Biography

Educational/ Current position / Professional Experience

Professional Experience:

Counsel, Arendt & Medernach (since 2021); Counsel, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes (2021); Senior Associate, Shearman & Sterling (2019-2021); Référendaire at the Chambers of First Advocate General Melchior Wathelet, Court of Justice of the European Union (2012-2018); Associate, Shearman & Sterling LLP (2009-2012)

Education:

University of Oxford (DPhil in Law – 2010); University of Oxford (MPhil in Law – 2007); University of Oxford (MJur – 2006); Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (LLB – 2005)

Bar Admission:

Thessaloniki (Greece), 2007; Luxembourg, 2021

Professional Affiliations:

Member of the Board, Luxembourg Arbitration Association; Associate Professor of Public Law, University of Lyon 3 “Jean Moulin( 2021-2024)

Arbitration Experience

Experience as Counsel in 6 investment treaty arbitrations under the ICSID, SCC and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules in several industries (metals & mining, oil & gas, real estate development, manufacturing of consumer goods, media & entertainment, energy) as well as several international commercial arbitrations under the ICC and LAC Rules in several industries (oil & gas, energy, media rights, and construction).
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Experience as Arbitrator: sole arbitrator in commercial arbitrations under the ICC Rules; Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration, Arbitrator (2022-2025); China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, Arbitrator (2022-2026); European Commission’s List of Candidates suitable for Appointment as Arbitrators (2022)

Publications and Speaking Engagements

• “The New Luxembourg Arbitration Law: Salient Aspects”, Belgian Review of Arbitration, 2024/1, p. 259 (co-author)
• “The 2019 BLEU Model Bilateral Investment Treaty: An Overview of Belgium and Luxembourg’s Vision of the Future of Foreign Investment Protection”, European Investment Law and Arbitration Review, 2024, p. 41 (co-author)
• “The Meaning and Scope of the Commercial-Arbitration Exception in Achmea”, Stockholm Arbitration Yearbook, 2024 (forthcoming)
• “ISU v Commission: Arbitration as a Reinforcement of Infringements of EU Competition Law”, Kluwer Competition Law Blog (9 January 2024)
• “The Intra-EU Application of the Energy Charter Treaty: A Critical Analysis of the CJEU’s Ruling in Republic of Moldova”, European Investment Law and Arbitration Review, 2022, p. 3
• “Investment protection under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement – is it a Canada style deal?”, LEXISNEXIS, 21 January 2021
• “Challenges under EU Law to the enforcement of arbitral awards under the New York Convention,” in 60 Years of the New York Convention: Key Issues and Future Challenges 219 (K. Fach Gómez & A.M. López Rodríguez eds., Kluwer, 2019)