Gianluca Grasso is a Judge at the Italian Court of Cassation. Over the course of his judicial career, he has held several key positions within the Italian judiciary. He served on the Board of Directors of the Italian School for the Judiciary (2020–2024), and previously worked at the Documentation and Study Office of the Court of Cassation. From 2015 to 2020, he was a trainer at the Judicial School within the Court, and from 2010 to 2015, he served in the Secretariat of the High Council for the Judiciary. Earlier roles include Employment Judge at the Tribunal of Santa Maria Capua Vetere (2009–2010), Judicial Trainee at the Court of Justice of the European Union (2009), and Judge at the Tribunal of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (2003–2009).

He holds a Law degree with honours (cum laude) from the University of Naples Federico II (1996), and completed postgraduate specialisations in Commercial Law (1999) and in Law and Economics of the European Communities (2002) at the same university. He earned a PhD in Law (2005) from the European School of Advanced Studies of Naples, a joint program of Suor Orsola Benincasa University Institute, the Istituto Universitario Orientale, and the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies.

Judge Grasso is a frequent lecturer in advanced legal training programmes and the author of a monograph on European Contract Law, as well as more than 100 publications in leading Italian legal journals, including Il Foro Italiano, Rivista di Diritto Civile, Contratto e Impresa, Contratto e Impresa/Europa, Famiglia e Diritto, Giurisprudenza di Merito, Diritto e Giurisprudenza, Famiglia e Successioni, and Diritto dell’Unione Europea.