• Juris Doctor (University of Siena, Italy)
• Masters in Commercial Law (LL.M.) (University College Dublin, Ireland)

• Contract / Commercial Disputes
• International Sale of Goods Disputes
• M&A / Shareholder / JVA Disputes

• Member of the Milan Bar, Italy (Admitted 2004)
• Admitted to the Italian Supreme Court (2019)

Member of Arbitration Chambers (October 2023) 

Studio Legale Landi, Milan, Italy, working in collaboration with John Beechey CBE of Arbitration Chambers (March 2017 – October 2023). Practice included:

• representing the Italian largest producer of machinery to process flat and hollow glass against a Russian entity in a VIAC arbitration involving the sale of equipment;
• representing a UK company against a Croatian entity in an ad hoc arbitration governed by the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (2010) concerning the sale of microchips;
• representing an Italian company against a French company in an ICC arbitration pertaining to the sale of automotive components;
• representing a Luxembourg company for the recognition and enforcement of an ICC Award before the Court of Appeal of Milan;
• representing an Italian company against the recognition and enforcement of an ICC Award before the Court of Appeal of Rome.
• Gianni & Origoni, Turin-Milan, Italy (May 2009 – February 2017)
• Studio Associato Servizi Professionali Integrati Law Firm Milan, Italy (March 2007 – April 2009)
• Santa Maria Law Firm (now Greenberg Traurig Santa Maria), Milan, Italy (September 2001 – February 2007)

• Appointed as presiding arbitrator in a CAM arbitration between two Italian entities pertaining to the sale of an immovable property.
• Appointed as sole arbitrator in a CAM arbitration between a Finnish national and an Italian company relating to the sale of a motor yacht.
• Appointed as sole arbitrator in a CAM arbitration between two Italian companies arising out of a Sponsorship Agreement.
• Appointed as co-arbitrator in a CAM arbitration between a Swiss company and an Italian company relating to the sale of crude oil.
• Appointed as co-arbitrator in a CAM arbitration between two Italian companies arising out of a Shareholders’ Agreement.
• Appointed as co-arbitrator in an ad hoc arbitration governed by the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (2010) in relation to an international sale of spare parts between an Italian company and a Tunisian entity.
• Appointed as co-arbitrator in an ad hoc arbitration governed by the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (2010) between an Italian company and an Algerian company concerning a sale contract of air defence systems.
• Appointed as co-arbitrator in an ad hoc arbitration governed by the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (2010) in relation to a Licensing Agreement concluded between an Italian company and a Nigerian company.

Appointed in 34 ad hoc and institutional arbitrations.

Appointed as Assistant of the Tribunal in the following cases which are in the public domain:

• Masdar Solar & Wind Cooperatief U.A. v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/1);
• Sacyr S.A. v. Republic of Panama (ICSID Case No. UNCT/18/6);
• AVAX S.A. v. Lebanese Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/16/29);
• Attila Doğan Construction & Installation Co. Inc. v. Sultanate of Oman (ICSID Case No. ARB/16/7);
• Arka Energy B.V. v. Republic of Albania (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/54).

