SPEAKERS

Christopher Boog is a Vice-Chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group and co-heads the firm's Sports Practice. He is also a member of the Investment Protection & Investor-State Dispute Resolution Practice and the Construction and Energy sector groups. He represents clients in complex international commercial, investment and sports arbitrations as well as in setting-aside proceedings before the Swiss Supreme Court. Chris also regularly sits as arbitrator around the globe. Between his work as counsel and arbitrator he has been involved in over 160 arbitrations.

Chris has been ranked as one of a small number of Global Elite Thought Leaders by Who's Who Legal Arbitration recognizing lawyers "at the peak of the profession" for several years. He is the 2020 recipient of the ASA Prize for Advocacy in International Commercial Arbitration, awarded every two years to international arbitration counsel to recognize exceptional advocacy in international arbitration.

Chris has been described as "one of the best in the business" and "one of the stars in international arbitration" (Who's Who Legal). According to clients and peers, he is "brilliant and very effective as counsel", "exceptional in all respects", "outstanding", "just brilliant" and "one of the best advocates I have ever seen" (Who's Who Legal). The same directory remarks that “Christopher has superb control during complex hearings", is "well organised and in control of his cases" and "is absolutely excellent for dispute resolution within the construction industry". According to Legal500, Chris is " likely the best a client can get in the market and has no weaknesses." Another client remarked that Chris is "super smart, very diligent, good sense in commercial transactions. He can always work with us to find out the best solution and to win the case" (Legal500). Other sources report that "he was amazing, truly on top of things and got straight to the point” and "always provides solutions, which really makes him stand out; we don't have to wait long for a solution that is based on a sound, thought-out point of view" (Chambers Global). According to another client Chris "has superb analytical and advocacy skills. He is admired for his ability to explain (orally and in writing) complex technical or factual issues in simple terms" (Legal 500).

Tariq Baloch's practice encompasses international arbitration (international investment treaty claims and international commercial arbitration), public international law and commercial litigation. He is highly sought after for international arbitration and arbitration related court cases, and on three occasions has been recognised by his peers and the major directories as the International Arbitration junior of the year (2019, 2022 and 2024). He is regularly instructed by parties and states as a lead advocate to conduct advocacy in high stakes cases most recently in a series of cases in the English Courts for the Kingdom of Spain and in multi-billion dollar arbitrations. His most recent victory was in the Court of Appeal (before Vos (MR), Flaux (Chancellor) and Snowden LJ) where as lead advocate he successfully defended an application to make Spain's appeal conditional on paying into court c 120 million euros [2024] EWCA Civ 52.

In commercial arbitration, he has represented or advised private parties under all the major arbitral rules in a wide range of sectors. His experience includes acting for some of the world's largest companies in high value complex arbitrations involving disputes around the world. His cases are often multi-jurisdictional and raise complex procedural and substantive private law questions, calling upon his expertise in the fields of restitution, contract and remedies (having taught the subjects and written a leading text on them). He is often instructed on technical cases to conduct the cross examination of the experts, including on quantum.

In the past few years he has been involved in some of the more important precedent setting investor-state cases concerning issues such as the impact of the landmark Achmea judgment on the validity of investment treaties, the power of tribunals to issues interim measures preventing a state from pursuing criminal procedures, prosecution of pure customary international law claims under an investment treaty, the scope of reflective loss claims and state succession issues. He is also one of the handful of counsel who is equally in demand by investors and states and so has real insight into how both sides typically conduct their investor state cases.

He regularly represents parties in challenge, recognition and enforcement proceedings in the English courts.

Prior to entering practice, he was a full time academic and had been a lecturer and tutor at the University of Oxford and assistant professor at the London School of Economics. He regularly writes and speaks on international arbitration, international law, and law of obligations including at the Harvard Law School and the British Institute for International and Comparative Law.

Paschalis Paschalidis is a Counsel in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice of Arendt & Medernach.

He acts as counsel in commercial and investment treaty arbitrations under a variety of arbitral rules (including ICSID, SCC, ICC and UNCITRAL) as well as arbitrator. He also acts before the courts of EU Member States and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

In 2022, Paschalis was included in the Panels of Arbitrators of the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration and of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission, as well as in the European Commission's List of Candidates suitable for Appointment as Arbitrators in dispute settlement panels under the EU's trade and investment agreements.

