Paolo Lanteri is an IP lawyer, with over 15 years of experience in international copyright policy and an in-depth expertise on digital copyright issues. As Legal Counsellor in the Copyright Law Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), his responsibilities range from providing legal and policy advice to leading the work in areas at the intersection between copyright and new technologies, such as the music streaming market, Generative AI, Open Science and Open Access, UGC, metaverse, and blockchain. He also supports the work of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), notably on copyright in the digital environment.

Before joining WIPO, Paolo practiced the law firm Uría Menéndez Abogados LLP in Madrid (Spain), and worked in the legal department of the Spanish collecting society, Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE).

An Italian National, he speaks English, French, Italian and Spanish. He holds an Italian and a Spanish LL.B. and an LL.M. from the Autonomous University of Madrid.