• Changing Dynamics of the Hearing Room, in Achieving the Arbitration Dream: Liber Amicorum for Professor Julian D.M. Lew KC, (with John Beechey CBE) edited by Professor Stavros Brekoulakis, Professor Romesh Weeramantry and Lilit Nagapetyan, Chapter 7, Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands (2023).
• Remote Hearings: Observations on the Problem of Personal Data Protection
  and Cybersecurity, in Does a Right to a Physical Hearing Exist in International Arbitration, The ICCA Reports No. 10, Wolters Kluwer B.V., The Netherlands, at p. 127 (2022).
• The Question of Systematic Appointments of Given Individuals by Investors or Respondent State Parties in Investment Arbitration, co-authored with John Beechey CBE, Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution International Arbitration Review (2020) 7 BCDR Int.Arb.Rev. 2, at p. 409 (2022).
• EU Competition Law and the Litigation Funding Market, in the European Parliament’s Study Responsible Private Funding of Litigation, available at https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2021/662612/EPRS_STU(2021)662612_EN.pdf (2021).
• Il “termine ragionevole” per la denuncia dei difetti di conformità nella Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sui contratti di compravendita internazionale di merci, in Diritto del commercio internazionale, No. 35.3, 2021, Giuffrè Francis Lefebvre, Milan, Italy, at p. 807 (2021).
• Le deroghe al principio generale d’incompatibilità ex art. 107 §§ 2 e 3 TFUE ed i Regolamenti di esenzione per categoria / La normativa di secondo grado in materia di aiuti di Stato, in Dizionario Sistematico del Diritto della Concorrenza, edited by Professor L.F. Pace, Wolters Kluwer Cedam, Milan, Italy, 2020, at p. 681-693 and 719-725 (2020).
• Arbitrato con sede in Italia, in Perspectives on third party funding in Italy, LediPublishing, Milan, Italy, 2019, at p. 113 (2019).
• Il rispetto del D.lgs. 231/2001 nelle imprese multinazionali operanti in Italia, in La responsabilità amministrativa delle società e degli enti, www.rivista231.it, Turin, Italy, 2-2019, at p. 81 (2019).
• Le vicende modificative dell’ente e la due diligence sui Modelli di organizzazione e gestione ex d.lgs. 231/2001, in La responsabilità amministrativa delle società e degli enti, www.rivista231.it, Turin, Italy, 4-2016, at p. 91 (2016).
• Spunti per la redazione della clausola compromissoria nell’arbitrato commerciale internazionale, in BRICS: una nuova geografia economica?, Franco Angeli Editore, Milan, Italy, 2015, at p. 102 (2015).
• Grounds of Exemptions from Liability for Failure to Perform in the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), in Bocconi Legal Papers, No. 6, December 2015, at p. 23 (2015).
• Arbitration Agreements: Written Form Requirements and New Means of Communication, in Bocconi Legal Papers, No. 4, December 2014, at p. 221 (2014).
• Ambito di applicazione della CISG – Autonomia delle parti ed interpretazione della CISG – Formazione del contratto nella CISG – Cause di esonero dalla responsabilità per l’inadempimento nella CISG, in La vendita internazionale, Giappichelli, Turin, Italy, 2013, at p. 27-134 / 229-247 (2013).
• Preventing Corruption in Public Administration: the Amendments to the Italian Law on Arbitration in Public Procurement, in Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) newsletter (January 2013).
• Le deroghe al principio generale d’incompatibilità ex art. 107 §§ 2 e 3 TFUE e il Regolamento generale di esenzione per categoria / La normativa di secondo grado in materia di aiuti di Stato, in Dizionario Sistematico del Diritto della Concorrenza, edited by Professor L.F. Pace, Jovene Editore, Naples, Italy, 2013, at p. 516-526 and 559-564 (2013).
• Third Party Funding in International Commercial Arbitration - An Overview, in Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2012, at p. 85 (2012).
• Written-Form Requirements and Modern Communication: Part 1, in International Litigation – American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Summer 2012, Vol. 28/2 (2012).
• La formazione del contratto nella Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sui contratti di vendita internazionale di beni mobili, in Il Nuovo Diritto delle Società, Milan, Italy, No. 4/2012, at p. 65 (2012).
• The nature of an inside information, in International Financial Law Review, available at www.iflr.com/Article/3130127/Corporate/The-nature-of-an-inside-information.html (2012).
• Natura giuridica del fondo comune di investimento, in Giurisprudenza Civile 2011, edited by R. Giovagnoli, Giuffrè Editore, Milan, Italy, at p. 81 (2011).
• Arbitration agreements: the written form requirement and the new means of communication under Italian law, in Migalhas on International Arbitration, No. 4/2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at p. 2 (2010).
