Christian received his law degree from the University of Genoa, with a final thesis on reinsurance in the shipping industry. Afterwards, he spent a period training in London at a leading international law firm, and at a major insurance & reinsurance broker.
He obtained his professional qualification in 2002, and a master’s degree in maritime law from the University of London the following year. From 2003 to 2016, he practiced at one of Italy’s leading maritime law firms and joined Studio Legale Camera Vernetti in 2016.
Christian works on behalf of numerous Italian and foreign insurance companies, brokers, shipowners, charterers, P&I Clubs and traders. He has gained extensive experience in marine and transport insurance, chartering and international trading.
His professional practice also includes matters relating to yachting, marine claims, inland and intermodal transport as well as international procurement and related contracts.
He has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 2004.