University

Pierluigi Matera

Full Professor

Link Campus University - Rome

p.matera@unilink.it

Course Catalogue

Pierluigi Matera is Full Professor of Comparative Private Law (SSD IUS/02) and, in this capacity, he holds the chairs of Comparative Legal Systems (Degree Course in Law) and Corporate Law (Degree Course in International Business Administration) at Link Campus University, Rome.

He teaches Corporations at the School of Law in Boston University since September 2022.

He is Director of IDEMS - Institute of Sports Law and Management.

Since July 2019 he is visiting fellow of the Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. At the same University of Cambridge, he was appointed Faculty Visitor at the Faculty of Law, for the period 1 March - 1 October 2008 and again July 2019 - 15 January 2020. 

He is a member of the Teaching Staff of the PhD programme in "International and Private Labour Law" at the University of Padua. He was a member of the Teaching Staff of the PhD programme in "Technology and new frontiers of law, economics and society", at Link Campus University, Rome until March 2021. He was a member of the Teaching Staff of the PhD Programme in "European and Global Market Law. Crisis, rights, regulation", at the University La Tuscia, Viterbo until March 2019 and even before that of the PhD Programme in "Comparative Law and personal right", at the University of Salerno.

He holds a PhD in Comparative and Civil Law since 2004.

He is a lawyer qualified to practise before the higher courts, registered with the Rome Bar Association. He has been a member of the Sports Law and Activities Commission of the same Bar since March 2019.

Dal 25 luglio 2023 è componente dell'Osservatorio Permanente del CONI per le Politiche di Safeguarding.

Since 25 July 2023, he has been a member of CONI's Permanent Observatory for Safeguarding Policies.

He was a government-appointed Extraordinary Commissioner (Prime Ministerial Decree of 2 January 2018) of the public body AeCI until 4 January 2019; Deputy Extraordinary Commissioner of the FIH; Deputy Attorney General of Sport at CONI; as well as Acting Commissioner for statutory and regulatory amendments of numerous Federations and DSAs. At CONI he was also, by appointment of the National Council, a member of the CONI Sports Justice Reform Commission - commission that drafted the current Sports Justice Code and related regulations. At CONI, he was also a member of the new Technical Working Group for the Harmonisation of the CONI Principles and Federal Statutes and Regulations in 2018; and also coordinator of the Working Group on Professionalism in Sport in 2013.

Since 2007 he has been a leader or member of groups

He took part in several national and international conferences and seminars as speaker or organizer.

He authored monographs, essays and articles in national and international scientific journals on comparative and corporate law, including the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law and the Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law.


OFFICE HOURS
The professor is available to receive the students at the end of the lessons. However, the students may also request an appointment by email.