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Cerrato García, Elia
Law
PhD: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Office D2-26
Biography
Elia Cerrato is an Assistant Professor of Commercial Law and Financial & Banking Regulation in the Department of Law at CUNEF Universidad. Postdoctoral researcher in the STAREBEI-EIB programme funded by the European Investment Bank at the University of Trento (2024-25). Her research addresses sustainable financial regulation, the mandates of European Union institutions-especially central banks-and the enforceability of financial "green" promises in capital markets from a comparative perspective. She has participated in European and national projects (NET-SYNC, CCFS, PRIN). She was a member of the European Banking Institute's Young Research Group and she is part of the Sabin Center's Global Network at Columbia University, where she served as Regional Leader (2022-2024).
Education
PhD in Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, (2024)
Master's in Access to the Legal Profession, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain (2016)
Research Interests
Commercial Law and Financial and Banking Regulation
Professional Career
Legal Counsel, Corporate Law & Financial Regulation Dept., SUNCO Capital S.G.E.I.C. (Madrid), 2017-2018
Assistant Legal Counsel, International Investment & Commercial Arbitration, Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague), 2015- 2016
Intern, Litigation & Arbitration Dept., Garrido Asesores Tributarios y Legales S.L.P. (Madrid), March 2015 - July 2015
Intern, Real Estate & Tax Dept., Grupo General de Inversiones Castellana 94 S.L. (Madrid), 2013-2014
Most relevant publications
Cerrato, E. & Ramos-Muñoz, D. (2025). Regulation on European green bonds: supervision by competent authorities. In Grünewald/Kaufhold (Eds.), A Bird's Eyes View: Regulating Sustainable Finance in the EU. Elgar. forthcoming
Cerrato, E. & Ramos-Muñoz, D. (2025). Environmental and social sustainability in the mandate of the European Central Bank". In Kern Alexander & Seraina Grünewald (Eds), Central Banking and Sustainability. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming
Cerrato, E. (2025). Green Promises and sustainability financial disputes: commonalities and inconsistencies of a growing case law in the making". In Marco Lamandini & David Ramos Muñoz (Eds), Effective Judicial Protection and Cross-Border Financial Disputes in Europe. A Coplex Status Quo, FrancoAngeli.
Ramos-Muñoz, D., Bosque, Carlos & Cerrato, E. (2022). Chapter 11. Spain. Liability of Spanish Financial Supervisors and Resolution Authorities. In Danny Busch, Christos Gortsos & Gerard McMeel (Eds.), Liability of Financial Supervisors and Resolution Authorities. Oxford University Press.
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