• Pubblicità ingannevole, in Le sanzioni amministrative, edited by R. Giovagnoli e M. Fratini Giuffrè, Milan, Italy, at p. 2391-2441 (2009).
• Titolare di marchio di prestigio e rivendita dei propri prodotti in saldo, in Il Diritto Industriale, No. 6/2009, Ipsoa/Wolters Kluwer, Milan, Italy, at p. 538 (2009).
• Sulla necessità del requisito della regolarità contributiva ai fini della valida partecipazione alla gara d’appalto e sul giudizio di accertamento davanti al Giudice ordinario in caso di contestazione delle risultanze del Documento Unico di Regolarità Contributiva (DURC), a comment to the Judgment of the Consiglio di Stato No. 4000 of 20 August 2008, in I contratti dello Stato e degli enti pubblici, No. 4 (2008), Maggioli Editore, Rimini, Italy, at p. 284 (2008).
• L’affidamento in house nella giurisprudenza comunitaria e nazionale, in I contratti dello Stato e degli enti pubblici, No. 2 (2008), Maggioli Editore, Rimini, Italy, at p. 147 (2008).
• Arbitration of Antitrust Claims in the United States and Europe, co-authored with Professor Catherine Rogers (University Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA), in The ICFAI Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution, vol. VII, No. 2, 2008, The ICFAI University Press, Panjagutta Hyderabad, India, at p. 11 (2008).
• Arbitrating Antitrust Claims in the United States and Europe, co-authored with Professor Catherine Rogers (University Baton Rouge, Louisiana), Research Paper No. 7-01 of the Luigi Bocconi University, in Concorrenza e Mercato, 2007 (13-14/2005-2006), Giuffrè, Milan, Italy, at p. 455 (2007).
• Exemptions from the General Incompatibility Principle under Article 87 (2) and (3) of the EC Treaty, Chapter II of the book entitled Competition and State Aid, edited by Professor Alberto Santa Maria, Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands, at p. 49 (2007).
• Arbitral tribunals and Article 234 of the EC Treaty: a two-speed system of justice within the European Union?, in The Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration, Melbourne Victoria, Australia, (2007) 11, at p. 173 (2007).
• Azioni collettive anti-trasferimenti (Dall’Avvocato Generale chance ai sindacati), in Italia Oggi, 3 July 2007, at p. 33 (2007).
• Dop, Grana Padano la spunta così.., in Italia Oggi, 15 September 2007, at p. 31 (2007).
• Consumer Contracts and Jurisdiction, Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, in European Business Law Review, Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands, at p. 1355 (2006).
• Oltre i confini della nuova Unione europea: investimenti e concorrenza nella Repubblica di Armenia, in Diritto del commercio internazionale, No. 20.1, 2006, Giuffrè, Milan, Italy, at p. 157 (2006).
• Le deroghe al principio generale di incompatibilità ex art. 87, 2 e 3, CE, Chapter II of the book entitled “Aiuti di Stato e concorrenza – Un osservatorio sulla prassi comunitaria”, Giappichelli, Turin, Italy, at p. 55 (2006).
• Case C-16/03, Peak Holding AB v. Axolin-Elinor AB. Judgment of the Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) of 30 November 2004, in Common Market Law Review, Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands, at p. 1501 (2005).
• The arbitrability of antitrust claims, in The Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration, Melbourne Victoria, Australia, Vol. II, No. 2/2005, at p. 313 (2005).
• Nuovi sviluppi sulla nozione di giurisdizione nazionale ex art. 234 Trattato CE (Corte di Giustizia CE 31 maggio 2005, C-53/03), in Il Diritto industriale, No. 5/2005, Ipsoa/Wolters Kluwer, Milan, Italy, at p. 483 (2005).
• Applicabilità dell’Accordo TRIPS alla violazione in atto del diritto di marchio (Corte di Giustizia CE 16 novembre 2004, C-245/02 D), in Il Diritto industriale, No. 2/2004, Ipsoa/Wolters Kluwer, Milan, Italy, at p. 355 (2005).
• Arbitrabilnost Konkurenčnopravnih Zahtevkov (The Arbitrability of antitrust claims), in Biblos Zbornik Društva za mednarodno gospodarsko pravo (Bulletin of the International Commercial Law Society of Slovenia), Ljubljana, Slovenia, No. 2/2005, at p. 14 (2005).
• Il nuovo regime della concorrenza nella Repubblica d’Irlanda: il Competition Act 2002, in Diritto del commercio internazionale, No. 18.2/2004, Giuffrè, Milan, Italy, at p. 297 (2004).
• Pregled ureditve mednarodne arbitraže v italijanskem pravnem sistemu (The International arbitration under Italian Law), in Biblos Zbornik Društva za mednarodno gospodarsko pravo (Bulletin of the International Commercial Law Society of Slovenia), Ljubljana, Slovenia, No. 1/2004, at p. 9 (2004).
• Corte di giustizia CE: animali vivi come beni d’occasione ai fini IVA, in Agricoltura, No. 3/2004, Ipsoa/Wolters Kluwer, Milan, Italy, at p. 168 (2004).
• Prelazione agraria: chiariti dalla Cassazione i requisiti di validità, in Agricoltura, No. 2/2004, Ipsoa/Wolters Kluwer, Milan, Italy, at p. 81 (2004).

