THOMAS PAPADOPOULOS
Thomas Papadopoulos is an Assistant Professor of Business Law at the Department of Law of the University of Cyprus. He was a Lecturer in Business Law at the Department of Law of the University of Cyprus from 2016 until 2019. He received his DPhil in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford (2010). He received a degree of Magister Juris (MJur/LLM, 2006) and a degree of MPhil in Law (2007) from the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford. He also received his LLB with Distinction (ranked 1st) from the Department of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2005). He is an alumnus with Distinction of the Anatolia American College of Thessaloniki (2001).
He was a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School, King’s College London and Max Planck Institute Luxembourg. He is also a Visiting Professor at the International Hellenic University and a Teaching Fellow at the Open University of Cyprus. Moreover, he is a member of the editorial board of European Company Law (ECL) Journal published by Kluwer and a member of the editorial board of European Company Case Law (ECCL) Review published by Nomos. He is a legal expert-country reporter for Cyprus law at the European Model Company Act (EMCA) Group, the Common European Law on Investment Screening (CELIS) Institute, the Covid-19 Litigation Project of the University of Trento, Italy and research projects of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI). He is a researcher of the research project: ‘Corporate Governance: Sustainability, ASG/ESG Factors and Reputation (CORPGOVESG)’ of the School of Law of the San Pablo University-CEU, CEU Universities, Spain and of the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain. He is also a member of the academic board of European Banking Institute (EBI). He was a member of the Scientific Committee of the TRAIL training programme funded by the EU (Train in your language: multilingual transnational training in EU civil and commercial law – TRAIL). He is also an Attorney at law (Greece).
He was awarded the ‘Cyprus Research Award-Young Researcher (2014)’ of the Research Promotion Foundation of the Republic of Cyprus (category of ‘Social Sciences & Humanities’). This distinction was awarded on the basis of his research on Takeovers and Mergers and was accompanied by a research grant. He was the Project Coordinator of the Research Project ‘Takeovers and Mergers in European, Cypriot and Greek Company Law’, which was financed by the Research Promotion Foundation of the Republic of Cyprus (2015-2017).
He is the author of the following monograph published by Kluwer: ‘EU Law and the Harmonization of Takeovers in the Internal Market, 2010, Kluwer’. Moreover, he is the editor of the following book published by Springer: ‘Cross-Border Mergers - EU Perspectives and National Experiences, 2019, Springer’. Additionally, he is the co-editor of the following book published by Springer: ‘Weaponising Investments: Collected Papers on the Law and Geoeconomics of Foreign Capital (co-edited with Jens Hillebrand Pohl, Joanna Warchoł, Janosch Wiesenthal), Volume I, 2023, Springer’. In February 2023, his 1280 pages book with the title ‘Cyprus Company Law’ was published in Greek by Nomiki Vivliothiki publications. His articles were published in many top international law journals. He presented his research in many international conferences and gave invited guest lectures at many academic institutions abroad. Some of his publications are included in his SSRN Author Page: http://ssrn.com/author=939323
Previously, he was an Assistant Professor (2015), a Lecturer (2012-15) and a Scientific Collaborator (2011-12) of Commercial Law at the Department of Law of the European University Cyprus. He was an adjunct lecturer at the Department of Regional Economic Development of the University of Central Greece and a Teaching Fellow at the Hellenic Open University. He was a part-time law lecturer at the Law School of the University of Buckingham, UK and a law tutor at the Oxford University Programme for Undergraduate Studies (OPUS) of the University of Oxford. He also taught at the Department of Statistics and Insurance Science of the University of Piraeus.
Additionally, he was Academic Student Coordinator of the Financial Law Discussion Group of the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford. During his studies, he received scholarships from the A.G. Leventis Foundation, the University of Oxford, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (Scholarships of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affars), the Despotidou-Tsagka Foundation and the Greek Foundation of State Scholarships (IKY). Moreover, during his mandatory military service, he acted as an assistant Legal Advisor (LEGAD) for the NATO Deployable Corps Headquarter at Thessaloniki, Greece (NDC-GR). He participated in workshops of the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument (TAIEX) managed by the Directorate-General Enlargement of the European Commission.
Business Law, Company Law, Financial Law, Capital Markets Law-Securities Regulation, Corporate Governance, Competition Law, Insolvency Law, Banking Law, European Union Law, Internal Market Law and European Economic Law.
PUBLICATIONS
Books-Authored
1) Cyprus Company Law, Book Series Cyprus Law-Theory and Practice, Nomiki Vivliothiki, 2023 (in Greek)
2) EU Law and the Harmonization of Takeovers in the Internal Market, European Monographs Series, Kluwer (2010).
Books-Edited
1) Weaponising Investments: Collected Papers on the Law and Geoeconomics of Foreign Capital (co-edited with Jens Hillebrand Pohl, Joanna Warchoł, Janosch Wiesenthal), Volume I, Springer Studies in Law and Geoeconomics, Springer (2023)
2) Weaponising Investments: Collected Papers on the Law and Geoeconomics of Foreign Capital (co-edited with Jens Hillebrand Pohl, Joanna Warchoł, Janosch Wiesenthal), Volume II, Springer Studies in Law and Geoeconomics, Springer (forthcoming-April 2024)
3) National Security and Investment Controls: Further Collected Papers on the Law and Geoeconomics of Foreign Capital (co-edited with Jens Hillebrand Pohl and Janosch Wiesenthal), Volume I, Springer Studies in Law and Geoeconomics, Springer (forthcoming-2024)
4) National Security and Investment Controls: Further Collected Papers on the Law and Geoeconomics of Foreign Capital (co-edited with Jens Hillebrand Pohl, Steffen Hindelang and Janosch Wiesenthal), Volume II, Springer Studies in Law and Geoeconomics, Springer (forthcoming-2024)
5) Cross-Border Mergers - EU Perspectives and National Experiences, Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation, Springer (2019).
