Luca Castellani

Biography

Luca Castellani is a legal officer in the Secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

As secretary of UNCITRAL Working Group IV (Electronic Commerce), he oversaw the preparation of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records and of the UNCITRAL Model Law on the Use and Cross-border Recognition of Identity Management and Trust Services.

In the field of sales law, he actively promotes participation in the UN Convention on Contracts for International Sale of Goods (CISG) and has coordinated the preparation of the UNCITRAL – HCCH – Unidroit Legal Guide to Uniform Instruments in the Area of International Commercial Contracts, with a Focus on Sales.

He has published several articles on international business transactions law and comparative law, namely sale of goods, electronic commerce and trade law reform in developing countries.