Dr Claudia Paduano
- Lecturer in Commercial Law (School of Law)
email:
Claudia.Paduano@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3512-8222Biography
Claudia Paduano is a legal scholar specialising in Corporate and Commercial Law, currently serving as a Lecturer in Commercial Law at the University of Glasgow. She holds a PhD in Company Law and an LLM in International Banking Law and Finance from the University of Edinburgh.
Research interests
Claudia's research focuses on Corporate Law and Commercial Law, with particular emphasis on the legal and economic structures of corporate groups, corporate governance, law and economics.
Publications
2026
Hardman, Jonathan and Paduano, Claudia 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3512-8222 (Eds.)
(2026)
Avizandum Statutes on Scots Commercial and Consumer Law: 2026-2027.
Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh.
(Accepted for Publication)
Paduano, Claudia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3512-8222
(2026)
Scottish caveats in corporate insolvency: petition of Nicholas Parkin.
Edinburgh Law Review,
(Accepted for Publication)
2025
Paduano, Claudia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3512-8222
(2025)
Governance under pressure: corporate decision-making and the creative process in the Cyberpunk 2077 release.
European Business Law Review,
(Accepted for Publication)
Paduano, Claudia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3512-8222
(2025)
From equity to influence: the chimera of corporate control in groups of companies.
Journal of Corporate Law Studies, 25(2),
pp. 471-500.
(doi: 10.1080/14735970.2025.2557688)
Paduano, Claudia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3512-8222
(2025)
Companies, trade, and finance: corporate themes from an historical perspective.
In: D’Alvia, D. (ed.)
Research Handbook on Corporate Finance Law.
Edward Elgar Publishing.
(In Press)
Paduano, Claudia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3512-8222
(2025)
Peter Underwood, Corporate Group Legitimacy: Reconceptualising the Corporate Group.
Edinburgh Law Review,
[Book Review]
(Accepted for Publication)
Articles
Paduano, Claudia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3512-8222
(2026)
Scottish caveats in corporate insolvency: petition of Nicholas Parkin.
Edinburgh Law Review,
(Accepted for Publication)
Paduano, Claudia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3512-8222
(2025)
Governance under pressure: corporate decision-making and the creative process in the Cyberpunk 2077 release.
European Business Law Review,
(Accepted for Publication)
Paduano, Claudia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3512-8222
(2025)
From equity to influence: the chimera of corporate control in groups of companies.
Journal of Corporate Law Studies, 25(2),
pp. 471-500.
(doi: 10.1080/14735970.2025.2557688)
Book Sections
Paduano, Claudia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3512-8222
(2025)
Companies, trade, and finance: corporate themes from an historical perspective.
In: D’Alvia, D. (ed.)
Research Handbook on Corporate Finance Law.
Edward Elgar Publishing.
(In Press)
Book Reviews
Paduano, Claudia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3512-8222
(2025)
Peter Underwood, Corporate Group Legitimacy: Reconceptualising the Corporate Group.
Edinburgh Law Review,
[Book Review]
(Accepted for Publication)
Edited Books
Hardman, Jonathan and Paduano, Claudia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3512-8222 (Eds.)
(2026)
Avizandum Statutes on Scots Commercial and Consumer Law: 2026-2027.
Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh.
(Accepted for Publication)
Prior publications
Article
Claudia Paduano (2024) Keeping them “Honest”: Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Liability for Dishonest Assistance Edinburgh Law Review Claudia Paduano. ISSN 1755-1692 (doi: 10.3366/elr.2024.0908)
Claudia Paduano (2024) Article: The (Un)Sustainability of UK Company Law: ClientEarth v. Shell Plc European Company Law Claudia Paduano. ISSN 1572-4999 (doi: 10.54648/eucl2024004)
Teaching
Her teaching portfolio spans undergraduate and postgraduate levels and includes modules such as Company Law, Corporate Finance, and Financial and Banking Law, taught at the Universities of Leeds, Edinburgh, and Strathclyde. At Glasgow, she currently teaches Company Law, Corporate Governance, and Business Organisations.