Daniele Gallo

Daniele Gallo (BA, cum laude and special mention, Sapienza, with one year stay as Erasmus student at Panthéon-Sorbonne and two months stay with scholarship at LSE, 2003; PhD, Sapienza, 2008) is Full Professor of EU Law in the Law Department of Luiss University (Rome) since 2020, Co-Director of the LLM in European Law and Policies, Co-Director of the MA in International, Comparative and EU Law, Head of the major in European Law, Head of the clinic in EU Law, and Head of the dual degrees program with 15 European and US universities.

He held the Jean Monnet Chair in Understanding EU Law in Practice: EU Rights in Action before Courts (PRACT, 2020-2023) and was the Deputy-Provost for the European Alliance ENGAGE.EU(2020-2024), as well as at the Vice-Dean for International Programs (2018-2024) at the Law Department. 

He is a member of the Governing Board of Université Capitole I de Toulouse (since 2023) and a Fellow at Universidade de Lisboa (since 2020). 

He is currently Professeur invité at Sciences Po Paris. He has been Visiting Professor at Mackenzie Presbyterian University (São Paulo) in 2026, Professeur invité at Sciences Po Aix (Aix-en-Provence) in 2025, Professeur invité at Université des Antilles (Pointe-à-Pitre) in 2023 and 2024, Professeur invité at Université Panthéon-Assas(Paris) in 2017-2019, Recurring Adjunct Professor of EU Law at the School of Law of American University (Washington DC) in 2016-2019, Professor invitadoat Universidad de La Habana in 2017, Professeur invité at Université Capitole I de Toulouse in 2015, Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Global Governance Studies of KU Leuven in 2014, European Union Fulbright Schuman Scholar at Fordham Law School (New York) in 2010-2011, DAAD Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Heidelberg) in 2009-2010, and Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute (Florence) in 2008-2009.

He is the author of four monographs, including Direct Effect in EU Law (EU Law Library Series, Oxford University Press, 2025) and Public Services and EU Competition Law. The Social Market Economy in Action (Routledge, 2021). 

He is the co-editor of two books: Same-Sex Couples before National, Supranational and International Jurisdictions (Springer, with L. Paladini and P. Pustorino, 2014), and The Italian Influence on European Law: Judges and Advocates General (1952-2000) (Hart, with L. Cecchetti, R. Mastroianni, and F. Nicola, 2024).

He is the co-editor of three journal special issues: Re-connecting Authority and Democratic Legitimacy in the EU (European Papers, 2020, with C. Fasone and J. Wouters), Dual Preliminarity through National, EU and Comparative Case Law (Italian Journal of Public Law, 2023, with G. Piccirilli), and The Preliminary Ruling Procedure, Today: Revisiting Article 267 TFEU’s Constitutional Backbone(European Journal of Legal Studies, 2023, with L. Cecchetti).

He is the author of over 160 contributions primarily on EU law, featured in various edited books and law journals, such as, amongst others, Common Market Law Review, Cambridge Yearbook for European Legal Studies, Yearbook of European Law, European Law Journal, European Law Open, European Public Law, European Journal of Legal Studies, Yearbook of EU Litigation, European Papers, Review of European Administrative Law, European Business Law Review, European State Aid Law Quarterly, European Journal of Social Law, International Organizations Law Review, Fordham International Law Journal, and American University International Law Review.

He is the co-author, together with L. Cecchetti, of a digital platform on EU law (in Italian) addressed at law students (Giappichelli, 2025). 

Professor Gallo’s works have been cited by several Advocates General (e.g., recently, M. Bobek in Link Logistic, N. Emiliou in Kubera, and T. Ćapeta inFerreira II).

Attorney-at-Law since 2008 and admitted to practice before the highest courts in Italy since 2021, he pleaded before the European Court of Human Rights, the UNIDROIT Administrative Tribunal, and the ILO Administrative Tribunal, and regularly appears before national courts, the General Court, the Court of Justice, and the European Commission.