Loose-leaf Volume
1) EU Company Law (co-authored with Niamh Moloney), Volume 4, Section 20, 520 pages in D. Vaughan, A. Robertson and P. Eleftheriadis (eds) Law of the European Union Oxford University Press (2012).
Articles in journals
1) ‘Legislation commentary: amendments on the EU harmonization of cross-border mergers after the adoption of Directive 2019/2121’ European Business Law Review, Kluwer (2023) 893-938
2) ‘The balance between EU harmonization and English common law: ultra vires transactions and restrictions on officer’s powers in Cyprus company law’ European Company Case Law Review, Nomos (2023) 249-272
3) ‘The Different Legal Concepts of ‘Seat’ and ‘Registered Office’ in Cyprus Company Law’ European Company Law, Kluwer (2022) 131-141
4) ‘The new harmonized protection of creditors in cross-border mergers’ European Company and Financial Law Review, De Gruyter (2022) 422-444.
5) (co-authored with Georgios Zouridakis) ‘A comparative analysis of derivative action in Cypriot company law: Comparison with English company law and the prospect of statutory reform’ Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, Sage (2022) 62–84
6) ‘Protection of shareholders in cross-border mergers: the new harmonized rules’ European Company and Financial Law Review, De Gruyter (2021) 980-1010
7) ‘COVID-19 crisis and screening of foreign direct investments in EU privatized companies’ International Trade Law & Regulation, Sweet & Maxwell (2021) 54-75.
8) ‘The importance of European company law for intra-EU investments after Achmea’ Business Law Review, Kluwer (2019) 7-9
9) ‘Building the legal framework of privatizations in Cyprus: the missing link with sustainable development’ European Business Law Review, Kluwer (2018) 997-1020.
10) ‘Privatizations of State-owned enterprises in Greece after the Third Economic Adjustment Programme’ European Company Law, Kluwer (2018) 205-212.
11) ‘Reincorporations: a comparison between Greek and Cyprus law’ International Journal of Law and Management, Emerald (2018), 901-919
12) ‘Action for annulment and action for damages for non-contractual liability of the EU before the CJEU regarding the haircut of deposits in Cypriot banks’ To Sintagma, Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publications (2018) 229-291 (in Greek)
13) ‘A Review of the implementation of Regulation 2157/2001 on the European Company (Societas Europaea-SE)’ Episkopisi Emporikou Dikeou, Sakkoulas Publications (2017) 17-65 (in Greek)
14) ‘Privatized companies, golden shares and property ownership in the Euro crisis era: A discussion after Commission v. Greece.’ European Company and Financial Law Review, De Gruyter-Berlin (2015) 1-18
15) ‘Acquisition of corporate control and clear criteria in the adjustment of the mandatory bid price’ Law and Financial Markets Review, Hart Publishing-Oxford (2013) 97-106
16) ‘Cyprus company law: board neutrality and breakthrough in takeovers’ Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, LexisNexis- London (2013) 257-259.
17) ‘Infringements of fundamental freedoms within the EU market for corporate control’, European Company and Financial Law Review, De Gruyter-Berlin (2012) 221-260.
18) ‘The Magnitude of EU Fundamental Freedoms: Application of the Freedom of Establishment to the Cross-Border Mergers Directive’ European Business Law Review, Kluwer (2012) 517-546. (a previous version of this article was also published in conference proceedings: F. Snyder, A. Sonntag and W. Shen (eds) The ‘Visible Hand’-European and Global Perspectives on Financial Market Regulation and Economic Governance, Bruylant (2012) 189-224).
19) ‘Article 114 TFEU as the legal basis of secondary EU law in the field of personal data.’ Evropeon Politia, Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publications (2011) 223-243 (in Greek).
20) ‘Limited liability of companies and the First Company Law Directive-Case Note-Case C‑81/09, Idrima Tipou AE v Ipourgos Tipou kai Meson Mazikis Enimerosis, Judgement of the Court of Justice (Second Chamber) of 21 October 2010, not reported yet.’ Common Market Law Review-Kluwer (2012) vol. 49, 401-416.
21) ‘Criticizing the horizontal direct effect of the EU general principle of equality’, European Human Rights Law Review, Sweet & Maxwell-Thomson Reuters- London (2011) issue 4, 437-447.
22) ‘EU Regulatory Approaches to Cross-Border Mergers: Exercising the Right of Establishment’, European Law Review, Sweet & Maxwell-Thomson Reuters- London (2011) 71-97.
23) ‘An overview of the services directive’ Inter Alia-Durham Law Review (2010) Vol. 7, No. 65, 65-72.
24) ‘The relationship between takeover bids and mergers: implications for the internal market of the European Union’, International and Comparative Corporate Law Journal, Cameron May Publishing-London (2010) 1-19.
