Full professor of International and European Law and of International Contracts and Arbitration Law at the Milan Università degli Studi, Department of International, Juridical, Political and Historical Studies; Member of the Steering Committee of the PhD in Legal Studies at the Bocconi University, Milan; Member of the Committee on Cultural Heritage Law of the ILA (International Law Association); Vice-president of the Société internationale pour la recherche en droit du patrimoine culturel et droit de l’art. and member of the Legal Affairs Committee of ICOM.

Consultant of Unesco, Unidroit, the EU Commission and the EU Parliament, he is author of several books and articles in private and public international law related matters, namely concerning contractual obligations, international and European cooperation in civil and commercial procedure, international economic law, protection and circulation of cultural property, applicable law and the linguistic factor in the circulation of arbitral awards.