Chiomenti

Partner - Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

Massimo assists Italian and foreign clients in handling civil, commercial, corporate, banking and insurance litigation, both before ordinary courts and in arbitration proceedings, as well as in drafting and conclusion of contracts. Massimo has gained significant experience in arbitrary proceedings and is regularly appointed in ad hoc and administered arbitrations. He appears on the list of arbitrators of the Arbitration Chamber for Public Contracts at ANAC and the Arbitration and Conciliation Chamber of Cooperation. Upon appointment by the Bank of Italy, he was a member of the Arbitro Bancario Finanziario (ABF), College of Rome (2019-2024). He is a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS, since 2023) and the CONI Sports Agents Commission (since 2020). He is a legal expert supporting the functions assigned to the Minister for Sport and Youth (since 2023).

Massimo Proto joined the Firm as of Counsel in 2020 and became a Partner in 2024. Since the same year he has been Head of the “Commercial Litigation” Practice Area.

He is Full professor of Private Law at Link Campus University in Rome.

Italian, English

Member of the Rome Bar (Italy), 2000

Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court, (Italy), 2007

Graduated in Law, Univesrity of Rome, La Sapienza (Italy), 1996

Ph.D, Business Law, University of Tuscia (Italy), 2004.