Andrea Astolfi

Andrea Astolfi was born in Pavia on 15 December 1947 and graduated in law cum laude from the University of Pavia in 1970. In 1972, he was awarded a British Council Scholarship at the University of Kent. In 1973 he worked as an intern at the EEC Commission's Legal Service in Brussels. He taught mercantile law in the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Pavia and the Faculty of Law at the University of Trento.

As a practising lawyer, he has worked largely in the field of commercial and corporate law, civil law and pharmaceutical and healthcare law. He has been a member of the boards of directors of a number of companies and foundations, and chair and member of supervisory bodies formed pursuant to lgs. decree 231/2001 by companies active in healthcare.

He is a member of the scientific committee of the law journal “Rassegna di diritto farmaceutico e della salute” and has published a number of papers and books, including: “Note in tema di acquisto di società di farmacia in pendenza del concorso straordinario”, in Rassegna di diritto farmaceutico e della salute, 2016; “La “gestione associata” di una farmacia (art.11.7 del D.L. n.1 del 2012)”, in Rassegna di diritto farmaceutico e della salute, 2013; “Il consenso informato – Profili ricostruttivi ed orientamenti recenti”, in Rassegna di diritto farmaceutico e della salute, 2005; “Le sperimentazioni cliniche e il ruolo delle strutture sanitarie private”, in Rassegna di diritto farmaceutico e della salute, 2002; Il contratto di joint venture. La disciplina giuridica dei raggruppamenti temporanei di imprese” Giuffrè, 1981; “Evoluzione e qualificazione degli accordi di joint venture”, in Profili giuridici e modelli contrattuali, Egea, Milano, 1997.