25) ‘Greek legislation on strategic investments: the next golden share case before the European Court of Justice?’ European Company Law, Kluwer (2009) 264-270.
26) ‘The ‘Greening’ of Project Finance. Is this a viable ‘Project’?’, Icfai Journal of Banking Law, Icfai University Press, Icfai University-India, (2009) 8-19.
27) ‘The European Union Directive on Takeover Bids: Directive 2004/25/EC.’, International and Comparative Corporate Law Journal, Cameron May Publishing-London (2008) 13-103.
28)‘Legal Perspectives on the Scope of the Tenth Company Law Directive on Cross-Border Mergers’, European Current Law, Sweet & Maxwell-Thomson Reuters- London (2008) 1-5.
29) ‘The mandatory provisions of the EU Takeover Bid Directive and their deficiencies’ Law and Financial Markets Review, Hart Publishing-Oxford (2007) 525-533.
Chapters in edited books
1) ‘Privatizations, golden shares, investment screening and bailout agreements in the context of Article 345 TFEU: the limits of internal market law’ in J. H. Pohl, S. Hindelang, T. Papadopoulos and J. Wiesenthal (eds.) National Security and Investment Controls: Further Collected Papers on the Law and Geoeconomics of Foreign Capital, Volume II, Springer (forthcoming-2024, 28 pages)
2) ‘Delisting in Cyprus Law: National Report’ in R. Veil and V. Tountopoulos (eds.) Delisting of stock corporations in Europe and Beyond – Rationales, Forms and Perspectives, published in companion website, Hart-Bloomsbury (forthcoming-2024, 8 pages)
3) (co-authored with Georgios Zouridakis) ‘Private Enforcement and EU Market Abuse Regulation: A Discussion on Direct (Class) Actions and Derivative Actions’ in G. Psaroudakis (ed.) Risk Sharing in the Euro Area-Legal Aspects, Springer (2023), 61–78
4) ‘Privatizations of State-owned companies and justifications for restrictions on EU fundamental freedoms: past, present and future perspectives’ in J. Chaisse, J. Górski and D. Sejko (eds.) Regulation of State-Controlled Enterprises-An Interdisciplinary and Comparative Examination, Springer (2022), 223–270
5) ‘Screening of foreign direct investments through European company law’ in S. Hindelang and A. Moberg (ed.) A Common European Law on Investment Screening- YSEC Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions, volume 1-2020, Springer (2021), 677-723.
6) ‘Article 55 [Equal Participation in the Capital of Companies or Firms]’ in H.-J. Blanke and S. Mangiameli (eds.) Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union - A Commentary, Springer (2021), 1147–1155
7) ‘Article 54 [Equality of Treatment of Companies and Firms]’ in H.-J. Blanke and S. Mangiameli (eds.) Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union - A Commentary, Springer (2021), 1131–1145
8) ‘Article 53 [Mutual Recognition of Diplomas]’ in H.-J. Blanke and S. Mangiameli (eds.) Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union - A Commentary, Springer (2021), 1121–1129
9) ‘Groups of Companies-National Report on Cyprus’ in R. M. Manóvil (ed.) Groups of Companies-A Comparative Law Overview, Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law book series, Springer (2020), 457-486.
10) ‘Harmonisation of company law at EU level as an effective and complementary instrument for screening foreign direct investments’ in M. Wiberg (ed.) EU Industrial Policy in a Globalised World – Effects on the Single Market, Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies-SIEPS (2020), 88-110.
11) ‘Reviewing the implementation of the Cross-border Mergers Directive’ in T. Papadopoulos (ed.) Cross-Border Mergers Directive - EU Perspectives and National Experiences, book series Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation, Springer (2019), 3-34.
12) ‘Experiences from the implementation of the Cross-border Mergers Directive in Cyprus’ in T. Papadopoulos (ed.) Cross-Border Mergers Directive - EU Perspectives and National Experiences, book series Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation, Springer (2019), 245-274.
13) ‘Experiences from the implementation of the Cross-border Mergers Directive in Greece’ in T. Papadopoulos (ed.) Cross-Border Mergers Directive - EU Perspectives and National Experiences, book series Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation, Springer (2019), 343-377.
14) ‘The law applicable to companies in Greece’ in C. Gerner-Beuerle, F. M. Mucciarelli, E. Schuster, M. Siems (eds.) The Private International Law of Companies in Europe, CH Beck-Nomos-Hart (2019), 415-441.
15) ‘Shareholders’ Duties in Case of State Ownership’ in H. Birkmose (ed.) Shareholders’ Duties, European Company Law Series Volume 12, Kluwer (2017) 255-279.
16) ‘European System of Financial Supervision’ in R. Wolfrum (ed.) Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Oxford University Press (2014), 12 pages.
17)‘International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)’ in R. Wolfrum (ed.) Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Oxford University Press (2014), 7 pages.
18) (co-authored with F. Ortino) ‘Freedom of establishment of natural persons-Freedom of establishment of companies (Articles 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 TFEU)’ in H. Smit, P. Herzog ,C. Campbell, G. Zagel (eds) Smit and Herzog on The Law of the European Union, LexisNexis (2013), 83 pages
19) ‘Freedom of establishment and free movement of capital in the energy sector: the case of privatization of companies’ in N. Farantouris (eds) Energy: Law, Economics, Politics, Nomiki Vivliothiki (2012), 171-210 (in Greek).
