Vincenzo Bavoso is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Manchester Law School. Previously, he was a research associate in the Tipping Points project at Durham University; a lecturer in law at Kingston University; London, and a teaching associate at the University of Manchester, where he also completed his PhD. Visiting appointments include the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London; the China-EU School of Law, at the China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing; the National University of Singapore; and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Prior to entering academia he was a legal practitioner, having qualified to the bar in Italy.