Luca Castellani (1968) is a legal officer in the secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), where he discharges the functions of secretary of Working Group IV (Electronic Commerce) and is tasked, inter alia, with the promotion of the adoption and uniform interpretation of UNCITRAL texts relating to sale of goods and electronic commerce.

After graduating in law (JD) in the University of Torino, he received a doctoral degree in comparative law (SJD) from the University of Trieste and a master in international law (LLM) from the New York University. Admitted to the bar in Italy, he held lecturing positions in Italy and Eritrea.

He joined the Office of Legal Affairs of the secretariat of the United Nations in New York in 2001, the UNCITRAL secretariat in Vienna, Austria, in 2004, and served as legal advisor to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 2008.

He published in the fields of international trade law and comparative law, dealing, in particular, with African law issues.