20)‘Online gambling and EU Law’ in M. Bottis, E. Alexandropoulou and I. Iglezakis (eds) Values and Freedoms in Modern Information Law and Ethics, Nomiki Vivliothiki (e-book) (2012), 623-637.
21) ‘Admissibility for non-privileged applicants before the ECJ after the Lisbon Treaty’ in S. Perrakis (ed) International cooperation on global and regional level I. Sideris Publications (2011) 599-628 (in Greek).
22)‘Legal Aspects of the Breakthrough Rule of the European Takeover Bid Directive.’ in P.L.Jayanthi Reddy (ed) Corporate Takeovers: Emerging Global Trends, Amicus Books, Icfai University Press, Icfai University (2008) 40-61.
23) ‘The evolution of the European Court of Justice’s Case Law on Gambling and Sports Betting: An Internal Market Perpsective’ in D. P. Panagiotopoulos (ed) Sports Law: an Emerging Legal Order. Human Rights of Athletes Nomiki Vivliothiki, (2009) 415-429. [this article is also translated in Romanian and published in Romanian Business Law Journal (Wolters Kluwer)].
24) ‘The European Takeover Bid Directive: Does it Really Exists?’ in D. A. Frenkel and C. Gerner-Beuerle (eds) Selected Essays on Current Legal Issues, ATINER (2008)59-77.
25) ‘Sustainable development in the field of financial, banking and company law’ in E. Papadopoulou and A. Gkizari (eds) Protection, rehabilitation and sustainable development of natural and cultural environment in Europe-conference proceedings Jean Monnet Action, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2008) 41-62 (in Greek)[also published in Law Review of Athens University Law Students Research Group, Nomiki Vivliothiki (2008) 20-29] .
Other publications (editorials, case notes, book reviews, forewords, academic blogposts)
1) Foreword to the monograph of Pamela Finckenberg-Broman, Lecturer at Charles Darwin University, Australia, Weaponizing EU State Aid Law to Impact the Future of EU Investment Policy in the Global Context, Springer (2022) vii-x
2) (co-authored with Zenonas Hadjicostas) Case Report, Cyprus, Supreme Court of Cyprus, 11 August 2020, Application made by Aristeidi and others, Civil Application, No. 96/2020, Covid-19 Litigation Project (open–access case law database) coordinated by the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento, Italy (2022)
3) (co-authored with Zenonas Hadjicostas) Case Report, Cyprus, Supreme Court of Cyprus, 31 July 2020, Case Antoniou v. Police, Criminal Appeal, No. 74/2020, Covid-19 Litigation Project (open–access case law database) coordinated by the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento, Italy (2022)
4) (co-authored with Zenonas Hadjicostas) Case Report, Cyprus, Famagusta District Court, 12 May 2020, Case Famagusta Police Director v. Antoniou, No. 1797/20, Covid-19 Litigation Project (open–access case law database) coordinated by the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento, Italy (2022)
5) (co-authored with Zenonas Hadjicostas) Case Report, Cyprus, Administrative Court, 16 April 2020, Case Patsalidi v. Republic of Cyprus through the Minister of Health, No. 301/2020, Covid-19 Litigation Project (open–access case law database) coordinated by the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento, Italy (2022)
6) Book review of J. Grant (ed.) European Takeovers: The Art of Acquisition, Second Edition, Globe Law and Business, 2018, 370 pages, International Company and Commercial Law Review, Sweet & Maxwell (2020) 52-55.
7) Blogpost ‘The Cyprus legal framework for the protection of minority shareholders in cross-border mergers, including certain appraisal rights’, Valuation Litigation & Shareholder Rights Blog of Rolnick Kramer Sadighi (RKS) law firm-USA, 10 February 2020
8) ‘Reviewing Cross-border Mergers at EU Level’, Oxford Business Law Blog (OBLB), 10 December 2019
9) ‘Conference Report: Transparency of Stock Corporations in Europe’ European Company Law, Kluwer (2019) 63–68
10) Editorial ‘Achmea, protection of intra-EU investments and European company law’ European Company Law, Kluwer (2018) 146-147
11) Book review of Gianni Lo Schiavo The Role of Financial Stability in EU Law and Policy, European Monograph Series, Vol. 101, Wolters Kluwer, 2017, 300 pages, Common Market Law Review, Kluwer (2018) 1288-1290
12) Blogpost ‘The Cross-border Mergers Directive in the Spotlight: International Conference’, Oxford Business Law Blog (OBLB), 2 October 2017
13) Editorial (co-authored with Pavlos Masouros) ‘The Impact of Brexit on UK Company Law’ European Company Law, Kluwer (2016) 208–209.
14) Editorial ‘Cyprus Bailout Deal: The Current State of Affairs’ European Company Law, Kluwer (2013) 137-138.
15) ‘The market abuse directive and the notion of inside information-Case Note-Case C-19/11, Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 28 June 2012-Markus Geltl v Daimler AG’, Hellenic Review of European Law (2013) 257-264 (in Greek).
16) Book Review of Hanne Søndergaard Birkmose and others (eds), ‘The European Financial Market in Transition’, Kluwer, 2012, 488 pages, European Law Review, Sweet & Maxwell-Thomson Reuters- London (2013) 589-591.
