Profile

The firm gives assistance with both judicial and extrajudicial matters in Civil Law, Transportation Law, Internet and Computer Law. Together with an extensive network of correspondents throughout the national territory, for the European and international areas, the firm makes use of the external collaboration of qualified professionals and is in contact with institutions and organizations that allow in their respective sectors of specialization and fields of interest to provide a competent and up-to-date legal assistance. The firm also provides written legal advice and research on Italian, European and US legislation and case law as well a training activity also online in Italian, French and English.

AVV. GIOVANNI MARCHIAFAVA

EDUCATION

  • LL.M. (Master of Laws) in Maritime Law - Institute of Maritime Law - University of Southampton (UK)

  • Ph.D. in Navigation and Air Law at Sapienza University of Rome

  • Law degree - Sapienza University of Rome

INTERNSHIP

  • IMO - International Maritime Organization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Admitted to the Italian Bar (Rome) and to practice before the Italian High Courts (Cassazione - Giurisdizioni Superiori).

  • Full Time Professor and Researcher Special Register (since 2020) - Bar Association - Rome

ACCADEMIC EXPERIENCE

  • Fixed-term Assistant Professor of Navigation and Air Law - University of Genoa – Teaching activity: Maritime Contracts and Marine Insurance Law and Diritto del trasporto marittimo di persone, delle crociere e del turismo (2020-2021, 2021/2022).

  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Center of Excellence on Logistics, Transport and Infrastructures (CIELI), University of Genoa (2020-2021).

  • Member of the Centro del Mare, University of Genoa (2020-2021).

  • Coordinator and Lecturer of the Jean Monnet Module 'Transportation Law and Court of Justice of the European Union' (TLCJEU) Department of Legal Sciences - Sapienza University of Rome (2018-2021).

  • Enseignant-chercheur visiteur at the Centre de Droit Maritime et Océanique (CDMO), Faculté de Droit, Université de Nantes (FR), (01/2020).

  • Visiting Researcher at the Centre of European Law (CEL), The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London (U.K.), (05-07/2018 e 08-09/2019).

  • External examiner in the Post-Doctoral Fellow in International Maritime Law at IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI), Malta, (2016-2020).

PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Transportation Law matters, which has been developed through academic and professional activities also abroad. Since 2020 full time researcher.

  • Member of the Navigation and Trasportation Law Commission - Rome Bar.

  • Member of the editor committee «Diritto dei trasporti» review.

  • Member of the International Working Group - Cybercrime in Shipping - Comité Maritime International (CMI).

LANGUAGES

  • English - French

 

AVV. SOFIA MARCHIAFAVA

EDUCATION:

  • Master II in Computer Law - Sapienza University of Rome

  • LL.M. in Comparative Law - The Dickinson School of Law - Pennsylvania State University (USA)

  • Law Degree - Sapienza University of Rome

INTERNSHIP:

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (USA - Philadelphia)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Admitted to the Italian Bar (Rome) and to practice before the Italian High Courts (Cassazione - Giurisdizioni Superiori).

  • Member of the International and European Law Commission – Rome Bar

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

  • Lecturer of Master Universitario di II livello in Informatica giuridica, nuove tecnologie e diritto dell’informatica – Department of Legal Sciences - Sapienza University of Rome Sapienza (2020 - 2021).

PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Civil Law, Insurance Law, Internet and Computer Law, Product Liability Law, and Transportation Law.

LANGUAGES:

  • English - French