Professor Javier Solana

  • Professor of Law and Finance (Law)

telephone: 01413307167
email: Javier.Solana@glasgow.ac.uk

Room 504, Stair Building, 5-10 The Square, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368

Biography

Javier was appointed to the position of Lecturer in Commercial Law in August 2016. He holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Carlos III University of Madrid, and law degrees from Carlos III University of Madrid (LLB, MPhil), Harvard Law School (LLM), and the University of Oxford (DPhil).

In his doctoral dissertation he explored the possible implications of collateral re-use for financial stability. In other academic work, he has explored the regulation of mobile phone technology to make payments, and the limits to the new supervisory powers conferred upon the European Central Bank. His research has been supported by the Global Law in Finance Network, the University of Oxford, the European Central Bank, and Banco Santander, among others.

Javier has been the recipient of many academic awards, including the prestigious “la Caixa” Fellowship (2011) and the GLawFin Fellowship (2013-16). He has also worked as a trainee lawyer at Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira and as a Legal Intern at the World Bank in Washington D.C. Javier is fluent in Spanish, English and French, has an intermediate command of Mandarin Chinese, and a basic knowledge of Farsi and Arabic.

Research interests

Javier is interested in the intersection between Law, Philosophy and Economics. Specific interests include the regulation of finance and, more specifically, the role of Law in supporting climate finance and promoting sustainable development.

Publications

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Number of items: 17.

2024

Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 and Goldoni, Marco ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7774-2393 (2024) The legal nature of market neutrality in the euro area’s monetary policy. European Law Open, 3(1), pp. 7-49. (doi: 10.1017/elo.2024.2)

2022

Chadwick, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6735-3685, Lozano-Rodríguez, Eleonora, Palacios-Lleras, Andrés and Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (Eds.) (2022) Markets, Constitutions and Inequality. Routledge. (Accepted for Publication)

Chadwick, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6735-3685, Lozano-Rodríguez, Eleonora, Palacios-Lleras, Andrés and Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2022) Introduction. In: Chadwick, Anna, Lozano-Rodríguez, Eleonora, Palacios-Lleras, Andrés and Solana, Javier (eds.) Markets, Constitutions and Inequality. Routledge. (Accepted for Publication)

Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2022) Market efficiency as a directive principle of EU monetary policy. In: Chadwick, Anna, Lozano-Rodríguez, Eleonora, Palacios-Lleras, Andrés and Solana, Javier (eds.) Markets, Constitutions and Inequality. Routledge. (Accepted for Publication)

2020

Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2020) Climate litigation in financial markets: a typology. Transnational Environmental Law, 9(1), pp. 103-135. (doi: 10.1017/S2047102519000244)

Ramos, David and Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2020) Bank resolution and creditor distribution: the tension shaping global banking – part I: “External and Intra-Group Funding” and “Ex Ante planning v. Ex Post Execution” dimensions. University of Miami Business Law Review, 28(1), 3.

Ramos, David and Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2020) Bank resolution and insolvency law: the tension shaping global banking – Part II: the cross-border dimension. University of Miami Business Law Review, 28(2), 3.

Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2020) Climate change litigation as financial risk. Green Finance, 2(4), pp. 344-372. (doi: 10.3934/GF.2020019)

2019

Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2019) The power of the Eurosystem to promote environmental protection. European Business Law Review, 30(4), pp. 547-575.

2017

Lamandini, Marco, Ramos, David and Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2017) The ECB powers as a catalyst for change in EU law. Part 2: SSM, SRM and fundamental rights. Columbia Journal of European Law, 23(2), pp. 199-263.

2016

Ramos, David, Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368, Buckley, Ross P. and Greenacre, Jonathan (2016) Protecting mobile money customer funds in civil law jurisdictions. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 65(3), pp. 705-739. (doi: 10.1017/S0020589316000142)

Lamandini, Marco, Ramos, David and Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2016) The European Central Bank (ECB) as a catalyst for change in EU Law. Part 1: The ECB's mandates. Columbia Journal of European Law, 23(2),

Solana Alvarez, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2016) Swaps y concurso: Reflexiones a propósito de la Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo núm. 629/2015, de 17 de noviembre. Ley Mercantil, 25,

2015

Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2015) The Economic Constitution, by Tony Prosser. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, xviii + 277pp (£60 hardback). ISBN: 9780199644537. Legal Studies, 35(1), pp. 186-189. (doi: 10.1111/lest.12076)[Book Review]

2014

Muñoz, David Ramos and Solana Alvarez, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2014) A supplementary approach towards the regulation of financial contagion. In: Perdices Huetos, Antonio B., Castell, Juan Andrés Recalde and Martí, Ignacio Tirado (eds.) Crisis y reforma del sistema financiero. Editorial Aranzadi, pp. 125-142. ISBN 9788490598115

Perales Viscasillas, Pilar and Solana Alvarez, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2014) Spain. In: DiMatteo, Larry A. (ed.) International Sales Law. Cambridge University Press, pp. 453-465. ISBN 9781107020382

2011

Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2011) El tratamiento de los contratos swap de tipos de interés en el concurso: ¿un problema de incentivos? Derecho de los negocios, 22(255), pp. 23-31.

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Number of items: 17.

Articles

Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 and Goldoni, Marco ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7774-2393 (2024) The legal nature of market neutrality in the euro area’s monetary policy. European Law Open, 3(1), pp. 7-49. (doi: 10.1017/elo.2024.2)

Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2020) Climate litigation in financial markets: a typology. Transnational Environmental Law, 9(1), pp. 103-135. (doi: 10.1017/S2047102519000244)

Ramos, David and Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2020) Bank resolution and creditor distribution: the tension shaping global banking – part I: “External and Intra-Group Funding” and “Ex Ante planning v. Ex Post Execution” dimensions. University of Miami Business Law Review, 28(1), 3.

Ramos, David and Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2020) Bank resolution and insolvency law: the tension shaping global banking – Part II: the cross-border dimension. University of Miami Business Law Review, 28(2), 3.

Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2020) Climate change litigation as financial risk. Green Finance, 2(4), pp. 344-372. (doi: 10.3934/GF.2020019)

Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2019) The power of the Eurosystem to promote environmental protection. European Business Law Review, 30(4), pp. 547-575.

Lamandini, Marco, Ramos, David and Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2017) The ECB powers as a catalyst for change in EU law. Part 2: SSM, SRM and fundamental rights. Columbia Journal of European Law, 23(2), pp. 199-263.

Ramos, David, Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368, Buckley, Ross P. and Greenacre, Jonathan (2016) Protecting mobile money customer funds in civil law jurisdictions. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 65(3), pp. 705-739. (doi: 10.1017/S0020589316000142)

Lamandini, Marco, Ramos, David and Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2016) The European Central Bank (ECB) as a catalyst for change in EU Law. Part 1: The ECB's mandates. Columbia Journal of European Law, 23(2),

Solana Alvarez, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2016) Swaps y concurso: Reflexiones a propósito de la Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo núm. 629/2015, de 17 de noviembre. Ley Mercantil, 25,

Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2011) El tratamiento de los contratos swap de tipos de interés en el concurso: ¿un problema de incentivos? Derecho de los negocios, 22(255), pp. 23-31.

Book Sections

Chadwick, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6735-3685, Lozano-Rodríguez, Eleonora, Palacios-Lleras, Andrés and Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2022) Introduction. In: Chadwick, Anna, Lozano-Rodríguez, Eleonora, Palacios-Lleras, Andrés and Solana, Javier (eds.) Markets, Constitutions and Inequality. Routledge. (Accepted for Publication)

Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2022) Market efficiency as a directive principle of EU monetary policy. In: Chadwick, Anna, Lozano-Rodríguez, Eleonora, Palacios-Lleras, Andrés and Solana, Javier (eds.) Markets, Constitutions and Inequality. Routledge. (Accepted for Publication)

Muñoz, David Ramos and Solana Alvarez, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2014) A supplementary approach towards the regulation of financial contagion. In: Perdices Huetos, Antonio B., Castell, Juan Andrés Recalde and Martí, Ignacio Tirado (eds.) Crisis y reforma del sistema financiero. Editorial Aranzadi, pp. 125-142. ISBN 9788490598115

Perales Viscasillas, Pilar and Solana Alvarez, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2014) Spain. In: DiMatteo, Larry A. (ed.) International Sales Law. Cambridge University Press, pp. 453-465. ISBN 9781107020382

Book Reviews

Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (2015) The Economic Constitution, by Tony Prosser. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, xviii + 277pp (£60 hardback). ISBN: 9780199644537. Legal Studies, 35(1), pp. 186-189. (doi: 10.1111/lest.12076)[Book Review]

Edited Books

Chadwick, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6735-3685, Lozano-Rodríguez, Eleonora, Palacios-Lleras, Andrés and Solana, Javier ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-2368 (Eds.) (2022) Markets, Constitutions and Inequality. Routledge. (Accepted for Publication)

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Supervision

Javier is interested in supervising research students in financial law and regulation, and, in particular, in the areas of derivatives, financial collateral, macroprudential regulation, financial stability and sustainable finance. He also welcomes applications in the broad area of law and economic development.

Current students

  • Sezgin, Huseyin - Reassessment of the ECB's Democratic Accountability
  • Alarcon Lopez, Paola
    It may be legal, but is it socially desirable?
  • Mičik, Lorena
    Taking security over crypto-assets
  • Pagliari, Alberto
    Assessing inequalities issues in the European Central Bank’s mandates: a social and human rights perspective
  • Zhou, Shining
    Macroprudential Perspectives on Central Banks' Response to Systemic Risk in the Context of Climate Change

Teaching

Javier teaches regularly in Financial Law and Financial Regulation courses across the Law School and the Business School. In addition, he teaches an LLM course that explores the role of law in market economies (Law and Markets), and leads the Finance and Social Justice Project, an experiential LLM course that gives students the opportunity to develop their own legal interventions to address pressing problems of social justice by levering the power of finance.


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