Dr. Maria Casoria is an experienced academic, a university administrator, and an independent legal and business consultant with extensive work experience across three continents. Currently, she is the Dean of the College of Law and an Associate Professor of Law at Euro University of Bahrain (EUB) in the Kingdom of Bahrain.  

Before joining EUB, she served as the Executive Director for Overseas Operations in the Office of the Provost and a Visiting Full Professor of Law at West Virginia University (WVU) in the USA. While at WVU, she worked extensively with universities, embassies, and public organisations from different countries in the Middle East and Asia to establish academic, research and student-related partnerships. Previous academic appointments include faculty positions and academic collaborations in Bahrain, the UAE, and Italy. Her fields of expertise are Commercial Law, Competition Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Comparative Private Law.

Dr Casoria earned a Bachelor of Law and International Organisations, a Master of Laws, and a Ph.D. in Markets Law, all from the University of Siena, Italy. She is an Italian-licensed Attorney and a Mediator in Civil and Commercial Disputes. She has been a fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2017, an Associate at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 2019, and a member of the American Bar Association since 2016.

In addition to her academic experience, Dr Casoria has been a General Counsel and legal advisor in Bahrain, where she also founded a consultancy firm, a legal counsel in Italy and worked at the Italian Competition Authority.