Graduated magna cum laude from the University of Milan in 1991.
Member of the Milan Bar Association since 1994.
Admitted to practice before the Court of Cassation since 2015.
Full Professor of Civil Procedure Law at the University of Milan.
Previously, Full Professor of Civil Procedure Law and of Domestic and International Arbitration Law at the University of Milan-Bicocca, where he taught starting in 2001.
From March 9, 2021, to October 26, 2022, he served as Deputy Head of the Legislative Office at the Ministry of Justice.
Son of attorneys Remo and Anna Danovi, he represents the third generation of his family.
He has been collaborating with the firm since 1991 and became a partner in 1998.
He specializes in Arbitration Law, Family and Personal Law, Inheritance Law, Civil Procedure and Enforcement Law, Contract Law, Real Estate and Leasing Law, Civil and Professional Liability Law.
Member of the following scientific or editorial boards and committees: Editorial Board of Rivista di diritto processuale; Scientific Committee of Rivista Il diritto di famiglia e delle persone; Editorial Board of Rivista di diritto societario; Scientific Direction of Rivista Famiglia e diritto; Editorial Board of Rivista di diritto sportivo; Scientific Committee of Rivista Il Foro padano; Editorial Board of Milan Law Review; Scientific Committee of La nuova giuridica. Florence Law Review; Editorial Board of Rivista Il diritto processuale civile italiano e comparato; Editorial Board of Rivista Studium iuris; Referees Committee of Revista Iustitia; Scientific Committee of Reviewers of Rivista Il giusto processo civile; Panel of Experts for the evaluation of Media Laws.
President of the Scientific Committee of the AIAF Higher Education School in family, personal and juvenile law “Milena Pini”.
Author of the following books and monographs:
– “La pregiudizialità nell’arbitrato rituale,” Padua, 1999;
– “La prova contraria,” Milan, 2004, reprint Milan, 2025;
– “La cultura della mediazione e la mediazione come cultura,” F. Danovi – F. Ferraris, Milan, 2013;
– “Il processo di separazione e divorzio,” in “Trattato di diritto civile e commerciale” previously curated by A. Cicu, F. Messineo, L. Mengoni, continued by P. Schlesinger, Milan, 2015;
– “Il linguaggio del processo,” Milan, 2018;
– “I patti preconflittuali,” F. Danovi – F. Ferraris – T. Fragomeni – A. Maniaci – A. Marchese, Turin, 2019;
– “Oneri probatori e poteri officiosi nel rito unitario familiare e minorile,” Turin, 2025.
Author or co-author of the following textbooks:
– “L’arbitrato. Una giurisdizione su misura,” 2nd ed., Milan, 2022;
– “Diritto processuale civile. I principi,” F. Danovi – L. Salvaneschi, 2nd ed., Milan, 2023;
– “Lineamenti del processo civile di cognizione,” G. Tarzia – F. Danovi – L. Salvaneschi, 8th ed., Milan, 2026.
Editor of the following books:
– “Diritto e processo: rapporti e interferenze,” Turin, 2015;
– “ADR una giustizia complementare,” F. Danovi – F. Ferraris (eds.), Milan, 2018;
– M. Bianca, F. Danovi (eds.), “La nuova giustizia familiare e minorile. Law 26 November 2021, no. 206 and Legislative Decree 10 October 2022, no. 149,” in Le nuove leggi civili commentate, 2023.
He is also the author of over two hundred and seventy articles and publications in the fields of civil procedure law and family and personal law.
