Marie-Anne Frison-Roche (born 2 August 1959 in Bar-le-Duc (Lorraine), France) is a professor of Economic Law at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.
Her studies notably consisted of a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy at the Université de la Sorbonne (Paris IV) in 1987, a Master of Advanced Studies (DEA) in Private Law at Université Pantheon Sorbonne (Paris I) in 1984, a Master of Advanced Studies (DEA) in Procedural Law at Panthéon-Assas University in 1983, and a State Doctorate in Private Law, which she obtained after defending a thesis entitled Generalities on the Adversarial Principle at Panthéon-Assas University in 1988.
Her research goals have been developed throughout her various responsibilities in education, publication, and consulting for governments and private businesses: she has established a theoretical position based on law, economics, and politics, on the rules and decisions characteristic of regulated sectors (such as telecommunications, transports, media, Internet, energy, finance, banking, insurance, healthcare, and the environment).
In 2000, she wrote the seminal articles on what has since come to be known as "Regulatory Law" and participated in the implementation, both in France and abroad, of successful and effective economic regulation of various sectors.
She continues her work on the role of States in global economic regulation, and publishes legal sociology articles, drawing especially on her experience at the laboratoire de sociologie juridique of Panthéon-Assas University, founded by Jean Carbonnier, which she directed for many years.