Marco Provvidera

Profilo biografico

Bar Admissions

• New York State (1997)
• U.S. Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York (2010)
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, DC (2011)
• U.S. Court of International Trade, New York (2011)
• Italy (1994)

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law – Center for National Security Law: 26^th National Security Law Institute, Post-Graduate Diploma in National Security Law, Charlottesville, VA (June 15, 2018) Full Scholarship Granted for Merit;

• New York University School of Law: Master’s Degree (LLM/MCJ) of Anglo-American and Comparative Law, New York, NY (May 21, 1995)
• University of California, Business School: Post-Graduate Diploma in American Management Studies (MBA Curriculum in International Finance), San Francisco, CA (June 30, 1986)
• University of Rome “La Sapienza”: Jurisprudence Doctor, Rome, Italy (July 23, 1984)

Languages

English (Native Level); Italian (Native Level); French (Fluent; Advanced Working Knowledge)

Professional Experience

• Founding Partner/Principal, Provvidera Law Offices, P.C. New York, NY (2001 – Present);
• Advisor to WG “Future Scenarios Concept”, Center for Defense Innovation (CID), Center for the Defense High Studies (CASD), Italian Ministry of Defense, General Staff; Rome, Italy (Dec 2019 – Present);
• International Desk Legal Counsel, SGI Capital Partners Inc. New York, NY (1997 – 2000);
• Corporate Department Associate, Masci & Sassi P.C. New York, NY (1996 – 1997);
• Deputy General Counsel, Alitalia Airlines, New York, NY (1988 – 1994)
• Legal Department Associate, Finsider International SA, Paris, France (1985 – 1988)

Affiliation 

• American Bar Association, Section of International Law: National Security Committee (Vice-Chair, 2020-21); United Nations and International Organizations Committee (Vice-Chair, 2020-21); Privacy, E-Commerce and Data Security Committee (Steering Group, 2019-20);
• New York City Bar Association;
• ASIL – American Society of International Law;
• Law Society of England and Wales, International Law Division;
• U.S. Naval Institute (USNI);
• American Security Project, Financial Intelligence & Information Sharing Working Group (US government/private sector/academy project/think-tank);
• Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA), Italian Chapter (Italian Atlantic Committee), Cyber-warfare Committee (Chair, 2019-2020);
• International Journal of Digital Investigations, (John Hopkins University) Member of the Legal Experts Panel, Baltimore, MD (2003 – Present);
• Electronic Crime Task Force (Professional/academic network established by the US Homeland Security Department), New York, NY (2003)

Academy

• University of the Republic of San Marino: Master’s Degree of International Security Studies, Professor of International Law of Armed Conflict, U.S. National Security Law, U.S. and Comparative Law of the Intelligence, Strategy and Foresight Concept; San Marino, Rep. of San Marino (March, 2021-Onward);
• University of Tor Vergata, Observatory on Security and Defense (OSDIFE): Special Seminar Lecturer, Nuclear Deterrence in the 21^st Century, Rome, Italy (Jan 11, 2021);

• Center of High Studies for Defense (CASD), Italian Ministry of Defense, General Staff Inter-Forces Superior Institute (ISSMI): Master’s Degree Module “Analysis of Complex Systems”, Lecturer, Complexity Layers of Deterrence in All-Domain Conflict and Hyperwar Scenarios, Rome, Italy (Oct 2020);
• University of Tor Vergata, Observatory on Security and Defense (OSDIFE): Special Advisor for National Security, Geopolitics, Law of Armed Conflict; Rome, Italy (March, 2020 – Present);

• Italian Institute of Philosophical Studies: Visiting Lecturer, International Law and Jus ad Bellum in the Era of Hybrid Warfare, at the Seminar Series The “Just War” Comeback, Naples, Italy (October, 2019);

• University of South Alabama, Mitchell School of Business: Visiting-in-Residence –  Seminars: U.S. National Security and Global Security; Countering Terrorism Financing: A Comparative Analysis; International Law in the Era of Multi-Domain Conflict; Mobile, AL (March, 2019);

• Middlebury Institute of International Studies of Monterey, CA/Sapienza University of Rome, Winter School: Visiting Professor, Terrorism Financing in Europe and U.S.: A Comparative Approach, Rome, Italy (January, 2019);
• International University of Rome (UNINT): Visiting Lecturer, Deterrence and Jus ad Bellum in the Era of Hybrid Warfare; Visiting Lecturer, Iraq and Syria: Perspectives and Issues of the U.S. Intervention and Middle East Policy, Rome, Italy (December, 2018);

• “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Center for Geopolitics and International Relations Studies, 2019 Course of Geopolitics and International Relations: Professor, Intelligence, Terrorism and the Law; Oversight of Intelligence in the U.S., Rome, Italy (2018-2019);

