Federica Casano

Profile

I joined the School of Law at the University of Leeds in 2024 as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Business and Tax Law. Prior to this, I conducted my Ph.D. research in tax law and policy at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands, where I empirically investigated the efficacy of the EU tax list of non-cooperative jurisdictions as an EU tax policy instrument from legal, political, and sociological perspectives.

I hold an LL.M. degree in Law from the University of Bologna, Italy, and an LL.M. degree in International and European Business Taxation from Tilburg University, the Netherlands.

I received two prizes—the Meijersprijzen and the Van Wersch Springplankprijs—for a co-authored publicatio titled: "EU Public Intervention in the Energy Market: A Stroke of Good Luck or Misfortune?". The jury noted that the publication addresses a highly topical issue of significant budgetary and social importance: the legitimacy of government measures to alleviate substantially increased energy costs.

In my internship experience at the European Commission, DG FISMA, I contributed to countries’ peer-review on the implementation of beneficial ownership standards for the OECD FATF and the EU AML blacklist.

Research interests

My research interests generally cover any matter of taxation; a particular interest is the intersection of taxation and social justice. My research resorts to Empirical and Legal Studies (ELS) to employ empirical methods that examine social perceptions and the effectiveness of tax legal frameworks, as well as tax policy intiatives, and their enforcement.

Student education

I teach in the areas of commercial law, contract law, and tax law. I supervise undegraduate, postgraduate, and PhD dissertations.