17) Book Review of Alan Littler ‘Member States versus the European Union-The Regulation of Gambling’, Martinus Nijhoff, 2011, Hardback, 582 pages, Common Market Law Review, Kluwer (2013) 1187-1189.
18) Book Presentation of Reinhold Geimer and Rolf A. Schütze (eds), ‘Recht ohne Grenzen-Festschrift für Athanassios Kaissis zum 65. Geburtstag’ Sellier European Law Publishers, 2012, 1086 pages, Business Law Review, Kluwer (2012) 190-191.
19) ‘Severance allowance and prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age-Case Note-Case C‑499/08, Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 12 October 2010- Ingeniørforeningen i Danmark, acting on behalf of Ole Andersen, v Region Syddanmark’, Evropeon Politeia, Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publications (2011) 112-122 (in Greek).
20) ‘State monopoly and principle of mutual recognition in gambling and games of chance-Case Note-Joined Cases C‑316/07, C‑358/07-C‑360/07, C‑409/07 and C‑410/07, Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 8 September 2010- Markus Stoß (C‑316/07), Avalon Service‑Online‑Dienste GmbH (C‑409/07), Olaf Amadeus Wilhelm Happel (C‑410/07) v Wetteraukreis, and Kulpa Automatenservice Asperg GmbH (C‑358/07), SOBO Sport & Entertainment GmbH (C‑359/07), Andreas Kunert (C‑360/07) v Land Baden‑Württemberg’, Evropeon Politeia, Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publications (2010) 603-613 (in Greek).
21) ‘Requirements for territorial distribution of pharmacies and limits based on population density regarding the establishment of new pharmacies-Case Note-Joined Cases C-570/07 and C-571/07, Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 1 June 2010-José Manuel Blanco Pérez and María del Pilar Chao Gómez v Consejería de Salud y Servicios Sanitarios (C-570/07) and Principado de Asturias (C-571/07)’, Evropeon Politeia, Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publications (2010) 395-401 (in Greek).
22) ‘Obligation to contract on insurance undertakings and its compatibility with freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services (Articles 43 and 49 TEC)-Case Note-Case C-518/06, Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 28 April 2009-Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic’, Evropeon Politeia, Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publications (2010) 127-134 (in Greek).
23) Book Review of S. Grundmann and F. Moslein ‘European Company Law: Organization, Finance and Capital Markets’ Intersentia, 2007, 807 pages, Common Market Law Review, Kluwer (2009) 1019-1021.
24) ‘Member States’ competence to determine the conditions of operation of pharmacies-Case Note-Case C-531/06, Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 May 2009- Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic’, Evropeon Politeia, Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publications (2009) 727-737 (in Greek).
25) ‘Age discrimination and its justification-Case Note-Case C-388/07, Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 5 March 2009-The Incorporated Trustees of the National Council for Ageing (Age Concern England) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform’, Evropeon Politeia, Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publications (2009) 479-488 (in Greek).
26) ‘National provisions determining the process of acquisition of shareholdings infringe the freedom of establishment and the free movement of capital-Case Note-Case C-207/07, Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 July 2008-Commission of the European Communities v Kingdom of Spain’, Evropeon Politeia, Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publications (2009) 145-154 (in Greek).
National Reports and other contributions
1) (co-authored with Pantelis Christofides) CELIS Briefing Note: Cyprus-Republic of Cyprus’ FDIS Bill: Interim Update (2022)
2) (co-authored with Pantelis Christofides) CELIS Briefing Note: Cyprus-Republic of Cyprus’ FDIS Bill: State of Play (2022)
3) ‘National-level corporate anti-abuse measures relevant to the EU company law package-Expert Questionnaire-Cyprus’, Research project: ‘National-level corporate anti-abuse measures relevant to the EU Company Law Package’ (GoodCorp), General Reporter: Sigurt Vitols, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)-Brussels, Belgium (2021)
4) ‘Country Report: Cyprus’, Topic: Groups of Companies, International Congress on Comparative Law-Fukuoka 2018, General Reporter: Prof. Rafael M. Manóvil, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (2019)
5) (co-authored with Kallistheni Kountouri) ‘Country Report: Cyprus’, Study on the Assessment of the Regulatory Aspects Affecting the Collaborative Economy in the Tourism Accommodation Sector in the 28 Member States (580/PP/GRO/IMA/15/15111J), VVA Europe and Spark Legal Network on behalf of European Commission - Directorate General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) (2018).
6) ‘Country Report for Greece’, Study on the law applicable to companies with the aim of a possible harmonisation of conflict of laws rules on that matter, DG Justice of the European Commission, 31 pages (2016).
7) ‘Report from Cyprus: An Overview of Cyprus MoU – The Essential Business Law Reforms’ European Company Law, Kluwer 253–259 (2015).
8) Assistance in EU Chapter, ‘Legal Obstacles Facing Victims of Corporate Human Rights Abuse’, a Comparative Report prepared by Oxford Pro Bono Publico for Prof. John Ruggie (Harvard University), UN Secretary’s General Special Representative on Business and Human Rights. p. 58-112 (2008).
