol. ii 42. G. Ajani, "La circulation de modèles juridiques dans le droit post-socialiste", in Revue Internationale de Droit Comparé, 1994, n.4, pp G.Ajani, "Le tentazioni del diritto post-socialista", in G. Visintini (ed.), Il diritto dei nuovi mondi, Padova, CEDAM, 1994, pp G. Ajani, "By Chance and Prestige: Legal Transplants in Russia and Eastern Europe", in The American Journal of Comparative Law, 1995, No G. Ajani, U.Mattei, "Reforming Property Law in the Process of Transition: some Insights from Comparative Law and Economics", in Hastings J. of Comp. Law, 1996, pp

10 46. G. Ajani, Il modello Post-socialista, Giappichelli, Turin, 1996, pp G. Ajani, Diritto dell'europa orientale, UTET, Turin, 1996, pp G. Ajani, "Codification of Civil Law in Albania", in The Revival of Commercial Law in Eastern Europe G.Ginsburgs ed.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, G. Ajani, "Responsabilità extracontrattuale nel diritto dei Paesi post-socialisti", in Digesto IV Ed.Discipline Privatistiche, UTET, Turin, G. Ajani, "Regole di coesistenza sociale nel diritto dei Paesi post-socialisti", in Digesto IV Ed.Discipline Privatistiche, UTET, Turin, G.Ajani, "Some Suggestions on the Reform of Legal Education in the Russian Federation", in Review of Central and Eastern European Law, G. Ajani, Il modello Post-socialista, Giappichelli, Turin, II ed. 1998, pp G.Ajani, The Fading of State s Sovereignty and the effects for Legal Education, in L. Favali, E. Grande. M. Guadagni (eds.), New Laws for New States. Politica del diritto in Eritrea, l Harmattan, Torino, 1998, pp G.Ajani, "The Role of Comparative Law in the Adoption of New Codifications", in Italian National Reports to the XVth International Congress of Comparative Law, Bristol, 1998, Giuffré, Milano, 1998, pp G.Ajani, Transfer of Legal systems from the Point of View of the Export Countries, in U. Drobnig, K. Hopt, H. Kőtz, E.-J. Mestmäcker (eds.) Systemtransfomation in Mittel- und Osteuropa und ihre Folgen für Banken, Bőrsen und Kreditischerheiten, Mohr Siebeck, Tűbingen, 1998, pp G.Ajani, "Il fenomeno del dumping sociale nei rapporti fra l Unione Europea e i Paesi dell europa Centro-orientale", in Il diritto dell economia, 1999, 1, pp G.Ajani, "Legal Transplants and Economic Performance", in G.Porro (ed.), New Trends of International Trade Law, Giappichelli, Turin, 2000, pp G.Ajani, P.G. Monateri, Casi e Materiali di Diritto Comparato, Giappichelli, Turin, 2001 pp G.Ajani. "Diritto internazionale e diritto comparato", in Rivista di diritto pubblico europeo e comparato, 2001 pp G.Ajani, "The Uniformed Contract Law of the PR of China within the Framework of Codification of Civil Law (in Chinese language), in Private Law Review, vol 1., 2001, pp G.Ajani "Legal Change and Economic Performance", in 1 Global Jurist vol. 1,

11 62. G.Ajani "Formalism and Anti-formalism under Socialist Law: the Case of General Clauses and the Codification of Civil Law, in 2 Global Jurist, vol. 2.,