Before joining Arendt & Medernach, Paschalis served as référendaire for First Advocate General Melchior Wathelet at the Court of Justice of the European Union, a senior associate in the international arbitration practice of a major US law firm and counsel in a major European law firm specialised in international dispute resolution.

As of September 2021, Paschalis is also an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Lyon III "Jean Moulin". He is a member of the Board of the Luxembourg Arbitration Association (LAA) and of the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF).

Paschalis is a member of the Luxembourg Bar and the Thessaloniki Bar.

Paschalis Paschalidis holds a Magister Juris (MJur) in Law from the University of Oxford as well as a Master and Doctorate of Philosophy (DPhil) in Law from the University of Oxford.

Katia Yannaca-Small brings three decades of experience in major public international organizations and the private sector spanning public international law, international investment policy, law and arbitration, commercial arbitration, anti-corruption, ESG and Business and Human Rights. She has experience advising States and State entities, finding common ground and solutions and in the negotiation of major international agreements and representing them in high stakes disputes.

Most recently, she served as lead counsel in a major law firm in international investment and commercial arbitrations under the ICSID and ICC Rules. She represented Venezuela in several ICSID cases (construction, chemical and agricultural sectors) and an Algerian State enterprise in ICC cases (construction and real estate sectors).

Prior to private practice, Ms. Yannaca-Small had a long and distinguished career in major international organizations. In the OECD, she founded and led its analytical work on international investment agreements and arbitration since the early 2000s and initiated a dialogue among OECD and non-OECD governments, practitioners, academics, and civil society that led to common understandings and concrete improvements in the investor-state dispute settlement system. The results of this work, published by the OECD, have been widely cited as pioneer work in this field. She was a leading expert in the ground-breaking OECD work on anti-corruption and led this work up to the negotiation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. She managed the OECD's work on Responsible Business Conduct and oversaw one of the reviews and amendments of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises – one of main international instruments to enhance RBC—to include new chapters on bribery and corruption, environmental and labor standard provisions and supply chain management. In the OECD, Ms. Yannaca-Small also led examinations of foreign direct investment policies and laws of Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine and issued recommendations for the improvement of their investment climate in order to enhance foreign direct investment, which were accepted by these governments and concerned OECD committees.

Ms. Yannaca-Small was also Senior Counsel at ICSID, where she served as Secretary to several Tribunals and effectively administered high-profile, multimillion/billion-dollar disputes under BITs and NAFTA. While at ICSID, she led the development of ICSID's outreach and training program.

Ms. Yannaca-Small currently teaches International Investment law and Arbitration and Business and Human Rights at the USC Gould School of Law. She has been a guest lecturer at Columbia Law School, Georgetown Law Centre, University of Virginia and University of Athens Law School and has trained numerous government officials around the world on investment arbitration. She regularly appears as speaker in conferences and has written extensively on issues of investment arbitration, including editing and co-authoring one of the first and most widely cited treatises in the field, Arbitration under International Investment Agreements: A Guide to the Key Issues, published by Oxford University Press in two editions (2010, 2018).

Sotiris is a dynamic advocate and one of the leading commercial arbitration specialists in Greece. He has handled numerous significant arbitrations under ICC, LCIA, SCC, Swiss, CAM, UNICITRAL and domestic rules across a variety of sectors and markets. He is one of Lambadarios Law Firm's expert counsels and an influential force at the very top of the firm.

Having specialised early in his career, Sotiris has rapidly established a reputation for insightful and expert counsel during high-value and commercially sensitive disputes and is one of the youngest-ever lawyers to be appointed by the ICC and parties as arbitrator. He sits as an arbitrator (presiding or sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator) in institutional and ad hoc international and domestic arbitrations. He also regularly acts as counsel in arbitration-related proceedings (including setting aside and recognition/enforcement). He has handled cases on a wide range of disputes across many sectors, including concessions within the construction industry, energy projects, shareholder disputes, and disputes relating to the hotel and leisure sectors as well as to the Greek defence sector. He has represented the European Commission as external legal counsel before the Courts of the European Union and has worked with the Legal Service of the European Commission.

