Education and Professional Activity
28 March 2000: Summa cum laude Law Degree (thesis supervisor Professor C. Donisi) - University of Naples "Federico II"
15 January 2001: After passing a public examination, appointed by unanimity Assistant Professor of Private Law - University of Salerno, Faculty of Economics
9 December 2002: After passing a public examination, appointed by unanimity Associate Professor of Private Law at the University of Cagliari, Faculty of Political Sciences (Board: Professors A. Masi (University of Rome "La Sapienza"); A. Belvedere (University of Pavia); M. Nuzzo (University of Rome "LUISS Guido Carli); M. Bernardini (University of Bologna); A. Lezza (University of Bari))
18 December 2002: Hired as Associate Professor of Private Law - University of Salerno, Faculty of Economics
29 March 2004: After passing a public examination, appointed Full Professor of Private Law at the University of Padova - Faculty of Law (Treviso) (Board: Professors G. Gabrielli (University of Trieste); A. D'Antonio (University of Padova); A. Masi (University of Rome "La Sapienza"); M. Tamponi (University of Rome "LUISS Guido Carli"); L. Pisu (University of Genova)).
27 December 2005: Hired as Extra-Ordinary Professor of Private Law - Second University of Naples, Faculty of Political Studies and European-mediterranean centre of higher learning "Jean Monnet"
2005-2/29/2020: Full Professor of Private Law, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Department of Political Sciences "Jean Monnet", where he teached Private Law and Theory and Politics of Private Law
3/3/2020: Full Professor of Civil Law, University of Roma "La Sapienza", Department of law Science, where he teaches Civil Law
Other Professional Activities
2004-Present: Attorney at law, admitted before the Supreme Court of Cassation; he has practiced law at the following firms: Studio Legale Irti and Studio Legale Astolfo Di Amato; he's legal advisor at Studio Legale Di Amato e Associati and co-owner of Studio Legale Perlingieri-Federico in Naples, via Chiatamone 7.
Research and Teaching Activities
16 January 2001 - 18 December 2002: teaching activities in Private Law (as Assistant Professor (not-tenured)) at the University of Salerno, Faculty of Economics
2002-2003: Substitute Professor of Private Law - University of Salerno, Faculty of Economics
2002-2003: Substitute Professor of Law of Electronic Commerce - University of Salerno, Faculty of Law, Information Technology Major and Degree
2004/2005 and 2005/2006: Substitute Professor of Private Law, University of Salerno - Faculty of Political Sciences
2003/2004 and 2014/2015: Member (and Vice-Supervisor) of the Faculty Board of the Ph.D. Program "I problemi civilistici della persona" - University of Sannio, Department of Law and Economics
2004/2005 and 2007/2008: Member of the Faculty Board of the Ph.D. Program "Rapporti giuridici tra principi comunitari, costituzionali e internazionalizzazione del mercato" - University of Salerno
2007/2008 and 2013/2014: Member of the Faculty Board of the Ph.D. Program "Diritto comparato e processi di integrazione" - Second University of Naples (now University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"), Department of Political Sciences "Jean Monnet"
2015/2016 and 2016/2017: Member of the Faculty Board of the Ph.D. Program "Diritto comparato, privato, processuale civile e dell'impresa" - University of Milan
2017/2018: Member of the Faculty Board of the Ph.D. Program "Diritto e Istituzioni economico-sociali: profili normativi, organizzativi e storico-evolutivi" - University of Naples "Parthenope"
9 March 2016-Present: Founder and President of the Associazione dei Dottorati di Diritto Privato (ADP) [Association of Ph.D. Programs in Private Law] and, as such, organizer of biennal seminars (10-11 November 2016 - Univeristy of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"; 23-24 March 2017 - University of Cassino and Lazio Meridionale; 6/9 September 2017 - Summer School, University of Salerno; 18-19 December 2017 - University of Sannio)
Editorial Positions
Vice-President of the publishing house "ESI"
In charge of the peer-review of the articles submitted to the journal "Rassegna di diritto civile"
2004-Present: Editor in Chief of the journal "Le corti salernitane"
2006-Present: Member of the Advisory Board of the journal "Rivista di diritto dell'impresa"
2011-Present: Member of the Evaluation Board of the journal "Rivista Giuridica del Molise e del Sannio"
2011-Present: Member of the Advisory Board of the treatise "Trattato di diritto civile del Consiglio Nazionale del Notariato"
