Born in Ronchi dei Legionari in 1957, he graduated in Philosophy summa cum laude and afterwards in Law at the University of Trieste with a thesis in administrative law.

He practices as a lawyer focusing in particular on contracts, bonds, banking law and bankruptcy law.
He studied in the USA, Germany and Austria, specialising in Negotiation techniques and Rhetoric theory.

He collaborated with the University of Trieste and became CNR researcher. From 1985 to 1992, as a researcher for ISGRE, he held several seminars and courses.
He is the author of a number of publications in administrative and regional law.