Sotiris's experience both as counsel in all forms of alternative dispute resolution and as arbitrator enhances the firm's capabilities in structuring, managing and presenting dispute cases, and also in pre-litigation and pre-arbitration assessments. His practice at Lambadarios focuses on arbitration and commercial dispute resolution.

He holds a Ph.D. (summa cum laude) in international commercial arbitration from the Law School of the University of Athens; a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of London – International School of Arbitration, Queen Mary; and a Law Degree from the Law School of the University of Athens.

Constantine, one of the founding partners of Three Crowns, has appeared as lead counsel in some of the largest international arbitrations of the last two decades. He has secured a series of multi-billion dollar awards for his clients, and defended others in 'bet-the-company' claims arising in a number of different business sectors.

In addition to his counsel work, Constantine appears regularly as arbitrator, including in disputes that involve States and State entities. He has experience acting as Chairman or Sole Arbitrator in cases under the ICC Rules, the LCIA Rules, the SCC Rules, and the UNCITRAL Rules.

Constantine is recognised internationally in all major directories and publications at the top of the arbitration market. Over the last decade, he has been named each year in the Top 20 a "Global Elite Thought Leaders" by Who's Who Legal, which describes him as "the leading arbitration lawyer in London", "exquisite as an advocate", and "a leader of his generation". Chambers recognises him as one of only two "Star Individuals" in international arbitration in London, with a market source saying he is "seen as one of the go-to people in the world for a party who is involved in a large and complex arbitration". He is also listed in the "Hall of Fame" for international arbitration in The Legal 500.

Maarten Draye is a partner at Hanotiau & van den Berg in Brussels. Since 2007, he has built up a solid track record advising and representing clients before arbitral tribunals and state courts, including in proceedings for the enforcement and setting aside of arbitral awards. For more than a decade, he has also sat as arbitrator, with experience as sole, presiding and party-appointed arbitrator as well as emergency arbitrator.

Maarten Draye has been involved in over 70 international arbitration proceedings governed by different substantive and procedural laws under a variety of arbitration rules (ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICSID, SCC, SWISS, CEPANI, CRCICA, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and OHADA) as well as ad hoc. His experience spans various fields and industries, including aviation, biochemistry, BITs, construction, distributorship & agency, fair trade practices, banking & finance, intellectual property, investments, joint ventures, post-mergers & acquisitions, real estate, sales & services, and telecommunication.

Maarten Draye regularly speaks and publishes on current arbitration-related topics. He co-authored and -edited the leading English language treatise on arbitration in Belgium (Arbitration in Belgium – A Practitioner's Guide, Kluwer Law International, 2016). He is co-editor in chief of b-Arbitra, the Belgian review of arbitration.

In addition to his legal work, Maarten Draye represents CEPANI in UNCITRAL Working Group II on dispute settlement (Vienna/ New York) and Belgium at the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR. He is a member of CEPANI's board of directors.

Since 2017, Maarten Draye has been recognized by peers and clients in Who's Who Legal, GAR, Leaders League, Legal500 and other reputable ranking platforms. Clients and peers refer to him as a "brilliant advocate and arbitrator" who is "one of Belgium's best arbitration practitioners" (WWL 2022) and recommend him for "his sharp legal mind, his pragmatic approach, his responsiveness and his punchy written submissions" (GAR, 2019).

Emily is international head of Dispute Resolution and leads the practice firmwide.

She specialises in construction disputes, professional indemnity claims and is an expert on cladding. She advises insurers and all sides of the construction industry on a wide range of construction and engineering disputes and has pursued and defended claims for delay and associated costs, final accounts, fees and defective works. Emily is well known for her cladding expertise and handles cladding portfolios for key clients. She also regularly speaks at conferences and industry events on fire safety issues.

On the professional indemnity side, Emily acts for PI Insurers and professional insureds - in particular architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and other construction specialists - in professional negligence claims.

She is also experienced in domestic and international arbitrations, court proceedings and adjudications, regularly acting in arbitrations involving construction projects in the Middle East (where she travels to frequently).

Dimitris heads the dispute resolution practice at Zepos & Yannopoulos. Dimitris has acted as lead counsel representing clients across the industry in complex court litigation covering the whole range of civil, commercial and corporate disputes, both domestic and international. He is an expert in appellate proceedings and Supreme Court litigation, having published extensively in those fields. Same holds true for arbitration- related- litigation. He has acted as counsel or lead counsel in numerous high profile set-aside proceedings before Greek State Courts. He has also handled several complex cases on recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.

