Eugenio joined Royal Holloway, University of London in January 2021 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in law in November 2022. He currently serves as the UG Programme Lead for the "Law with" programmes. He holds an LL.B. and an LL.M. from the University of Modena (Italy), a PG Cert. from the University of Bologna (Italy), an LL.M. from the London School of Economics and a PhD from City, University of London. Previously, he lectured at the University of Essex, focusing on company and insolvency law.

A qualified Italian lawyer, Eugenio specialises in sustainable restructuring practices, particularly for local entities in financial distress. He is an Academic Fellow of the Middle Temple and a lead consultant for the World Bank, working on a project exploring the link between climate change and insolvency. Eugenio is also actively involved in several leading insolvency organisations, including III NextGen Class XI, INSOL International, INSOL Europe and the UK Insolvency Lawyers’ Association. He is board member of the III NextGen Executive Committee and co-chair of the Emerging Scholars Group at the Insolvency Law Academy. Eugenio previously chaired INSOL ERA (Early Researcher Academics) and served on the board of YANIL. He is co-editor of the INSOL Europe Academic Forum (IEAF) Conference Proceedings, sits on the editorial board of INSOL i-Read, and is a peer-reviewer for some top academic journals. In his career, Eugenio has received numerous awards, including the silver prize in the 2022 competition in International Insolvency Studies organised by the International Insolvency Institute. 

Eugenio’s primary research interests include the financial distress of local public entities and the role of insolvency and restructuring law in mitigating climate change and promoting sustainable development, particularly in alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goal 11: "Sustainable Cities and Communities", and UN Sustainable Development Goal 13: "Climate Action". He has also led funded projects on student debt and discrimination in bankruptcy access for ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities at the local Legal Advice Centre.

His publications include Municipalities in Financial Distress: An Environmental, Social and Governance Critique (Edward Elgar 2025), co-authored with Prof. Laura N. Coordes, Prof. Yseult Marique and Prof. Geo Quinot; English Corporate Insolvency Law: A Primer (Edward Elgar 2022), co-authored with Dr. Emilie Ghio; and Executory Contracts in Insolvency Law: A Global Guide (Edward Elgar 2019, 2nd edition in 2023), co-edited with Prof. Jason Chuah. He also co-edited a collection of early research papers with the INSOL ERA board (available here) and a global report on the treatment of distressed local public entities, alongside Prof. Laura N. Coordes and Prof. Yseult Marique, contributing two chapters. This report, published in 2022, is available in the INSOL International Technical Library. 

• Corporate Insolvency Law and Protection of Vulnerable Stakeholders
• Local Public Entities in Distress
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cross-Border Insolvency Law
• Harmonisation of Insolvency Law
• Personal Bankruptcy and Impact on Marginalised Communities

Eugenio is available to supervise PhD candidates in corporate and personal insolvency law on projects related to his areas of research interest.

Eugenio teaches on Contract Law (LL1002), Company Law (LL3004), Commercial Law (LL3012), and Insolvency and Restructuring Law (LL3024). Eugenio also supervises dissertations (LL3003) and PhD students. Eugenio is the module convenor for LL3012 Commercial Law (Autumn Term) as well as LL3004 Company Law (Spring Term) and LL3024 Insolvency and Restructuring Law (Spring Term).

• PhD at City, University of London
• LL.M. in Corporate Law at London School of Economics and Political Science
• PG Cert (Hons) in Public and European Law at Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna
• LL.M. (Hons) at the University of Modena and Reggio nell'Emilia
• LL.B. (Hons) at the University of Modena and Reggio nell'Emilia