Dr. Emilie Ghio

Biography

Emilie Ghio is a lecturer in Corporate Insolvency Law at the Edinburgh Law School, where she coordinates the Subject Area of Commercial Law and oversees the Edinburgh Teaching Award. Her research focuses on the legal and institutional cultural foundations of corporate rescue, particularly related to commercial and company insolvency law. She has recognized expertise in the harmonization of insolvency law, especially within the European context, examining cross-border coordination and legal convergence to enhance the access to rescue for struggling businesses. Her work connects high-level harmonization efforts with the lived realities of small and medium-sized enterprises, highlighting gaps in legal frameworks and practical applications. Her research interests include harmonization of insolvency law at EU and international levels, corporate rescue and restructuring, and the adequacy of legal policy responses to MSME failures. Emilie engages in comparative research across various jurisdictions and employs interdisciplinary methods grounded in management theory and socio-legal scholarship. She actively collaborates with policymakers and practitioners to strengthen the culture of rescue and is a member of the INSOL Europe Academic Forum Board. Emilie holds a PhD in European Insolvency Law, an LLM in Business Law from University College Cork (Ireland), and an LLB from the University of Strasbourg (France). She joined Edinburgh Law School in 2023 after positions at Edinburgh Napier University and Birmingham City University, teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in corporate insolvency law.

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