The Section's research areas are: corporate law, banking and financial intermediary law, competition law, industrial and intellectual property law, economic policy and competitive economics. The Section is therefore distinguished by the multidisciplinary approach and the complementarity of competences and research areas in which professors and researchers are active. The Section manages the specific curriculum for the Ph.D. Programme.

In a close connection with an european and extra-european contest, the Section organize seminars and conferences in association with italian and foreign scholars.

Section's professors and scholars usually participate in conferences and seminars in Italy and abroad. They are members of prestigious Italian and foreign associations of the discipline and were visiting scholars and  professors in the most prestigious european universities.