Matteo M WINKLER

Associate Professor

Law & Tax

winkler@hec.fr
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Biography

A law graduate from the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, Matteo Winkler has worked twelve years as an international attorney in Milan in parallel with a career as a scholar, with several publications in Italian, English and French. He completed his doctorate at the Bocconi University and his LL.M. at Yale Law School in 2007. He entered the HEC Paris Faculty in 2014.

Matteo’s research interests span human rights and international business law. He focuses, through a significant number of publications, on the rights of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans*) people. For this activity, in 2019 the French association L'Autre Cercle awarded him a recognition as a role model for LGBT+ people and allies in France.

Scientific articles

Cross-Border recognition of Formalized Same-Sex Relationships: The Role of Ordre Public by Laima Vaige (Cambridge: Intersentia, 2022) (book review)

Common Market Law Review, December 2024, vol. 61, n° 6, pp 1713-1716,

Letter to the editor: Making Sense of Semenya before the European Court of Human Rights

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Spring 2024, vol. 52, n° 1, pp 205-206, (in coll. with G. GILLERI)

Governing law clauses in international business transactions: an empirical analysis of special purpose acquisition companies

Diritto del Commercio Internazionale, 2023, vol. 37, n° 4, pp 885-901, (in coll. with F. MANCUSO)

The Italian Far Right’s Attack on Queer Children

The Italian Law Journal, 2023, vol. 9, n° 1, pp 117-137,

The two faces of severability: a study in international contracting

Business Law Review, 2022, vol. 43, n° 4, pp 138-148, (in coll. with R. KOHLI)

Baron Munchausen Meets International Contracts: McCourt v. Tennor

Diritto del Commercio Internazionale, 2022, vol. 36, n° 1, pp 211-221,

The Implementation of the European Small Claims Procedure in France

Journal of European Consumer and Market Law, 2021, vol. 10, n° 1, pp 36–40, (in coll. with P. M. BAQUERO)

On Athletes, Bodies and Rules: Making Sense of Caster Semenya

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Winter 2021, vol. 49, n° 4, pp 644-660, (in coll. with G. GILLERI)

Coronavirus-Infected International Business Transactions: A Preliminary Diagnosis

European Journal of Risk Regulation, June 2020, vol. 11, n° 20, pp 396-401, (in coll. with M. TORSELLO)

Understanding claim proximity in the EU regime of jurisdiction agreements

International and Comparative Law Quarterly, April 2020, vol. 69, n° 2, pp 431-449,

Books

Unione civile e convivenza - Commento alla l. 20 maggio 2016, n. 76 aggiornato ai dd.lgs. 19 gennaio 2017, nn. 5,6,7 e al d.m. 27 febbraio 2017 prefazione di Gilda Ferrando

Giuffrè Editore (in coll. with G. BUFFONE, M. GATTUSO )

Il nostro viaggio. Odissea nei diritti LGTBI in Italia

Odissea nei diritti LGBTI in Italia- Mimesis Edizioni (in coll. with G. STRAZIO )

Orientamento sessuale e diritti civili. Un confronto con gli Stati Uniti d’America

Franco Angeli (in coll. with M. D’AMICO, C. NARDOCCI )

L’abominevole diritto. Gay e lesbiche, giudici e legislatori Prefazione di Stefano Rodotà / Despicable Laws. Gays and Lesbians, Judges and Legislators

Il Saggiatore (in coll. with G. STRAZIO )

Imprese multinazionali e ordinamento internazionale nell'era della globalizzazione / Multinational Enterprises and International Law in a Globalized Era

Giuffrè Editore

Chapters in edited books

Queering the Law of Armed Conflict

The Oxford Handbook Of Lgbti Law, Andreas R. Ziegler, Michael Lysander Fremuth, Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol, Oxford University Press

Diversity and Inclusiveness in International Arbitration

Arbitration Beyond Borders, Nigel Blackaby KC, W. Michael Reisman, Kluwer Law International B.V., 469-490

Overriding mandatory provisions and choice of court agreements

Research Handbook On The Brussels Ibis Regulation, P. Mankowski, Edward Elgar Publishing, 346-359

The Construction of Same-Sex Families in Western Europe through Legislative and Judicial Dialogues. The Role of National Legislatures and Supranational Courts

Judicial Dialogue And Human Rights, Amrei Müller, Universitetet i Oslo, Cambridge University Press, 207-252

A child's right to be gay? Lessons from the American reparative therapy litigation

Lgbti Persons And Access To Justice, Maria Federica Moscati & Anna Lorenzetti, Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing, 238-256

Cloud computing e protezione dei dati personali

Diritto Alla Riservatezza E Progresso Tecnologico, M. Fumagalli Meraviglia, Editoriale Scientifica, 121-138

Adozione legittimante del single, stepchild adoption e famiglia monoparentale: aspetti internazionalprivatistici

