Giovanni Comande'

Giovanni Comande' is a Full Professor of Private Comparative Law at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy, with additional qualifications including a PhD from SSSA and an LLM from Harvard Law School. He practices law in Pisa (since 1995) and as a New York Bar member (since 1997), while also serving as a mediator and mediation trainer. His academic career spans teaching appointments and visiting roles at numerous international universities.

• Founder of LIDER-LAB (www.lider-lab.it)
• Co-founder of Smartlex (www.smartlex.eu) spin-off
• Principal Investigator (PI) for EU Horizon 2020 projects: LEADs, SoBigData++, Predictive Jurisprudence

His research focuses on the intersection of law and technology, particularly addressing data protection, privacy regulation, and ethical implications of artificial intelligence. Recent work explores algorithmic governance, medical robotics implementation challenges, and metamorphosis of liability regimes in digital healthcare. He advocates for harmonizing technical explainability requirements with legal admissibility standards.

Publications portfolio includes 6 monographs, 15 collective works, and over 200 law review articles across Italian, English, French, and Spanish languages. He directs two top-tier law journals (Opinio Juris in Comparatione, Rivista di Medicina Legale e del Diritto in Sanità) and serves on multiple international editorial boards.

• Scientific evaluator for EU Commission, South African Research Foundation, Hebrew University, and Italian ANVUR
• Member of prestigious bodies: American Law Institute for Information Privacy, European Group on Tort Law (PETL), European Center for Law and Insurance (ECTIL), European Law Institute (ELI)