Dimitris has acted as counsel in a great number of complex international and domestic commercial arbitrations. His practice encompasses disputes in all key industry sectors, namely construction and infrastructure, energy and financial services. Dimitris has also represented corporate clients in numerous arbitrations initiated by or against the Greek State or Greek State-owned companies in disputes arising under public contracts.

Dimitris is Associate Professor at Democritus University of Thrace Law School, where he teaches Civil Procedure and Arbitration.

He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court.

Theodora is a member of the Litigation and Arbitration Practice Group.

She deals with a wide array of civil and commercial disputes (including cases with a cross-border element). Notable examples are disputes arising from SPAs, loan agreements and investments in financial instruments, as well as extra-contractual liability in a commercial context.

Theodora has a particular specialization in corporate disputes, having advised and represented shareholders, commercial companies and directors in various cases pertaining to the enforcement of minority shareholders' rights, challenges of resolutions of corporate organs (BoD and GA) and director liability.

Theodora has also advised and represented domestic and foreign companies in several international and domestic commercial arbitrations (ICC, DIS, SCC, LCIA), as well as in Greek court proceedings for the annulment, recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.

Theodora advises and represents high-net-worth individuals in matrimonial and family law disputes.

Stefan Riegler heads the firm-wide Disputes team and specialises in advising companies on commercial disputes, especially in the energy, construction and infrastructure sectors; he is also experienced in handling corporate, post-M&A and banking disputes. Stefan has acted as counsel and arbitrator under major arbitration rules, such as the ICC, VIAC, DIS and Swiss Rules, as well as in ad hoc arbitration proceedings. Stefan serves on the Board of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) and is an active member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration, among several other international arbitration organisations. He also served as President of the Board of the Austrian Arbitration Association (ArbAut) in 2022 and 2023. Additionally, Stefan has authored numerous publications on arbitration and is on the editorial board of various arbitration journals.

Athina Fouchard Papaefstratiou is an independent arbitrator based in Paris.

She has worked for 15 years in two of the most renowned international arbitration groups globally (as counsel at Eversheds Sutherland and associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) and in an arbitration boutique specialised in Africa-related arbitration (Lazareff Le Bars), before establishing her own practice in 2022, focusing mainly on missions as arbitrator.

Athina Fouchard Papaefstratiou has significant experience in Africa-related arbitration, as well as in arbitration involving States and State entities. Her sector focus is on telecommunications, construction, energy and corporate disputes. Her experience includes arbitrations under the ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, PCA, Swiss Arbitration Centre, LCIA, ACIC and CCJA arbitration rules.

She publishes, teaches and speaks in conferences on issues of arbitration, international law and contract law.

Athina Fouchard Papaefstratiou is listed as arbitrator in the major arbitration institutions in the world, and she is a member of several prestigious professional groups. She is a founding member (and former co-head of AfricArb, an association of professionals focusing on Africa-related arbitration, a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and a Board member of the Arbitration Committee of ICC Greece. She is a CIArb Fellow, a member of the Executive Committee of the CIArb European Branch, and she served in 2020 as the Head of the CIArb YMG.

She is a Greek citizen, registered with the Bar in Paris and in Athens, and works in English, French and Greek.

Professor of International Arbitration, Private International Law and English Contract Law, Cairo University; Founding Partner and Head of International Arbitration, Construction and Energy Groups at Zulficar & Partners Law Firm (Egypt); Member of the Governing Board (ICCA); Vice-Chair of the ICC Governing Body for Dispute Resolution Services; Vice President Global of the CIArb; President Elect of the CIArb (2025); Dean of the Africa Arbitration Academy; Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law; Member of international Commercial Expert Committee, China International Commercial Court; Fellow of International Academy of Construction Lawyers; Deputy President & President Elect (2025), CIArb; Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of OhadaArb Journal: Member of the Rules Revision Committee (RAC) of the Saudi Center/Centre for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA); Member of the International Commercial Expert Committee, China International Commercial Court; Co-Chair, IBA Arab Regional Forum (2020-2023); Vice-President of the Advisory Committee of the CRCICA; Member of the Advisory Board of the Mauritius International Arbitration Centre (MIAC); Member of the Advisory Board, Indonesia International Arbitration Center (INIAC); Member of the LACIAC Court of Arbitration; Member of the Court of Arbitration, Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Center (LACIAC); Member of the Academic Council, Institute of Transitional Arbitration (ITA); Member of the Court, PCA (The Hague), and member of the Academic Council, Thailand Arbitration Centre's Academy (THACA). He is a Fellow of the National Centre for Technology and Dispute Resolution at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA (Since 2002); and Associate Fellow, Centre for Private International Law and Centre for Commercial Law at Aberdeen University (UK) (Since 2021); Fellow, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law (SHUPL), Shanghai City, China: Co-Editor-in-Chief, Arab Yearbook for Public and Private International Law, Brill: Member of Inclusive Global Legal Innovation Platform on Online Dispute Resolution (iGLIP on ODR): Member of the Board, International Arbitration Committee, The Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration; Former Member of the Board of Trustees of the (CIArb) UK (2019-2023); Former Chair of the International Expert Advisory Committee of the Permanent Forum for China Construction Law (PFCCL) – China (2020-2023); Former Court Member of the LCIA (2014-2019); former President of LCIA's Arab Users' Council (2016-2018); and Former Vice Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee (2015-2018); Former Member of the Governing Board, International Council on Online Dispute Resolution (ICODR) – (2017–2021). Prof. Dr. Abdel Wahab is the Director for the CIArb's Flagship International Arbitration Diploma, and is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the (CIArb).

Professor of Civil Law at the Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Teaching Professor of Contract Law at the National School of Judges from 2010 to 2023 and Examiner of Civil and Commercial Law for the Introductory Exams of the National School of Judges (2020, 2023). Appointed lawyer to the Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) and arbitrator for EODID (Athens Mediation and Arbitration Organization), ODEE (German-Hellenic Chamber of Industry and Commerce Arbitration Center), and formerly for Egnatia Street SA. Actively involved in domestic and international commercial arbitration, serving as a legal expert, arbitrator, and counsel.

Author of four monographs on the Law of Obligations, focusing on product liability, the sale of enterprises, work contracts, and unjust enrichment in trilateral relations, particularly in banking law. Contributor to various article commentaries, legal opinions, essays, and case comments on Contract Law, Banking Law, Civil and International Civil Procedure, and Legal Methodology.

Ioanna Vergeti has been an Associate at Calavros Law Firm - Filios - Kloukinas since 2010 and a Partner of the Firm since 2019.

She is active in the fields of civil, commercial, medical and pharmaceutical law, media law and intellectual property law.

Ms Vergeti has represented clients from a broad range of industries and sectors. Her practice focuses on commercial and corporate dispute resolution. She is heavily involved in representing clients in litigation and international commercial arbitration proceedings and she is admitted to practice before the Greek Supreme Courts. She also regularly advises international corporations of the advertising and media industry and leading pharmaceutical companies on a wide range of legal matters.

Ms Vergeti has acted as a legal advisor of financial and banking institutions, on both consultation and litigation level; she is highly experienced in commercial agreements and private contracts as well and assists foreign clients with corporate matters and their interactions with national public authorities.

Languages: Greek, English, German

Gregory focuses on complex international and domestic arbitration. He has actively participated in numerous intricate arbitration cases, in the capacity of counsel as well as arbitrator, including ad hoc international arbitrations and international commercial/construction arbitrations, conducted according to the rules of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), UNCITRAL, LCIA and the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA).

Gregory is also heavily involved in demanding litigations, energy law, public tenders, concessions, privatisations and commercial contracts.

He is Head Partner of the Arbitration, Litigation and Mediation Department and Co-Head of the Projects & Privatisation and Real Estate Department of Koutalidis Law Firm.

Gregory has acted as head of the Procurement and Contracts Department of the Public Power Corporation of Greece for several years, where he still serves as senior counsel.

He is a graduate of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, a member of the Piraeus Bar Association and qualified to appear before the Supreme Court of Greece. His professional memberships currently include the Arbitration Council of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS), the International Bar Association (IBA) and ICC Hellas. He is a proficient user of both the English and German language.

Claire Sergaki is a senior associate at Dryllerakis Law Firm. She has advised and represented companies and State-owned entities in both domestic and international arbitrations under the ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICSID and Greek arbitration rules. She has significant experience in disputes in the energy, construction, financial and gambling sectors, as well as in disputes arising from concession agreements and agreements in the defence sector.

Claire also represents clients in arbitration related court proceedings (setting aside or recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards).

Prior to joining Dryllerakis Law Firm, she gained experience in international commercial and investment arbitration at leading international law firms in Paris and London.

She is also advising clients in large-scale privatizations and M&A transactions, especially in the energy sector.

Spyridon K. Tsantinis, Professor of Civil Procedural law in Democritus University of Thrace Law School (PhD J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M.; Magister Legum Europae Hanover University; JD Athens University)

Co-founder and co-administrator of the firm.

Attorney-at-law (since 1991; since 1999 before the Supreme Court). He specializes in commercial and civil litigation and arbitration. His court practice includes disputes deriving from commercial esp. banking contracts, competition violations, insolvency and bankruptcy, enforcement proceedings. Cassation law expert, he has frequent presence before Areios Pagos (the Hellenic Supreme Court).

He has acted as legal counsel of well-known foreign and domestic businesses. Since 1996 he is part of the Legal Services Division of the "National Bank of Greece", Greece's oldest and largest bank, where he has served as Head of the Division for Litigation of Special Interest (2015-2018); currently he holds the position of Head of the Division for Internal Evaluation.

Also active as arbitrator, in both national and international (ICC) arbitrations.

Professor Tsantinis has acted as Head or Member of various legislative committees. Member of the Legal Council of Democritus University of Thrace (2009-2016) and chairman of Public Auction Committee of same university (2009-2011 and 2017).

He teaches regularly national and international Civil Procedure at the National School of Judges.

Professor Tsantinis is the author of books and articles on various topics of national and international civil procedure, civil and commercial law and litigation and contract law.

Languages: Greek, German, English, French, Italian.

Associate Professor of Civil Procedure and Arbitration Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Thrace. Managing Partner at Yiannopoulos & Kozi LLP. Licensed to practice before the Supreme Court. Vice Chairman and Board Member of Thessaloniki Bar Association. Chairman of Thessaloniki Bar Arbitration Committee. He is teaching Civil Procedure and Arbitration at graduate and postgraduate level. He has taught modules of Private International Law, Medical law, Labor law and ECHR to a number of other Greek universities and to the National School of Judges. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and arbitration with an emphasis in distribution & agency, construction contracts, military procurement contracts, mergers & acquisition disputes, mineral law, corporate fraud and shareholders' litigation. He is also an active litigator in cassation proceedings. He acts as a member of the editing committee for the legal reviews “Review of Civil Procedure” (since 2008), “Arbitration” (since 2018) and “Chronicles of Private Law” (since 2001). He has published ten books on various topics of Civil Procedure, International litigation and Arbitration and numerous articles, essays and notes to jurisprudence. He has also contributed to a number of Commentaries on Civil Code, Regulations 2201/2003, 1393/2007, 861/2007, 1215/2012, the UN Convention on the Rights of Child etc.

Panayiotis holds an LL.B. from the University of Thrace (1996), an LL.M. from the University of Thessaloniki (2001, summa cum laude) and a Doctoral degree from the University of Thrace (2002, summa cum laude).

Assistant Professor Petros D. Selekos is a Doctor of Law (summa cum laude), at Law, Economics and Political Sciences University of Athens and is admitted to the Bar of Athens. He has initially studied Law in Athens Law School, then Company Law, Law of Intellectual Property, Law of Competition and Business Law in Munich - Max Planck Institute. Petros is the author of the book The trade register in the example of Registry SA (PhD thesis) and of numerous other articles and publications on various legal matters of commercial, corporate and competition law that were published both in Greece and abroad.

In 1996 Petros was hired as a lawyer, at the Secretariat of the Competition Commission (EpAnt) where he co-worked both to prepare Papers' series of that secretariat and for drafting proposals against appeals, which were discussed before the Board of Appeal of Athens and directed against decisions of the Competition Commission.