• CEPOL (European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training – EU Justice and Home Affairs) – European Joint Master Program 2017-2019, “Governance and Strategic Aspects of International Police Cooperation” Module III Professor/Trainer, Strategic Interaction Between EU and Different Relevant International Bodies—EU-NATO Cooperation on the Field; Interaction Between EU Justice & Home Affairs Agencies and Relevant External Partners, Rome, Italy (March, 2018);
• “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Center of Geopolitics and International Relations Studies: Winter School, Visiting Lecturer: National Security and Intelligence Governance in the U.S.—Global Implications, Rome, Italy (March 17, 2018);
• University of International Studies (UNINT): Visiting Lecturer: Seminar on Terrorism and Illicit Activities Financing, Rome, Italy (February, 2018);

• “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Department of Social Research and Communication (CORIS): Adjunct Professor of International Organizations and Development, Rome, Italy (January, 2017 – March, 2018);
• Link Campus University: Winter School Professor, Terrorism Financing, Identification and Prevention (co-offered by the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at University of Monterey, CA) Rome, Italy (January, 2018);
• Link Campus University: Master’s Degree of Intelligence and Security, Visiting Professor of U.S. and Comparative Law of the Intelligence, Rome, Italy (October, 2017); Visiting Lecturer: Countering Global Threats and Transnational Terrorism—A Comparative Approach to National Security, Rome, Italy (October, 2017);

• SSML Gregorio VII University: Professor of International Public Law; Law of the International Organizations; History of International Relations and Geopolitics; Global Economy and Finance, Rome, Italy (2012 – 2015); Courses taught in English;
• “La Tuscia” University, Department of  Law: Seminar of Excellence for Post-Graduate Candidates to PhD in E.U. and Global Financial Markets Law – Visiting Professor: Systemic Crises in the Global Economy—From Lehman Brothers to the Eurozone Sovereign Debt; Viterbo, Italy (October 11-12, 2016);
• LUISS “Guido Carli” University, School of Law: Seminar: Comparative Issues in Transnational Counter-Terrorism Laws—A U.S. Perspective, Rome, Italy (March 14-15, 2016)
• “La Tuscia” University, Department of Law: Visiting Professor, Seminars: Introduction to the Anglo-American Legal System; Legal History from Magna Charta to the U.S. Constitution and Modern Times; Common Law Methodology; The U.S. Federal Civil Procedure; Viterbo, Italy (March 1-8, 2016);
• Kodolanyi Janos University of Budapest - EU Erasmus Program Visiting Professor: Seminar 1 - International Relations, Law and Geopolitics: Analysis of the International-Law-Related Elements of the USA-Iran “Nuclear Moratorium Agreement”(JCPOA) of 2015; Seminar 2 - Global Economy: Central Banks and Legal Framework of the Financial Crises; Budapest, Hungary (September 21-25, 2015);
• “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Center of Geopolitics and International Relations Studies: Online Seminar: The Economy of Energy: Discussion on the “Shale Revolution” in the U.S. and Its Geopolitical Implications; Rome, Italy (June, 2015);
• “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Department of Sociology: Tutor/Teaching Assistant of Information and Communications Law, Rome, Italy (2006 – 2011);
• University of Macerata, Department of Political Sciences: Tutor/Teaching Assistant of Information and Communications Law, Macerata, Italy (2003–2005);
• University of Milan School of Law: Tutor, Post-Graduate Seminar: The Law of the Internet and Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Property and Privacy: A US Constitutional Perspective, Milan, Italy (2002);
• Columbia University, Business School, CITI Institute: Research Assistant, Project on “Space Law, Telecommunications and International Organizations”, New York, NY (Winter Semester 1996–1997).

