Born Rome, Italy, April 9, 1935; admitted, 1960, Rome; 1976, Italian Supreme Court. Education: Rome University (LL.D., 1958); Ashridge Management College (UK), (1961).
Author: of the book on ADR “La risoluzione alternativa delle controversie. Conciliazione personale e telematica, evoluzione e prospettive” (2007); “Introduction to Doing Business in Italy” (co-author, 2007); “The Reform of Italian Company Law”; Italian American Business, (2001); “Choice of entity in doing business in Italy”, “Shopping on line: global market, domestic protection”, Italian American Business (2000); “Law 281/98: a step forward in consumer protection”, Britaly (1999); “Antitrust rules on technology transfer agreements”, Italian American Business (1998); “La riduzione del capitale sociale nelle S.p.A. e nelle S.r.l.”, Le Società (1994); “L’accertamento delle infrazioni alle norme comunitarie sulla concorrenza”, Rivista di Diritto Industriale (1982); “Le limitazioni della concorrenza nei c.d.: contratti di licenza”, Rivista di Diritto Industriale (1976); “An outline of the New Italian Tax System”, Italian American Business (1974); “The proposed reform of the Italian Tax System”, Italian American Business (1968); “La Giurisprudenza della Corte di Giustizia delle Comunità Europee in tema di contratti di esclusiva”, Rivista di Diritto Industriale (1966); “L’orientamento della Commissione della Comunità Economica Europea in materia di contratti di esclusiva”, Annuario di Diritto Comparato e di Studi Legislativi (1966); “Le regole di concorrenza nel sistema giuridico delle Comunità Europee: raffronto tra le norme stabilite al riguardo dal Trattato C.E.C.A. e dal Trattato C.E.E.”, Rivista di Diritto Europeo (1964).
Assistant to the U.S. Representative on the Italian U.S. Conciliation Commission (1960).
Lecturer: Corporate Law, Trusts and Cartels, American Universities Field Staff, Center for Mediterranean Studies (1974); speaker at professional seminars and conferences.
Vice Chairman: of the Court of Arbitration of Associazione Italiana per l’Arbitrato – A.I.A.
Mediator (accredited with CEDR – Center for Effective Dispute Resolution, London, UK – 2002).
Representative of Italy at the U.N.C.I.T.R.A.L. Working Group on Arbitration (2004-2005).
Auditor (“Revisore Legale dei Conti”).
Main Aeras of practice: General and International Civil and Business Practice, Corporate, Merger and Acquisition, European Union and Domestic Antitrust Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Arbitration, Mediation, Litigation.
Member: UN/ECE Advisory Group on the 1961 European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (ECICA) 2001-2002; Special Committee under the ECICA; Board of Directors, International Chamber of Commerce – Italian Section; Board of Directors, Associazione Italiana per l’Arbitrato; Board of Directors or Board of Internal Statutory Auditors of several Companies.
Honorary Member: Association of Fellows and Legal Scholars in the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS).