Dr Pier Mario Lupinu
- Lecturer in Commercial Law (Law)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540Biography
Pier Mario Lupinu Dr., holds a Ph.D. in Banking and Finance Law jointly at the University of Luxembourg, where he lectured European Banking Law, and at Roma Tre University. He is currently employed as a Lecturer in Commercial Law at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Prior to this, he worked as a Banking and Finance Knowledge Lawyer at Clifford Chance Luxembourg and in legal positions for several EU institutions and agencies, such as the European Central Bank, the Single Resolution Board, the European Investment Bank and the European Commission.
He has been a young researcher at the European Banking Institute, and he spent research visits at UNIDROIT in Rome, the Leibniz Institute SAFE at the Goethe University Frankfurt (DAAD funded) and the Columbia Law School in New York.
Research interests
Commercial Law, Insolvency Law
Banking and Finance Law, Bank Resolution, Bank Supervision, Liquidity, Central Banking, Payment Systems, FinTech, Digital Assets, Sustainability
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Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AQbgajQAAAAJ&hl=it&oi=ao
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pier-Mario-Lupinu
Academia.Edu: https://uni-lu.academia.edu/PierMarioLupinu
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/pmlupinu
Publications
2025
Lupinu, Pier Mario 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540
(2025)
Money talks: how the digital euro redefines payments and information in the modern economy.
European Business Law Review, 36(5),
pp. 779-798.
(doi: 10.54648/eulr2025051)
Lupinu, Pier Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540
(2025)
Navigating uncharted waters: the implementation of the EU Directive on Preventive Restructuring Frameworks in Luxembourg.
HERO (Herstructurering and Recovery Online),
22 Apr.
Lupinu, Pier Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540
(2025)
Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). Article 74: Orderly wind-down of crypto-asset service providers.
In: Lehmann, Matthias and Kumpan, Christoph (eds.)
European Financial Services Law.
Nomos, in cooperation with C.H. Beck and Hart (Bloomsbury).
(Accepted for Publication)
Lupinu, Pier Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540
(2025)
Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). Article 79: Placing of crypto-assets.
In: Lehmann, Matthias and Kumpan, Christoph (eds.)
European Financial Services Law.
Nomos, in cooperation with C.H. Beck and Hart (Bloomsbury).
(Accepted for Publication)
Lupinu, Pier Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540
(2025)
Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). Article 80: Reception and transmission of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients.
In: Lehmann, Matthias and Kumpan, Christoph (eds.)
European Financial Services Law.
Nomos, in cooperation with C.H. Beck and Hart (Bloomsbury).
(Accepted for Publication)
Lupinu, Pier Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540
(2025)
Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). Article 82: Providing transfer services for crypto-assets on behalf of clients.
In: Lehmann, Matthias and Kumpan, Christoph (eds.)
European Financial Services Law.
Nomos, in cooperation with C.H. Beck and Hart (Bloomsbury).
(Accepted for Publication)
Lupinu, Pier Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540
(2025)
Post-Resolution Liquidity in the European Banking Union – Status Quo, Comparative Analysis, and Proposals.
Springer Nature.
(Accepted for Publication)
Articles
Lupinu, Pier Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540
(2025)
Money talks: how the digital euro redefines payments and information in the modern economy.
European Business Law Review, 36(5),
pp. 779-798.
(doi: 10.54648/eulr2025051)
Lupinu, Pier Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540
(2025)
Navigating uncharted waters: the implementation of the EU Directive on Preventive Restructuring Frameworks in Luxembourg.
HERO (Herstructurering and Recovery Online),
22 Apr.
Books
Lupinu, Pier Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540
(2025)
Post-Resolution Liquidity in the European Banking Union – Status Quo, Comparative Analysis, and Proposals.
Springer Nature.
(Accepted for Publication)
Book Sections
Lupinu, Pier Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540
(2025)
Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). Article 74: Orderly wind-down of crypto-asset service providers.
In: Lehmann, Matthias and Kumpan, Christoph (eds.)
European Financial Services Law.
Nomos, in cooperation with C.H. Beck and Hart (Bloomsbury).
(Accepted for Publication)
Lupinu, Pier Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540
(2025)
Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). Article 79: Placing of crypto-assets.
In: Lehmann, Matthias and Kumpan, Christoph (eds.)
European Financial Services Law.