2012-Present: Editor in Chief of the book series "Cultura giuridica e rapporti civili"
2012- Present: Coordinator of the journal "Il Foro Napoletano"
2013-Present: Editor in Chief of the book series "Ius Commune Europaeum e Sistemi Italo-Francofoni"
2013-Present: Member of the Book Series "Impresa Ambiente Management" and "Ambiente e Mercato"
2013-Present: Member of the Advisory Board of the journal "Il diritto della famiglia e delle persone"
2014-present: Editor-in-chief and founder of "The Italian Law Journal"
2015-Present: Editor in Chief and Founder of the journal "Diritto delle successioni e della famiglia"
2015-Present: Member of the Advisory Board of the journal "Revista semestral Actualidad Juridica Iberoamericana"
2017-Present: Editor in Chief and Founder of the book series ' "Atti e Materiali" dell'Associazione dei Dottorati di Diritto Privato'
2017-Present: Editor in Chief and Founder of the book series ' "Studi e Lezioni" dell'Associazione dei Dottorati di Diritto Privato'
Member of the journal "Notariato"
Member of the book series "Percorsi"
National and International Research Projects - PRIN [National Interest Research Project] Participation
Member of the following National Interest Research Projects [PRIN]
PRIN 2001: "Nuove tecnologie e tutela della persona"; Scientific Coordinator Professor P. Perlingieri; Local Coordinator at University of Salerno: Prof. D. Valentino
PRIN 2004: "Costituzione europea e contratti d'impresa"; Scientific Coordinator Prof. V. Atripaldi; Local Coordinator at University of Salerno: Prof. A. Di Amato
PRIN 2006: "Teoria della contrattazione e teoria dell'interpretazione"; Scientific Coordinator: Professor P. Perlingieri; Local Coordinator at Second University of Naples: Prof. P. Femia
PRIN 2010-2011: "Corti, dottrina e società inclusiva: l'impatto dei formanti dottrinali sulle Corti di vertice"; Scientific Coordinator: Prof. E.M. Palici di Suni; Local Coordinator at Second University of Naples: Prof. G.M. Piccinelli
Member of the research team at the Research center on software tecnology (R.C.O.S.T.) (Co-funded by MURST (Ministero dell'università e della ricerca scientifica e tecnologica) and CE) - University of Sannio
Member of the research project "Il fenomeno della "globalizzazione" dei mercati e la rivisitazione delle categorie giuridiche tradizionali alla luce di una rinnovata teoria delle fonti e dell'interpretazione: la nuova fisionomia dell'autonomia negoziale e contrattuale" (CNR [National Research Center]), coordinated by Professor C. Donisi at the University of Naples "Federico II"
Member of the research project ex 60% "I problemi giuridici del c.d. diritto di antenna", University of Salerno
2003: Member of the research project ex 60% "Mercato e rapporti giuridici"
2003: Member of the departmental research project "Autonomia, eteronomia e rapporti giuridici d'impresa" - University of Salerno
2005: Member of the departmental research project "Rapporti d'impresa e responsabilità" - University of Salerno
2014-2016: Member of the departmental research project "Diritto e società inclusiva nel contesto globale" - Second University of Naples, Department of Political Sciences; Scientific Coordinator: Prof. G.M. Piccinelli
Member of the inter-departmental research project "Persona, Impresa e Mercato" Second University of Naples, Department of Political Sciences; Scientific Coordinator: Prof. D. Di Sabato
Impact of his scientific production and activities
He has authored and edited several publications. Many of his ideas and theses, although original and upstream, have had a significant impact on several scholars', as well as on national courts' decisions (see for all: Tribunale of Verona, 23 March 2010, about the possibility of upholding a contract affected by relative invalidity; and Appeal Court of Salerno, 30 September 2009 no 836, about the absolute need to check the legal worthiness of any transactions), Italian Court of Cassation's decisions (see for all: Corte di Cassazione 20 July 2011 no 15892, on the professional liability of public notaries), and judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union (see for example Case C-40/08, Asturcom Telecomunicaciones SL v Cristina Rodríguez Nogueira, Judgment of 6 October 2009; Case C-243/08, Pannon GSM Zrt. v Erzsébet Sustikné Győrfi, Judgment of 4 June 2009). His ideas also influenced the Revenue Agency's activities (see circular E3/2008 on succession, donation and trust settlement), and lately on the Italian legislator (see Art. 10-bis legge 27 July 2000 (as introduced by decreto legislativo 5 August 2015 no 128) about the general application of the "abuse of law" principle in taxation matters).
