Current Employment:
September 2010 – present, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration and Commercial Law at New York University School of Law, New York
Previous Employments:
October 2002 – June 2016, Professor of International Law, Verona University School of Law, Verona (on leave from September 2010 –June 2016)
August 2000 – April 2002, Legal Officer, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, International Trade Law Division, Vienna
November 1998 – September 2002, Professor of Comparative Private Law, Bologna University School of Law, Bologna
May 1995 – October 1998, Professor of Comparative Private Law, Tilburg University Faculty of Law, Tilburg
Visiting Professorships and other positions:
1 May – 30 June 2019, Visiting Professor of Law, SciencesPo School of Law, Paris
7 – 21 April 2019, Visiting Professor of Law, Lucerne University School of Law, Lucerne
2 January – 25 February 2019, Visiting Professor of Law, National University of Singapore
1 June – 31 July 2018, Visiting Professor of Law, SciencesPo School of Law, Paris
8 January – 2 February 2018, Visiting Professor of Law, National University of Singapore
3 May – 2 June 2017, Visiting Professor of Law, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
1 – 29 February 2016, Visiting Professor of Law, National University of Singapore
20 – 30 July 2014, Visiting Lecturer, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
11 – 30 August 2013, Visiting Professor of Law, National University of Singapore
19 – 31 July 2013, Visiting Lecturer, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
6 – 31 August 2012, Visiting Professor of Law, National University of Singapore
27 July – 3 August 2012, Visiting Lecturer, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
6 – 27 August 2011, Visiting Professor of Law, National University of Singapore
21 July – 1 August 2011, Visiting Lecturer, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
20 – 25 April 2011, Visiting Lecturer, University of Toronto, Toronto
2 – 26 August 2010, Visiting Professor of Law, National University of Singapore
18 – 30 July 2010, Visiting Lecturer, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
28 August – 25 September 2009, Visiting Professor of Law, National University of Singapore
5 January – 10 June 2009, BNP Parisbas Visiting Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, New York
25 August – 22 September 2008, Visiting Professor of Law, National University of Singapore
1 July 2008 – 31 August 2010, Inge Rennert Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, New York
1 January – 31 May 2008, Global Hauser Visiting Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, New York
4 August – 1 October 2007, Visiting Professor of Law, National University Singapore
7 January – 25 May 2005, Global Hauser Visiting Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, New York
16 August – 8 September 2004, Visiting Professor of Law, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
2 – 21 September 2003, Visiting Professor of Law, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
6 January – 10 February 2003, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh
29 May – 9 July 2002, Visiting Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
26 August – 14 September 2002, Visiting Professor of Law, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
7 December 2001 – 6 January 2002, Visiting Professor of Law, Paris X Nanterre University School of Law, Paris
9 – 17 February 2001, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens
7 August 2000 – 31 March 2002, Legal Officer at the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, International Trade Law Branch, Vienna
12 June – 7 July 7 2000, Member of the Italian Delegation to the XXXIIIrd Session of the UN Commission on International Trade Law, New York
11 October – 22 October 1999, Member of the Italian Delegation to the UN Commission on International Trade Law Working Group on International Contract Practices, Vienna
23 August – 5 September 1999, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens
5 October – 16 October 1998, Member of the Italian Delegation to the UN Commission on International Trade Law Working Group on International Contract Practices, Vienna
August 1998, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens
10 March – 20 July 1998, Visiting Professor of Law, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
2 – 13 March 1998, Member of the Italian Delegation to the UN Commission on International Trade Law Working Group on International Contract Practices, New York
15 August – 15 December 1997, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City
7 July – 30 July 1997, Visiting Professor of Law, Augsburg University School of Law, Augsburg
1 – 7 April 1997, Visiting Professor of Law, Paris X Nanterre University School of Law, Paris
February 1997, Member of the Italian Delegation to the UN Commission on International Trade Law Working Group on Electronic Commerce, New York
January 1997, Visiting Professor of Law, Paris X Nanterre University School of Law, Paris
11 – 22 November 1996, Member of the Italian Delegation to the UN Commission on International Trade Law Working Group on International Contract Practices, Vienna
August – September 1996, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens
7 July – 16 July 1996, Member of the Italian Delegation to the UN Commission on International Trade Law Working Group on International Contract Practices, New York
June – July 1996, Visiting Professor, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
27 May – 3 June 1996, Member of the Italian Delegation to the XXIXth Session of the UN Commission on International Trade Law, New York
April 1996, Visiting Professor, Paris X Nanterre University School of Law, Paris
November 1995, Member of the Italian Delegation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Working Group on International Contract Practices, Vienna
August – September 1995, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens
February 1994 – April 1995, Research Fellow of Civil Law, Ferrara University School of Law, Ferrara
August 1992 – December 1994, Visiting Professor of Comparative Law, Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco
November 1994, Visiting Professor of Comparative Law, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens
May 1994, Visiting Professor of Law, The Hebrew University School of Law, Jerusalem
December 1993, Member of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Expert Group on International Assignment in Receivables Financing
November 1991 – July 1993, Assistant, Augsburg University School of Law, Augsburg
February 1991 – February 1992, Instructor of Italian Law and Language, Munich University School of Law, Munich
March 1991 – February 1992, Researcher, Institute of International and Comparative Law, Munich University School of Law, Munich
Awards:
2018 Certificate of Merit for High Technical Craftsmanship and Utility to Practicing Lawyers and Scholars awarded by the American Society of International Law
1999 Zweigert Scholarship granted by the Max Planck Institute of Foreign Law and Private International Law, Hamburg, Germany
1994 Faculty Award for Scholarship and Teaching granted by the Pace University School of Law Institute of International Commercial Law
Affiliations:
Titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law
General Editor of the European International Arbitration Review
Member of the Advisory Board of the Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht
Member of the Editorial Board of the European Review of Private Law
Member of the Editorial Board of the Internationales Handelsrecht