From March 1997 to March 1999 Petros held the position of legal advisor to the Ministry of Development (General Secretariat of Commerce Ministry of Development), while from March 1999 to May 2000, he held the position of legal adviser Minister of Public Order. In his former position he has worked closely with the Ministers for the promulgations of Laws and Regulations, the issue of bank insolvency matter, consumer protection, while in the latter position he has been reviewing EU public procurement rules etc.

Since autumn of 1997, he is actively practicing law in Athens Greece being a Partner of "Selekos-Gouskou and Associates Law Offices" specialized in business (Corporate and Commercial), Investment (Public and Private) Financial Law. From 2000-2019, held the position of legal advisor and manager on judicial affairs in courts of "Greek Post SA" (ELTA), while from May of 2002 until June 2003 he participated to the Permanent Legislative Committee of the Ministry of internal affairs.

Furthermore, in June 2011 Petros was appointed for almost five (5) years as a Secretary General for Strategic and Private Investments of the Ministry of Development and Competitiveness and worked on Development Law's Issues, Investments' Files etc. Petros is admitted before the Supreme Court of Justice.

Eugenia Papathanasopoulou, Attorney-at-Law at the Supreme Court of Athens, Director Legal Affairs & Corporate Governance, Secretary to the Board at Athens International Airport as of 09/2012.

Eugenia is an Accredited Mediator (CEDR UK), certified by the Greek Ministry of Justice, holding an LL.M. in Commercial and European Law from the University of Essex, UK.

She is currently Vice President of the Board at "Athens Airport Fuel Pipeline Company S.A." and brings an extensive experience in negotiations with Ministries, Local Authorities and wider public sector, regarding commercial and concession agreements, regulatory, compliance, procurement and corporate governance issues, as well as arbitral proceedings in front of LCIA, as she has assumed the duties of General Counsel, Legal Advisor and Company Secretary in various corporations of energy, transportation, IT, gambling, media, stock market and sports industries, among others, Athens Olympic Games 2004 S.A., Athens Stock Exchange S.A., OPAP S.A., Press Institute S.A., Quest Holdings S.A.

She was from 01/2020 till 06/2023 Chair of the Board of the Greek National Opera and she served as a General Secretary to the Board (as of 2010) and as of 3/2016 Vice-President of the BoD at "Transparency International-Greece" until 2020, providing also “pro bono” legal services, while she is also member of many Greek and International institutions.

She had been included in the first edition of "GC Power List Greece and Cyprus 2018" as well as of those of 2022, 2023 and 2024 of the International Independent Guide "The Legal 500" for Corporate Lawyers.

She has been nominated ICC Hellas representative to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR as of 25.7.2022.

In-House Counsel / Head of Dispute Resolution Team, HOCHTIEF Infrastructure GmbH

Professional Experience

Head of Dispute Resolution and Litigation Team, HOCHTIEF Infrastructure GmbH (since 2013)

- Lead and manage all domestic and international disputes.

Legal Department, International Project Division, HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft (1997–2013)

- Legal support for major international construction projects, focusing on risk management and contract negotiations.
- Key overseas assignments in Greece and Taiwan, advising on projects such as New Athens International Airport and the Taiwan High-Speed Rail.

Selected International Projects

- Greek Toll Road Projects (Maliakos Kleidi, Elefsina Patra)
- Attiko Metro, Greece
- Forth Crossing Replacement Bridge, Scotland
- FC Dnipro Football Stadium, Ukraine
- Sydhavnen Metro, Copenhagen
- Barwa Commercial Avenue, Qatar

Education

- First and Second State Examinations in Law, Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg

Languages

- German (native)
- English (fluent)

Mary Psylla is an accomplished lawyer with a longstanding affiliation with the Athens Bar Association, which continued until 2023. Her professional journey commenced in 1993 when she specialized in Tax Law at Andersen. From 2009 until July 2023, she served as Partner and the Head of the Tax and Legal Department at PwC Greece. In July 2023, she transitioned to the role of General Secretary of Tax Policy at the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Hellenic Republic.

With a profound expertise in both Greek and international tax legislation, Mary has garnered extensive experience in navigating complex tax issues pertaining to significant transactions. Throughout her career, she has provided strategic counsel to prominent international and Greek corporations, actively participating as a member of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) and contributing to the Taxation Committees of both the American - Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).