9) Greek Translation of the article of Professor Timothy Garton Ash (University of Oxford): ‘Europe’s True Stories’ (European Story Project, University of Oxford, Project’s website: http://www.europeanstory.net/ ) published in the website of the Hellenic Center for European Studies (EKEM). (http://www.ekem.gr/archives/000450.html) (2007)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS-PAPERS-LECTURES-SEMINARS-MODERATIONS
1) (joined presentation with Louiza Kofina) ‘Digital Markets Act-A promise for a fairer digital environment?’, International Conference ‘Repositioning platforms in digital market law’, University of Belgrade–Faculty of Law and the RNIDS–The Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation, 13 June 2023, Belgrade, Serbia
2) Moderation of the Research Seminar with Professor Scott Brewer (Harvard Law School) ‘An Introduction to the Logocratic Method’, Department of Law, University of Cyprus, 8 June 2023, Nicosia, Cyprus
3) ‘The balance between EU harmonization and English common law: ultra vires transactions and restrictions on officer’s powers in Cyprus company law’, IV International Conference on Corporate Governance, School of Law, San Pablo University-CEU, Madrid, Spain, 25-26 April 2023, Madrid, Spain
4) (joined presentation with Georgios Zouridakis) ‘A Comparative Analysis of Derivative Action in Cypriot Company Law: Comparison with English Company Law and the Prospect of Statutory Reform’, Online presentation (hybrid conference), International Conference ‘Rights and Duties of Shareholders in the Limited Liability Company’, Nicolaus Copernicus University of Torun, Poland, 12 April 2023, Torun, Poland
5) ‘Cross-border Mergers and Demergers’, Online Guest Lecture at the LLM programme of the University of Antwerp, Belgium, 30 November 2022
6) Moderation of the Guest Lecture of the former Attorney General of the Republic of Cyprus, Costas Clerides, ‘The proceedings before the International Arbitral Tribunal (ICSID) in case Marfin Investment Group Holdings S.A. and others v. Republic of Cyprus’, Department of Law, University of Cyprus, 19 October 2022, Nicosia, Cyprus.
7) ‘Cyprus Company law’, ‘A Research Agenda for the Common Law in Europe’-Trilateral Workshop: National University Galway–University College Dublin–University of Cyprus, Hybrid Conference, 14 October 2022, Dublin, Ireland
8) Guest lectures on the following research topics: ‘the Freedom of Establishment of companies in the decisions of the CJEU’, ‘Directive 2017/1132-Agency and Nullity’, ‘Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions’, ‘Directive 2017/1132-Domestic Mergers and Divisions’, ’Takeover Bids’, Faculty of Law, University of Trento, Italy, 5 October 2022, Trento, Italy
9) Chairing the research seminar of Prof. Jacek Jastrzębski, Chair of the board of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority-KNF, ‘Polish Implementation of the Takeover Directive – Recent Changes to the National Regulatory Model’, Online research seminar, Research seminar series of the Department of Law of the University of Cyprus, 28 September 2022
10) ‘European Company Law’, Summer School in ‘European Commercial Law’, Department of Law, University of Cyprus and Haim Striks School of Law, College of Management Academic Studies, Israel, 2 September 2022, Nicosia, Cyprus.
11) ‘Screening of foreign direct investments through European company law’, Joined Law & Business Conference, Ghent Law School, Ghent University, Belgium/Vanderbilt Law School, Vanderbilt University, USA, 21 May 2022, Ghent, Belgium.
12) ‘Screening of foreign direct investments through European company law’, Guest lecture at the LLM programme of Ghent Law School, Ghent University, Belgium, 19 May 2022, Ghent, Belgium
13) ‘ESG reporting: information as a driver of sustainable corporate governance’, Annual Conference on European Company Law and Corporate Governance 2022, Online Conference, ERA Academy of European Law, Trier, Germany, 11 March 2022.
14) Chairing the research seminar of Prof. Anastasia Sotiropoulou, Professor of Private Law at the University of Orleans, France, ‘The Effects of EU Regulation on Central Counterparties (CCPs)’, Online research seminar, Research seminar series of the Department of Law of the University of Cyprus, 16 February 2022
15) ‘Protection of shareholders in cross-border mergers: the new provisions of Directive 2019/2121’, Online presentation, National awareness event-conference ‘TRAIL- Train in your language: multilingual transnational training in EU civil and commercial law’, University of Cyprus, 6 December 2021
16) Chairing the panel with the title ‘Policy’, Workshop ‘Striving Toward Clean and Affordable Energy: Exploring Transnational Legal Aspects of SDG7’, University of Cyprus, 26-27 November 2021, Nicosia, Cyprus
17) ‘Cross-border Mergers and Demergers’, Online Guest Lecture at the LLM programme of the University of Antwerp, Belgium, 24 November 2021
18) (joined presentation with Georgios Zouridakis) ‘Do breaches of securities regulation lead to claims of private parties? EU and comparative remarks’, Workshop ‘Risk sharing in the Euro area’, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and University of Tübingen, Germany (financed by the Volkswagen Stiftung), 29 October 2021, Thessaloniki, Greece.
19) ‘Privatizations of State-owned companies and justifications for restrictions on EU fundamental freedoms: past, present and future perspectives’, Online presentation (hybrid conference), Conference ‘Private Law in the Sphere of Economic Relations’, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, 22 October 2021, Kiev, Ukraine.
20) ‘Cyprus Company Law’, European Model Company Act (EMCA) Annual Meeting, University of Athens, Greece, 23 September 2021, Athens, Greece.