Speaking Engagements (Selected): 

• I costi dell’arbitrato, CAM webinar, 28 June 2023.
• Winds of Change for Arbitration in Italy, conference organised by the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and Swiss Arbitration Centre together with the CAM, Geneva, Switzerland, 14 March 2023.
• Italy and Switzerland: A Comparative Perspective on Recent Arbitration Law Reforms, Associazione Italiana per l’Arbitrato (Swiss Branch) webinar, 26 April 2022.
• Third Party Funding, CAM webinar, 1 July 2021.
• Responsible Litigation Funding in Europe, NYU Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law, webinar, 7 June 2021.
• I fondamenti dell’arbitrato – Indipendenza dell’arbitro, course organised by CAM and Camera di Commercio Verona, Milan, Italy, 23 March 2021.
• Nomina e criteri di scelta dell’arbitro, CAM webinar, 26 February 2021,
• The applicable law to the merits in international arbitration and the role of the seat: hardship, force majeure and frustration, NYU Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law, webinar, 10 September 2020.
• CAM webinar on virtual hearings, 24 June 2020.
• Scope and Validity of Asymmetrical Arbitration Clauses, workshop co-organised by CAM, Certificate in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration, Associazione Italiana per l’Arbitrato and Certificate, Rome, Italy, 20 February 2020.
• CAM – WIPO ADR First Annual Joint Conference, roundtable Cosmetics and Pharmaceuticals Mediation and Arbitration, Milan, Italy, 23 January 2020.
• TPF and Impartiality and Independence of Arbitrators, Center for Transnational Legal Studies London, London, UK, 11 September 2019.
• Corporate Accountability for Sustainable Development, AIJA Annual Congress, Rome, Italy, 4 September 2019.
• La redazione della clausola arbitrale: istruzioni per evitare la genesi di clausole “patologiche” e per la scelta degli arbitri, seminar co-organised by Ordine degli Avvocati di Milano and Fondazione Forense di Milano, Milan, Italy, 7 June 2018.
• Digitalisation in Arbitration Proceedings, Arbit seminar in collaboration with CAM and Arbitral Woman, Milan, Italy, 27 November 2017.
• ICCA-QMUL Task Force on Third-Party Funding, event co-organised by ICCA – Queen Mary University of London, Lisbon, Portugal, 9 October 2017.
• CEA – Arbit – ICCYAF Joint Seminar, Naples, Italy, 6 October 2017.
• ASAb40 – DIS40 – ArbIt – Yaap, Time Management, Summer Retreat 2017, Baden Bei Wien, Austria, 15 July 2017.
• Currency Risk and Security for Costs in International Arbitration,CAM workshop, Milan, Italy, 23 February 2017.
• An Overview of Article 39 CISG, Conferencia sobre Arbitraje Internacional y Convención de la ONU sobre los Contratos de Compraventa Internacional de Mercaderías, Universidades de la Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara, Mexico, 10 February 2017.

• University of Roma Tre, Italy. Lecturer: Certificate in “International Commercial and Investment Arbitration – Theory and Practice” (2015 – present).
• University of Turin, Italy. Lecturer in the course on “International Arbitration” (2017 – present).
• International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization - University of Turin, Italy. Lecturer in the “Master in Public Procurement Management for Sustainable Development” and in the “Master in International Trade Law” courses (2015 – present).
• LUISS University, Rome, Italy. Lecturer in the Master “Business & Company Law: European and International Perspectives” course (2022 – present).
• Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Rome, Italy. Lecturer in the “Master in Business Administration” course (2022).
• University of Milan, Italy. Lecturer in the course on “International Business Law, Arbitration and Legal Advocacy” (2013 – 2016).
• University of Milan, Summer School on International Arbitration and Mediation Lecturer in seminars on “International Sale of Goods and International Commercial Arbitration” and “Conduct of Arbitration Proceedings” (2011 – 2014).
• The Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law, USA. Lecturer, the summer program on “International Arbitration” (2013).
• Yerevan State University, Armenia. Lecturer, seminar on “International Sale of Goods, International Commercial Arbitration and EU Antitrust Law” (2011).
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lecturer in seminar on “International Sale of Goods and International Commercial Arbitration” (2010).
• Milan Association of Economists and Accountants, Milan, Italy. Lecturer in seminar on “Merger & Acquisition. From IAS/IFRS to Tax Planning” (2008 – 2009).
• University of Cagliari, Italy. Lecturer in seminar on EU State Aid (2008).
• Luigi Bocconi University of Milan, Italy. Lecturer in seminar on Comparative Contract Law (2007 – 2010).
• Catholic University Sacro Cuore of Milan, Italy. Lecturer in seminar on EU Competition Law (2006).
• University of Pavia School of Law/Luigi Bocconi University of Milan, Italy. Lecturer in seminar on Private International Law (2005).
• University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy. Lecturer in seminars on bio-informatics and biotechnologies at the Faculty of Law (2003 – 2005).

• Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the BVI International Arbitration Centre.
• Member of the BVI Arbitration Group.
• Member of the International Centre for Disputes Resolution (ICDR) Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators.
• Member of the Advisory Board of Arbit (Italian Forum for Arbitration and ADR).
• President of the Supervisory Body established pursuant to the Legislative Decree No. 231 of 2001 of L’Oreal Italia S.p.A., L’Oreal Saipo Industriale S.p.A., Inneov S.p.A. and Helena Rubinstein Italia S.p.A. (2009 – present).
• President of the Supervisory Body established pursuant to the Legislative Decree No. 231 of 2001 of Heinz Italia S.p.A. (2015 – 2018).
• President of the Supervisory Body established pursuant to the Legislative Decree No. 231 of 2001 of SONY Italia S.p.A. (2007 – 2011).

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