A distinguished scholar of Massimo Severo Giannini, he taught Administrative and Urban Planning Law in Venice, advancing from Assistant Professor (1973) to Full Professor. Since 1990, he has been a tenured professor of Economic Law at the National School of Administration. In 1996, he was appointed to Università La Sapienza in Rome, where he taught Public Law, Economic Law, and Financial Markets Law. Since 2016, he has been Professor of Economic Law at LUMSA in Rome.

He is a founding member and Honorary President of the Associazione dei Docenti di Diritto dell’Economia (ADDE). Alongside Gianfranco Imperatori, he was among the promoters of the Istituto per la Nuova Finanza del Territorio, which pioneered the introduction of project finance in Italy (1990).

Supreme Court-appointed attorney (1984) specializing in administrative law, particularly public regulation of economic activities (banking, finance, insurance; grants of works, goods and services; Public-Private Partnerships and combined companies; territorial governance; energy and transport) and environmental and landscape law. Deputy president (1980) and President (1989-91) of Credito Industriale Sardo. President of the banking company of Gruppo Bancario Mediterraneo (2012-2013).

Since the 1970s he has been consultant or legal adviser to many Ministries and has chaired or contributed as rapporteur to several ministerial pre-legislative committees. He collaborated with Alberto Predieri, in the complex liquidation of EFIM. For his service “to the Republic”, in keeping with the civic commitment legacy exemplified by his mentors, he was awarded the title of Grande Ufficiale. He is the author of about 160 academic essays and over 40 volumes on Economic Law and a wide range of administrative law.