
Pierluigi Matera
Lecturer
LLB, LUISS of Rome
PhD, Unisa
Biography
Pierluigi Matera – LLB (Hons) Law (LUISS Guido Carli), PhD Law (Unisa), is a corporate law scholar and attorney with extensive experience in both U.S. and European company law. His teaching and research focus on comparative law, sports law, and corporate law—with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate litigation, the history of business corporations, and the evolving intersection between artificial intelligence and corporate governance.
Professor Matera has published widely in both peer-reviewed and student-edited journals, including the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, the Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law, the Journal of Corporation Law, and the Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law. His short notes and commentary have been featured on leading law blogs and forums, such as the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, the Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog, and the Oxford Business Law Blog.
He holds a PhD in Comparative Law and is Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Rome-LCU, where he also served as Dean of the Law School.
He teaches Corporations as well as M&A in the JD program at Boston University Law School—where he also teaches Corporations in the LLM program in American Law.
Additionally, he holds the position of Professor of Law and Economics – Business and Corporate Law at Rome-LUISS, and is a visiting fellow and life member of Wolfson College, Cambridge. Since 2010, he has served as Executive Director of IDEMS, the Centre for Research in Sports Law and Management.
Professor Matera is a member of the board of the Arbitration Chamber of the Rome Bar Association, a bankruptcy trustee, and previously served as Special Commissioner of the Italian Civil Aviation Agency (AeCI) and several other companies.
Since July 2023, he has been one of the four experts appointed to the Safeguarding Office of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI). He previously served as Deputy Prosecutor General of CONI, as President of the Safeguarding Offices of both the Italian Gymnastics Federation and the Italian Dancesport Federation, as Vice Special Commissioner of the Italian Hockey Federation (FIH) (2014), and as Commissioner ad acta for more than 35 Federations (since 2014), as well as President of General Meetings (since 2016).
At CONI, he also served as a member of the Committee for Sports Justice Reform and the Committee for Sports Law Reform. In this capacity, he drafted the current Code for Sports Justice in force in Italy, and the Principles for Sports Federation Charters and Bylaws also currently in force.
He has spoken, chaired, and coordinated sessions and panels at numerous national and international conferences, including the Annual Rome Conference on AI, Ethics, and the Future of Corporate Governance, which he co-chairs alongside David J. Berger.
He is the author of a number of scientific publications on comparative law and corporate law.
- Profile Types
- Faculty, JD Program, Lecturers & Adjunct Professors, and Part-Time Faculty
- Areas of Interest
- Corporate Law, Corporate, Business & Transactional Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Sports Law
Publications
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Pierluigi Matera, Delaware's Dominance, Wyoming's Dare: New Challenge, Same Outcome? 27 Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law (2022)
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Pierluigi Matera & Ferruccio M. Sbarbaro, From Trulia to Akorn: A Ride on the Roller Coaster of M&A Litigation 44 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law (2020)
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Activities & Engagements
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Review of Banking and Financial Law and the Brookings Institution 2024 Symposium: The Politics of Financial Regulation
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Corporations: LAW JD 816
Course about the legal structure and characteristics of business corporations. Topics include the promotion and formation of corporations; the distribution of power between management and shareholders; the limitations on management powers imposed by state law fiduciary duties and federal securities laws; shareholder derivative suits; capital structure and financing of corporations; and fundamental changes in corporate structure, such as mergers and sales of assets. Hirst¿s Section: This section covers similar topics, but has a different emphasis and approach, involving fewer cases, and more exercises and analysis of real-world transactions and documents, including from Tesla, Twitter, and Boeing. The course involves self-directed learning through the submission of multiple choice quizzes, and some use of corporate-finance-style numerical analyses. Laptops and similar devices are generally not permitted without an accommodation. The course serves as a prerequisite to advanced courses. PREREQUISITE: Business Fundamentals.
FALL 2025: LAW JD 816 A1 , Sep 2nd to Dec 19th 2025Days | Start | End | Credits | Instructors | Bldg | Room |
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Mon,Wed | 2:10 pm | 4:10 pm | 4 | Scott Hirst |
Days | Start | End | Credits | Instructors | Bldg | Room |
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Tue,Thu | 2:10 pm | 4:10 pm | 4 | Pierluigi Matera |
Days | Start | End | Credits | Instructors | Bldg | Room |
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Tue,Thu | 2:10 pm | 4:10 pm | 4 | Madison Condon |
Days | Start | End | Credits | Instructors | Bldg | Room |
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Mon,Wed | 10:40 am | 12:40 pm | 4 |
CORPORATIONS FOR LLMs: LAW AM 815
Course about the legal structure and characteristics of business corporations. Topics include the promotion and formation of corporations; the distribution of power between management and shareholders; the limitations on management powers imposed by state law fiduciary duties and federal securities laws; shareholder derivative suits; capital structure and financing of corporations; and fundamental changes in corporate structure, such as mergers and sales of assets. The course serves as a PREREQUISITE to advanced courses. GRADING NOTICE: This class will not offer the CR/NC/H option.
FALL 2025: LAW AM 815 A1 , Sep 2nd to Dec 19th 2025Days | Start | End | Credits | Instructors | Bldg | Room |
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Mon,Wed | 2:10 pm | 4:10 pm | 4 | Pierluigi Matera |
Days | Start | End | Credits | Instructors | Bldg | Room |
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Tue,Thu | 4:20 pm | 6:20 pm | 4 | Kevin Wall |
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: LAW JD 988
This course will cover the principal legal, tax and business issues of mergers and acquisitions. PREREQUISITE: Business Fundamentals and Corporations, or permission of instructor.
FALL 2025: LAW JD 988 A1 , Sep 2nd to Dec 19th 2025Days | Start | End | Credits | Instructors | Bldg | Room |
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Tue,Thu | 4:30 pm | 5:55 pm | 3 | Pierluigi Matera |
Days | Start | End | Credits | Instructors | Bldg | Room |
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Mon,Wed | 2:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 3 | Scott Hirst |