Francesco Olindo dal Maso

Profile

Francesco Olindo dal Maso is a visiting researcher at the Asser Institute, specializing in Sports Law with a focus on litigation and arbitration proceedings in that field. In 2020 he graduated (combined bachelor’s and master's degree) in law (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Bologna (Italy). During his academic years he attended two study exchange periods in Argentina (Mendoza) and in the UK (London). After graduating, he worked as legal intern and trainee lawyer in the litigation and arbitration department of national and international law firms in Rome and Bologna. In 2022, he got selected for the PhD programme at the University of Florence where he is currently attending the last year of the course. Francesco also collaborates with the University of Bologna as teaching assistant in the field of Civil Procedure and Arbitration law and coaches the teams of the university participating in international moot competitions. He is editor in chief of the Italian review “Trust and other fiduciary activities” and he is member of the editorial secretariat of the Italian “Sports Law Review”.        

Publications

• “La corte suprema austriaca si pronuncia sull’udienza arbitrale virtuale” in Rivista Trimestrale di Diritto e Procedura Civile, 2022, pp.  893 – 908 (“Austrian supreme court rules on virtual arbitral hearing” in Civil and procedural law review, 2022);

• “Blockchain dispute resolution: una nuova dimensione per la giustizia alternativa?” in Rivista dell’Arbitrato, 2024, pp. 235 – 245 (“Blockchain dispute resolution: a new dimension for alternative justice?” in Arbitration review, 2024).