Matteo Solinas is an Associate Professor in the School of Private and Commercial law. His current and ongoing research focuses on company law, financial regulation, as well as personal property

Before joining UNSW, Matteo was an Associate Professor in Commercial Law at the Law Faculty of Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington and previously served as lecturer (and then senior lecturer) for five years at the School of Law at the University of Glasgow.  He also worked as legal researcher at the Financial Markets Law Committee c/o Bank of England and in 2023-2024 as legal adviser at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

Prior to undertaking his academic career, Matteo practiced corporate law in Milan for almost a decade and is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales (non practising).