Nomos, in cooperation with C.H. Beck and Hart (Bloomsbury).
(Accepted for Publication)
Lupinu, Pier Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540
(2025)
Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). Article 80: Reception and transmission of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients.
In: Lehmann, Matthias and Kumpan, Christoph (eds.)
European Financial Services Law.
Nomos, in cooperation with C.H. Beck and Hart (Bloomsbury).
(Accepted for Publication)
Lupinu, Pier Mario ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-6540
(2025)
Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). Article 82: Providing transfer services for crypto-assets on behalf of clients.
In: Lehmann, Matthias and Kumpan, Christoph (eds.)
European Financial Services Law.
Nomos, in cooperation with C.H. Beck and Hart (Bloomsbury).
(Accepted for Publication)
Prior publications
Book Section
Pier Mario Lupinu, Anna Machura-Urbaniak (2024) NGEU and the international role of the euro Crossref. (doi: 10.4337/9781035328161.00033)
Lupinu, Pier Mario (2022) Chapter 3. Judicial consequences for the enforcement of administrative decisions in multilevel regulatory systems: The case of the Single Resolution Mechanism BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine. (doi: 10.5771/9783748930365-51)
Lupinu, Pier Mario (2022) Chapter 3. Judicial consequences for the enforcement of administrative decisions in multilevel regulatory systems: The case of the Single Resolution Mechanism BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine.
Lupinu, Pier Mario (2022) From Branches to Subsidiaries: Post-brexit Enforcement of Subsidiarisation in the European Union BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-17077-5_14)
Lupinu, Pier Mario (2022) From Branches to Subsidiaries: Post-brexit Enforcement of Subsidiarisation in the European Union BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-17077-5)
Other
Lupinu, Pier Mario, Machura-Urbanik, Anna (2024) The Next Generation EU (NGEU) as a Catalyst for the Promotion of the International Role of the Euro ... BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10650769)
Lupinu, Pier Mario, Machura-Urbanik, Anna (2024) The Next Generation EU (NGEU) as a Catalyst for the Promotion of the International Role of the Euro ... BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10650768)
Bork, Reinhard et al. (2022) Harmonisation of transaction avoidance laws ; Harmonizacja przepisów o zaskarżaniu i bezskuteczności czynności dłużnika BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine.
Report
Lupinu, Pier Mario, Machura, Anna (2023) The Next Generation EU (NGEU) as a catalyst for the promotion of the international role of the euro BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine.
Article
Lupinu, Pier Mario (2022) Banche e stabilità finanziaria: i criteri di idoneità per il top management ; Banks and financial stability: the eligibility criteria for the top management BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine.
Lupinu, Pier Mario (2021) Digital Euro: opportunity or (legal) challenge? BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine.
(2021) The impact of Brexit on “bail-inable” liabilities under English law Queen Mary Law Journal Pier Mario Lupinu. (doi: 10.26494/qmlj72467)
Lupinu, Pier Mario (2021) The impact of Brexit on “bail-inable” liabilities under English law BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine.
(2020) Exploring Governance Issues between the SRB and the ESM in the Use of the Common Backstop SSRN Electronic Journal Pier Mario Lupinu. ISSN 1556-5068 (doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3746884)
Lupinu, Pier Mario (2020) Exploring Governance Issues between the SRB and the ESM in the Use of the Common Backstop BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine.
(2020) The Flow of Information Among Authorities Involved in the Banking Union’s Resolution Procedure: The Case of the SRB and the ECB SSRN Electronic Journal Pier Mario Lupinu. ISSN 1556-5068 (doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3647246)
Lupinu, Pier Mario (2020) The Flow of Information Among Authorities Involved in the Banking Union’s Resolution Procedure: The Case of the SRB and the ECB BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine.
(2020) The impact of Brexit on “bail-inable” liabilities under English law SSRN Electronic Journal Pier Mario Lupinu. ISSN 1556-5068 (doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3628332)
Grants
Previously held awards:
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Short Term Research Grant - Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (Feb-Apr 2022)
Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Training - Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona, Spain (Jul 2019)
Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Training - HSE University - Faculty of Law in Moscow, Russia (Jun 2019)
Additional information
Pierre Werner Scholarship, Fondation Pierre Werner under the aegis of Fondation de Luxembourg (Oct 2021)