Fellowships

• NATO Defense College Eisenhower Fellow, 2022
• Candidate

Relevant Events Recently Attended/Speaking Engagements

• Forthcoming: NATO Joint Air & Space Conference (annual theme: Leveraging Emerging Technologies in Support of NATO Air & Space Power): Invited Delegate & Panelist, Essen West, Germany (Dec 8-10, 2021);
• U.S. Army Futures Command: The Future Study Program, Intensive 4-Day Seminar, Special Invitee, Character of Warfare 2035, Ft. Eustin, FL (Nov 16-20, 2020);
• University of Oxford, The Changing Character of War Centre with the U.K. Foreign Office: Special Invitee, Rethinking Western Strategy and the Character of War in the Twenty-First Century, Oxford, UK (Nov 24, 2020);
• U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff : Invited Attendant, Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment (SMA) Series, Washington DC (October, 2020 – Present);
• NATO Supreme Allied Command Transformation (SACT): Invited Attendant, Strategic Foresight Analysis 2021, Series of Prep Meetings, Norfolk, VA (October-November, 2020);
• New York State Bar Association: Nuclear Weapons and International Law in the Contemporary Era, Invited Delegate, New York, NY (Nov 12, 2020);
• U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM): 7-Day Intensive Workshop, Invited Attendant, Deterrence Symposium 2020, Tampa, FL (Nov 7-13, 2020);
• Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): Seminar, Invited Attendee, Information Warfare: From a Supporting Role to A Leading Role, Washington DC (Nov 13, 2020);
• University of Syracuse School of Law, Institute for Security Policy and Law: Invited Attendant, National Security Law and the Coming AI Revolution, Syracuse, NY (Oct 29, 2020);   
• Center for New American Security (CNAS): 4-Day Intensive Workshop, Invited Delegate, 2020 National Security Conference—Future Scenarios, Washington DC (June 15-19, 2020);
• Italian Ministry of Defense General Staff, Center for Defense Innovation (CID): 2-Day Intensive Workshop, Speaker/Panelist, Legal and Ethical Implications of Dual and Military Use of Artificial Intelligence in Multi-Domain Conflict Scenarios, Rome, Italy (December 18-19, 2019);
• Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House: Invited Delegate, Cyber Warfare and International Law, London (Dec 4, 2019);
• ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, Georgetown University, University of Virginia School of Law: Invited Delegate, 29^th Annual Preview of the Field of National Security Law, Full Scholarship Granted, Washington DC (Nov. 7-8, 2019);
• Technical University of Kosice, Business School: Academic Participant to Colloquia on Artificial Intelligence and Global Security; Kosice, Slovak Republic (July, 2019);
• Germani Institute of Social Sciences and Strategic Studies: High Formation Course, Political Warfare and National Security. The New Intelligence in the Era of Hybrid Threats, Certificate Earned; Rome, Italy (April, 2019);
• Middlebury Institute of International Studies: Speaker/Panelist, Middlebury Countering Threats Financing, Seminar, Monterey, CA (March 20-22, 2019);
• University of  Rome at Tor Vergata; Italian Air Force: Speaker, Presentation on Legal, Technical, and Intelligence Elements of “Attribution” in Hybrid Warfare Scenarios—A U.S. Perspective; Air Force Club, Rome, Italy (February, 2019);

• European Academy of Law (ERA): Chair & Panelist, Session III “Counter Terrorism Financing”, 2018 Annual Conference on Counter-Terrorism, Trier, Germany (Nov. 29-30, 2018);

• ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, Georgetown University, University of Virginia School of Law: 28^th Annual Preview of the Field of National Security Law, Full Scholarship Granted, Washington DC (Nov. 1-2, 2018);

• Financial Intelligence and Information Sharing Working Group Fall Summit, Transnational Flows of Illicit Financing, New York, NY (Sept, 2018);
• Academy of European Law (ERA): Countering Terrorism and Preventing Radicalization in Detention—Cross-Border Judicial Cooperation, Certificate Earned, Trier, Germany (June, 2018);

• ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security: 27^th Annual Preview of the Field of National Security Law, Full Scholarship Granted, Washington DC (Nov. 15-17, 2017);

Selected Publications:

• Forthcoming: Deterrence in the Age of Multi-Domain Conflict—The New Frontier of  Law of Armed Conflict, NATO Research Papers, NATO Defense College, due for publication (Winter 2021);
• Forthcoming: Military Use of Artificial Intelligence—A Novel Legal Paradigm of Jus Belli, NATO Joint Air Power Competence Center (JAPCC), due for publication (March, 2021);
• Lawfare and Information Warfare in the Fifth Domain of Contemporary Multi-Domain Conflict, Italian Ministry of Defense, Center for Defense High Studies, due for publication on “Quaderni Strategici” No. 2 (March, 2021);
• Forthcoming: Comparative Counter-Terrorism Policies – U.S. and European Approaches Diritto Penale Contemporaneo, due for publication (Winter 2021);

• Forthcoming: Cyber Warfare and Jus ad Bellum: An Attempt to Square the Circle Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs, due for publication (Winter 2021);
• Strategic Assets Protection and Golden Share for A New National Security Paradigm, Italian Ministry of Defense, Center for Defense High Studies, “Quaderni Strategici”, No. 1 (January, 2021);   
• International Terrorism: The Quest For A New Security Paradigm. Reflections on the “Issue-Attention Cycle” and National Security, contribution to co-authored book: Master Narratives in Tourism, C. Pierantonelli ed., Roma III University (Dec. 2017);
• Developments of Privacy Law in the E.U. The International Lawyer - Year-in-Review, ABA-SIL Privacy, E-Commerce and Data Security Committee, ABA-SMU Dedman School of Law (Dec. 2016);
• Contribution, on behalf of the European Privacy Association, to the EU Commission’s Public Consultation on “The Future European Union (EU) – United States of America (US) International Agreement on Personal Data Protection and Information Sharing for Law Enforcement Purposes” (2010);
• Privacy and Struggle Against Terror – U.S., European Union, Italy, Chapter 9, contribution to co-authored book: Next Privacy (in Italian), Bolognini, Fulco, Paganini eds., ETAS, Milan (2010);
• Contribution, on behalf of the European Privacy Association, to EU Commission’s Public Consultation on “New Challenges for Privacy: Advanced Technologies, Effective Legal Frameworks and Active Responsibilities” (2009).