21) ‘Privatizations of State-owned companies and justifications for restrictions on EU fundamental freedoms: past, present and future perspectives’, Webinar in the context of International post-doctoral programme in new technologies and law (2020-2021), ‘Mediterranea’ University of Reggio Calabria, Italy, 8 July 2021
22) ‘Protection of shareholders in cross-border mergers: the new harmonized rules’, Online conference ‘Building bridges in private law’, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, USA and Faculty of Law, University of Athens, Greece, 18-19 June 2021.
23) ‘Screening of foreign direct investments through European company law’, Online guest lecture series (only one foreign speaker is annually invited), Polish Academy of Capital Markets Law-Akademia Spółek Kapitałowych, Krakow, Poland, 6 May 2021
24) ‘1) An Introduction to European Company Law’ and ‘2) Mergers & Acquisitions in European Company Law’, Two online guest lectures, Centre for European Studies of the Institute of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Ukraine, 18 and 19 March 2021
25) ‘Harmonization of cross-border mergers in the EU: the new rules adopted by Directive 2019/2121’, Online research seminar, Research seminar series of the Department of Law of the University of Cyprus, 17 February 2021
26) ‘State of Play in European Company Law and Corporate Governance’, Online seminar for Latvian Judges and Prosecutors, ERA Academy of European Law, Trier, Germany, 1-4 February 2021
27) ‘The evolution of cross-border corporate mobility in European company law’, Online Guest Lecture at the University of Lorraine, France, 8 January 2021
28) ‘Cross-border Mergers and Demergers’, Online Guest Lecture at the LLM programme of the University of Antwerp, Belgium, 9 December 2020
29) Chairing the research seminar of Louiza Kofina, PhD student at the Department of Law of the University of Cyprus, ‘Digital Ecosystem Challenges: The Case for the Convergence of Personal Data and Competition Law’, Online research seminar, Research seminar series of the Department of Law of the University of Cyprus, 19 November 2020
30) ‘Screening of Foreign Direct Investments Through European Company Law’ and participation in the Roundtable on “Company law aspects of the final report of the High-Level Forum on the Capital Markets Union”, Annual Conference on European Company Law and Corporate Governance 2020, Online Conference, ERA Academy of European Law, Trier, Germany, 22-23 October 2020.
31) ‘Protecting Strategic EU Companies From Takeover Bids During the COVID-19 Crisis’, Online conference ‘Global public-private law approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic’, Singapore Management University (SMU) School of Law, Singapore, 10 September 2020.
32) ‘COVID-19 Crisis and Screening of Foreign Direct Investments in EU Privatized Companies’, Online Workshop ‘International Economic Law between Emergencies and Reforms’, European Society of International Law (ESIL)- International Economic Law Interest Group, 9 September 2020.
33) Discussant of the paper of Alexandr Svetlicinii, Associate Professor, University of Macau ‘Foreign investment screening in the EU: Levelling the playing field?’, Annual Workshop on European Legal Studies (online), Uppsala University and Swedish Network for European Legal Studies (SNELS), Sweden, 20-21 August 2020.
34) ‘Cross-border mergers and divisions’, ELI Business and Financial Law SIG’s 2020 Workshop on ‘Access to Capital, Corporate Governance and Regulatory Competition in Corporate Law: A Union that Strives for More?’, Catholic University of Lille, France, 6 March 2020, Lille, France.
35) ‘Cross-border corporate mobility in Cyprus law’, Concluding Conference of the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Project ‘Cross-border Corporate Mobility in Europe’, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, Campus Brussels, 26 September 2019, Brussels, Belgium.
36) ‘Privatization programmes of over-indebted Eurozone Member States: the limits of internal market law’, International Conference ‘Unpacking the Complexity of Regulatory Governance in a Globalising World’, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), 4–6 July 2019, Hong Kong.
37) ‘European Company Law’, Summer School in ‘European Commercial Law’, Department of Law, University of Cyprus and Haim Striks School of Law, College of Management Academic Studies, Israel, 11 June 2019, Nicosia, Cyprus.
38) ‘Screening of foreign direct investments through European company law’, CELIS International Conference ‘A Common European Law on Investment Screening’, Department of Law, University of Gothenburg, 7-8 March 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden
39)‘Reviewing the implementation of the Cross-border Mergers Directive’, 3rd International Conference on European Company Law and Corporate Governance, Department of Law, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, 6-7 December 2018, Zagreb, Croatia
40) ‘Protection of creditors and minority shareholders (appraisal rights) in cross-border mergers’, Public Hearing on European Company Law Package, European Economic and Social Committee οf the European Union (EESC), 10 September 2018, Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Thessaloniki, Greece
41) ‘A critical appraisal of the Cross-border Mergers Directive’, Transatlantic Perspectives: The Future of European Law and Policy VI, 6th Conference-The Future of European Law and Policy, Institute of European Law, University of Birmingham, 28-29 June 2018, Birmingham, UK.
42) ‘Shareholders’ duties in case of State ownership’, International Conference ‘Corporate Law and Finance Meets Antitrust Policy: Old and New Questions’, Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden, 26-27 June 2018, Lund, Sweden
43) ‘European Company Law’, Summer School in ‘European Commercial Law’, Department of Law, University of Cyprus and Haim Striks School of Law, College of Management Academic Studies, Israel, 18-28 June 2018, Nicosia, Cyprus.
