Gianpaolo has over 20 years of experience in commercial law and intellectual property law at both the national and international levels. His practice areas include commercial law, new media law, and high-tech law. Gianpaolo serves on the boards of directors of several Italian and foreign startups, tech companies, and cultural foundations. He works in Italian, English, and French.

Born in Mountain View, California (USA), on March 13, 1971, he earned his law degree in 1997 from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. During his studies, he attended Columbia University in New York for an advanced course on American law and, in 1995–1996, the Université de Paris X – Nanterre.
In 1997, he worked at the Law Firm Loyrette Nouel in Paris as a visiting foreign lawyer. In 1999, he earned an LL.M. in high-tech law at Santa Clara University School of Law in California, in the heart of Silicon Valley.
He teaches intellectual property law at Parthenope University as part of the Master’s program in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, in collaboration with the MIT Sloan School of Management, the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He is a member of the Milan Bar Association.