Francesco Campodonico graduated as a Captain (Master Mariner) at the Nautical Institute of Camogli, earning the qualification of Cadet Captain and sailing as a deck officer on bulk carriers and tankers. He did his military service attending the Officers’ Course at the Naval Academy in Livorno, where he became an Ensign and specialized in navigation and communications.
He holds a degree in Law from the University of Genoa, with a comparative thesis on ship chartering, bare boat charter, and maritime transport under Italian and English law. He has been admitted to the legal profession since 1981 and is a member of AIDIM (Italian Maritime Law Association).
After a period of professional training in London at a P&I Club, he completed his legal practice at the Siccardi & Marchese law firm. From 1984 to 2016 he was a partner at Studio Legale Maresca — which became part of Studio Berlingieri Maresca in 2017 — where he remained until 2022. Until 2025, he served as of counsel at Studio Camera Vernetti.
Francesco has acted as a delegate at the Comité Maritime International (CMI) Conference in Paris in 1990 and at the Colloquium in Buenos Aires in 2010. He has published articles in Il Diritto Marittimo on subjects such as the time bar of claims, P&I liability coverage for pleasure craft, carriage of goods by road on behalf of third parties, and the legal nature of the voyage charter party.
His principal areas of practice include international trade and maritime disputes (particularly in the sale of commodities), cargo claims, vessel arrests and enforcement of maritime credits, ship registration, road and multimodal transport, recognition of foreign judgments, and insolvency and other corporate procedures.
Francesco is an active yachtsman and a member of the Lega Navale Italiana (LNI), he has served as head of the sailing section and as a sailing instructor at the Naval Academy of Leghorn.
Languages: Spanish and English
E-mail: f.campodonico@slpc.it
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