Conferences and Lectures
President or Member of the Scientific Committee of the following national and international conferences:
- "L'interpretazione del codice civile secondo Costituzione. Il codice civile annotato con la dottrina e la giurisprudenza", Castel Capuano, Naples, 24 February 2011
- "I "vitalizi impropri" tra tipicità e atipicità", Consiglio Notarile di Napoli [Notary Council of Naples], 10 March 2014
- "La giurisprudenza del "Foro Napoletano" e gli orientamenti nazionali ed europei in tema di obbligazioni e contratti", Appeal Court of Naples, 7 April 2014
- "Il "Discorso preliminare" di Portalis. Tra storia, diritto vigente e prospettive europee", Chancellorship of the Second University of Naples, 16 January 2015
- "L'autonomia negoziale nella giustizia arbitrale", 10th National Conference of the Italian Society of Private Law Scholars (SISDiC), Grand Hotel Vesuvio, Naples, 14-15-16 May 2015
- "L'incidenza della dottrina sulla giurisprudenza nel diritto dei contratti", Theater Filippo Marchetti, Camerino, 25-26 September 2015
- First seminar of the Association of Ph.D. Programs in Private Law (ADP): "Fonti metodo e intepretazione", University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 10-11 November 2016
- Second seminar of the Association of Ph.D. Programs in Private Law (ADP): "Autonomia negoziale e situazioni soggettive giuridiche", University of Cassino and Lazio Meridionale, 23-24 March 2017
- Summer school of the Association of Ph.D. Programs in Private Law (ADP), University of Salerno, 6-7-8-9 September 2017
- Third seminar of the Association of Ph.D. Programs in Private Law (ADP): "Autonomia negoziale, composizione e risoluzione dei conflitti", University of Sannio, 18-19 December 2017
Section 1 A National and International Honors and Awards
2003: Founding member of SISDiC [Italian Society of Private Law Scholars]
2007-2014: member of the Private Law Studies Commission of the National Council of Notaries
2007-2009, 2010-2012 e 2016-2018: member of the Private Law Studies Commission of the National Council of Notaries
January 2010-Present: Appointed Professor of Law of Succession - Specialization School in Private Law, University of Camerino
2011: Member of the Studies Commission on "Family and Succession Law" of SISDiC (Italian Society of Private Law Scholars)
2012: Recipient of the 'academic excellence' award (by SISDiC [Italian Society of Private Law Scholars]) for his book "La convalida delle nullità di protezione e la sanatoria dei negozi giuridici", (Naples: Esi, 2011)
December 2013-Present: Appointed Private Law Professor - Specialization School for Legal Professions, University LUMSA of Rome
December 2014-May 2015: appointment as Private Law Professor - Specialization School for Legal Professions, University of Naples "Parthenope"
2017: 2012: Recipient of the 'academic excellence' award (by SISDiC [Italian Society of Private Law Scholars]) for his book "Profili applicativi della ragionevolezza nel diritto civile" (Naples: Esi, 2015)
2017-2022: Member of the Scientific Committee "La dottrina della giurisprudenza", University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro
Founding member of the "Istituto di Studi Internazionali per gli Scambi (ISIS)" [Institute of International Studies on Trade] (Naples), which seeks to promote and spread the awareness about the means and rules of the international market
Section 1B National and International Funded Projects obtained as Scientific Coordinator
2004: Scientific coordinator of the research project ex 60% "Regole di condotta e di validità negli atti di autonomia privata"
2016-2017; Coordinator of the inter-departmental and international research team "L'operatività dei principi di ragionevolezza e proporzionalità in dottrina e giurisprudenza", University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
2017-2018: Scientific Coordinator of the inter-departmental and international research team "Autonomia negoziale: fisiologia e patologie", University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"