La Famiglia Si Trasforma. Status Familiari Costituiti All’estero E Loro Riconoscimento In Italia, Tra Ordine Pubblico Ed Interesse Del Minore, G. O. Cesaro , P. Lovati , G. Mastrangelo, Franco Angeli, 102-119

Famiglie invisibili: l’omogenitorialità nel mondo del diritto

Omogenitorialità: Le Differenze Tra Gli Uguali, E. Cattaneo, Gli Argonauti, 27 , 105-116

Same-Sex Families Across Borders

Same-Sex Couples Before National, Supranational And International Jurisdictions, D. Gallo, D. Paladini, P. Pustorino (Eds), Springer, Berlin, 381-396

The Reform of the European Insolvency Regulation: Is There Any Space for Private Autonomy?

The Grand Project: Reform Of The European Insolvency Regulation, S. Bariatti, P. J. Omar, INSOL Europe, 119-129

Working papers

COVID-19 as a Deal-Killer in Mergers and Acquisitions: A Case Study

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2020

A Tale of Two Fathers

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2019

Same-Sex Marriage and Italian Exceptionalism

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2019

What’s in a Cake? A Note on Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. V. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2019

'A Case with Peculiarities': Mixed Same-Sex Marriages Before the Supreme Court

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Reinforcing the Public Law Taboo: A Note on Hellenic Republic v Nikiforidis

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

The Impact of the French Doctrine of Significant Imbalance on International Business Transactions

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

U.S. Economic Sanctions and the Corporate Compliance of Foreign Banks

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2018

Scientific articles

Cross-Border recognition of Formalized Same-Sex Relationships: The Role of Ordre Public by Laima Vaige (Cambridge: Intersentia, 2022) (book review)

Common Market Law Review, December 2024, vol. 61, n° 6, pp 1713-1716,

Letter to the editor: Making Sense of Semenya before the European Court of Human Rights

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Spring 2024, vol. 52, n° 1, pp 205-206, (in coll. with G. GILLERI)

Governing law clauses in international business transactions: an empirical analysis of special purpose acquisition companies

Diritto del Commercio Internazionale, 2023, vol. 37, n° 4, pp 885-901, (in coll. with F. MANCUSO)

The Italian Far Right’s Attack on Queer Children

The Italian Law Journal, 2023, vol. 9, n° 1, pp 117-137,

Books

Unione civile e convivenza - Commento alla l. 20 maggio 2016, n. 76 aggiornato ai dd.lgs. 19 gennaio 2017, nn. 5,6,7 e al d.m. 27 febbraio 2017 prefazione di Gilda Ferrando

Giuffrè Editore (in coll. with G. BUFFONE, M. GATTUSO )

Il nostro viaggio. Odissea nei diritti LGTBI in Italia

Odissea nei diritti LGBTI in Italia- Mimesis Edizioni (in coll. with G. STRAZIO )

Orientamento sessuale e diritti civili. Un confronto con gli Stati Uniti d’America

Franco Angeli (in coll. with M. D’AMICO, C. NARDOCCI )

L’abominevole diritto. Gay e lesbiche, giudici e legislatori Prefazione di Stefano Rodotà / Despicable Laws. Gays and Lesbians, Judges and Legislators

Il Saggiatore (in coll. with G. STRAZIO )

Chapters in edited books

Queering the Law of Armed Conflict

The Oxford Handbook Of Lgbti Law, Andreas R. Ziegler, Michael Lysander Fremuth, Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol, Oxford University Press

Diversity and Inclusiveness in International Arbitration

Arbitration Beyond Borders, Nigel Blackaby KC, W. Michael Reisman, Kluwer Law International B.V., 469-490

Overriding mandatory provisions and choice of court agreements

Research Handbook On The Brussels Ibis Regulation, P. Mankowski, Edward Elgar Publishing, 346-359

The Construction of Same-Sex Families in Western Europe through Legislative and Judicial Dialogues. The Role of National Legislatures and Supranational Courts

Judicial Dialogue And Human Rights, Amrei Müller, Universitetet i Oslo, Cambridge University Press, 207-252

Working papers

COVID-19 as a Deal-Killer in Mergers and Acquisitions: A Case Study

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2020

A Tale of Two Fathers

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2019

Same-Sex Marriage and Italian Exceptionalism

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2019

What’s in a Cake? A Note on Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. V. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2019

Education

  • Ph.D. in International Law and Economics, Bocconi University - Italy
  • Master of Law, Yale University - USA
  • License / Bachelor, Economics, law and political science, Law, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Italy

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2024- Department Head, Business Law and Taxation HEC Paris
  • 2020- Associate Professor HEC Paris

External Academic Responsibilities

  • 2007-2007 Visiting Scholar, Uppsala Law School Uppsala University