Dr. Andrea Caravita di Toritto, LLM (Berlin)
since October 2025 visiting Postdoctoral Researcher at the DFG Research Training Group DynamInt
Research Project
The normative scope of the principle of solidarity and its impact on the reconceptualisation of collective property.
Vita
Andrea is a lecturer at the Postgraduate School for Legal Professions and a research fellow in civil law at Sapienza University of Rome, affiliated with the Chair of Prof. Enrico del Prato. He also works within the research group of the Postgraduate School of Administrative Studies (SPISA) at the University of Bologna, as well as with the Chairs of Administrative Law at LUISS Guido Carli University and Sapienza University. He is a member of the editorial boards of Rivista Italiana di Scienze Giuridiche and federalismi.it.
Within the European Law School Programme, he obtained an LL.M. in European and Comparative Law from Humboldt University (2018–2019), supported by a merit-based scholarship from Sapienza University. While in Berlin, he wrote his master’s thesis entitled “Intersections between Data Protection and Competition Law, with Particular Regard to the Voluntariness of Consent,” under the supervision of Prof. Martin Eifert and worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Prof. Stefan Grundmann.
He subsequently graduated with a Laurea Magistrale in Law from Sapienza University (cum laude, 2021). During this period in Rome, he held a two-year merit-based scholarship and worked as a teaching tutor at Sapienza University. His final dissertation, “The Principle of Proportionality in the Market for Personal Data,” resulted in the publication of an excerpt in the journal Rivista di diritto dei media (Medialaws).
In 2025, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Law (cum laude) by Sapienza University. His doctoral dissertation, supervised by Prof. Enrico del Prato was entitled “Towards a Reconceptualisation of Certain Forms of Collective Property in the Light of Emerging Interests. Sustainable Collective Property and Legal Subjectivity”. The research findings were presented in 2024 at the University of Tuscia during the conference “Dottrine generali della sostenibilità” and were discussed at the University of Pisa at the conference “Percorsi di ricerca di diritto civile”.
He has received awards for his academic work, including the Laureato Eccellente prize (Sapienza Foundation, 2020) and the Premio Borsi, awarded by the Umberto Borsi Foundation for Administrative Studies for the best scholarly article in administrative law in 2023–2024. He was ranked first in the selection procedures for internships at the Legal Advisory Office of the Bank of Italy and at the Italian Competition Authority, and he was granted a scholarship to attend the Trento Summer School on Advanced EU Competition Law & Economics (2022 and 2023).
Alongside his academic activity, Dr. Caravita has practised law since 2023 at CdT&A Law Firm (Rome and Milan), working in litigation and regulatory matters. He previously served as assistant to Prof. Michele Ainis during his mandate at the Italian Competition Authority (2022–2023). He also gained international professional experience as a trainee lawyer at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Rome (2021-2022), as a legal intern at Noerr in Berlin (2019), and through an internship at the Economic Office of the Italian Embassy in London (2017).
He is a native Italian speaker and is fluent in English and German, with a good knowledge of French.
A full CV can be found here.
Publications (Selection)
- An Alternative Path to the Commons: Sustainable Collective Property (Un itinerario alternativo ai beni comuni: le proprietà collettive sostenibili), federalismi.it, 2025. [Open Access]
- Renewable Energy Communities: Contract, Constitutional Orientation and Legal Subjectivity (Comunità energetiche rinnovabili. Contratto, indirizzo costituzionale e soggettività), Rivista giuridica dell’edilizia, 2025.
- Subjective Legal Positions and the Protection of Future Generations (Situazioni giuridiche soggettive e tutela delle future generazioni), Rivista quadrimestrale di diritto dell’ambiente, 2025. [Open Access]
- Sport and the European Union (Sport e Unione Europea), in Lineamenti di Diritto Sportivo, Giappichelli, 2024.
- Trial Run for a New Austrian and European Systemic Equilibrium, in The European Parliament Elections in 2024, Giappichelli, 2024.
- Settlement and Mandatory Rules: The Case of Compensation for the Loss of Goodwill (Transazione e norme inderogabili: il caso dell’indennità per la perdita dell’avviamento), La Nuova Giurisprudenza Civile Commentata, 2023.
- Agreements in View of Family Crisis: Balancing Traditional Prohibitions with Certain Cases of Validity (Accordi in vista della crisi familiare: contemperamento del tradizionale divieto con alcune ipotesi di validità), La Nuova Giurisprudenza Civile Commentata, 3/2021.
- The Doctrine of Frustration and Gratuitous Contracts: Expansion of the Scope of Application or Crisis of the Abstract Category? (La presupposizione e i contratti a titolo gratuito: estensione dell’ambito di operatività o crisi della fattispecie astratta?), La Nuova Giurisprudenza Civile Commentata, 3/2022.
- Multilevel Proportionality in the “Supervised” Market of Personal Data (La proporzionalità multilivello nel mercato “presidiato” dei dati personali), Medialaws, 2021. [Open Access]
Lectures and Conferences (Selection)
- Collective Property and Sustainability (Proprietà collettive e sostenibilità), University of Tuscia, 2024.
- From Contract to Legal Subject: Renewable Energy Communities (Dal contratto al soggetto di diritto: le comunità energetiche rinnovabili), Sapienza University of Rome, 2025.
- Awarding of Local Public Services and Preliminary Investigation (Affidamento dei servizi pubblici locali e indagine preliminare), Italian Ministry of the Interior, 2025.
- Administrative Forms of Public Service Management and the Rationale for Choice in Germany and Europe (Forme di gestione dei servizi pubblici locali e motivazione della scelta in Germania e in Europa), University of Bologna, 2022.
- Is There Still Room for Public Monopolies or Reserved Activities? (C’è ancora spazio per le riserve pubbliche di attività?), ICONS Conference, University of Bologna, September 2022.
- Local Public Services for Development and for Social and Territorial Cohesion (Servizi pubblici locali per lo sviluppo, la coesione sociale e territoriale), SPISA – University of Bologna, December 2022.