44) ‘Recent developments on case law of Cyprus Competition Law’ (in Greek), Introductory presentation to the lecture of Judge Savvas Papasavvas, Judge at the General Court of the EU, Lecture Series on ‘Recent developments in EU Law: Lectures by the Cypriot Judges in the CJEU’, Lecture with the title ‘Developments in Competition Law’, Department of Law, University of Cyprus, 22 March 2018, Nicosia, Cyprus.
45) Chairing the panel ‘Implications of Brexit’, EBI Global Annual Conference on Banking Regulation, an event jointly organized with Goethe University of Frankfurt and the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability (IMFS), 23 and 24 February 2018, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
46) ‘Cross-border Mergers in Cyprus Company Law and European Company Statute’(in Greek), Company Law Lecture, Limassol Bar Association and Department of Law of the University of Cyprus, 28 November 2017, Limassol, Cyprus.
47) ‘The legal framework of privatizations in Greece after the Third Economic Adjustment Programme’ Conference ‘The Future of the Commercial Contract in Scholarship and Law Reform’, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), School of Advanced Study, University of London, 20 October 2017, London, UK
48) ‘Experiences from the implementation of the Cross-border Mergers Directive in Greece and Cyprus’ International Conference ‘Cross-border Mergers Directive: EU perspectives and national experiences’, Department of Law, University of Cyprus, 7 October 2017, Nicosia, Cyprus.
49) ‘Building the Legal Framework of Privatizations in Cyprus as a Requirement of the Bailout Agreement’ UACES 47th Annual Conference, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 4-6 September 2017, Krakow, Poland
50)‘Critical Assessment of the Cross-border Mergers Directive (Directive 2005/56/EC): Proposals for Reform’, 24th International Conference of Europeanists ‘Sustainability and Transformation’ organized by the Council for European Studies, Columbia University and the University of Glasgow, UK, 12-14 July 2017, Glasgow, UK
51)‘Merger Control-EU Merger Regulation’, ELSA Cyprus Summer School on Competition Law, 7 July 2017, Nicosia, Cyprus.
52) ‘Privatizations, Memorandum of Understanding and Sustainability in Cyprus’, ‘The Sustainability of socio-economic rights in times of crisis’ Jean Monnet Module Closing Academic Conference and Open Forum, UCLan Cyprus, 4 July 2017, Pyla, Larnaka, Cyprus.
53) ‘European Company Law’, Summer School in ‘European Commercial Law’, Department of Law, University of Cyprus and Haim Striks School of Law, College of Management Academic Studies, Israel, 26 June-6 July 2017, Nicosia, Cyprus.
54) ‘Action for annulment and action for damages for non-contractual liability of the EU before the CJEU regarding the restructuring of the Cyprus banking sector’(in Greek), 4th Annual Scientific Conference of the Association of Greek Public Law Scholars, Rhodes Bar Association, 12 May 2017, Rhodes, Greece.
55) ‘The legal framework of the European Cooperative Society (SCE)’ (in Greek), 1st National Conference on Commons and Social and Solidarity Economy in Greece, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 4-7 May 2017, Thessaloniki, Greece.
56) ‘Reforming the EU Takeover Bids Directive: An Internal Market Perspective’ Invited speaker, Corporate Finance Law on the Beach Conference, 23 April 2017, Protaras, Cyprus.
57) ‘The adoption of the legal framework for privatizations in Cyprus as a prerequisite of the MoU’ (in Greek), 4th Conference of the Hellenic University Association for European Studies (EPEES/ECSA - Greece) with the title ‘Greece and Europe in the era of Financial Crisis’, 31 March 2017, Athens, Greece.
58) ‘Transforming the role of Member States in privatised companies: Justifications of golden shares in the CJEU's case law’ The Cambridge International and European Law Conference 2017 ‘Transforming Institutions’, Law Faculty, The University of Cambridge, 23-24 March 2017, Cambridge, UK.
59) ‘The Law Applicable to Companies in Greece’ International Conference, Recent Developments in Private International Law, Faculty of Law, Moldova State University, 20-21 October 2016, Chisinau, Moldova.
60)‘Supervision of Takeovers in Cyprus Company Law: The Role of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission’ 13th Annual International Conference on Law, Athens Institute for Education and Research-ATINER, 11-14 July 2016, Athens, Greece.
61)‘Merger Control-EU Merger Regulation’, ELSA Cyprus Summer School on Competition Law, 28 June 2016, Nicosia, Cyprus.
62)‘More or Less Europe? More or Less Harmonization? Reforming the EU Takeover Bids Directive’, 5th Conference on European Law and Policy in Context-The Future of European Law and Policy, 23 – 24 June 2016, Institute of European Law, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
63)‘European Company Law’, Summer School in ‘European Commercial Law’, Department of Law, University of Cyprus and Haim Striks School of Law, College of Management Academic Studies, Israel, 13-23 June, Nicosia, Cyprus.
64)‘Justifications of golden shares in the CJEU's case law’, 6th CECL Conference ‘Company Law Reform in Central and Eastern Europe-Legal Borrowing, Leapfrogging, and Innovating for a Competitive Regulatory Environment’ organized by CECL and Allerhand Institute, 9 - 10th June 2016, Warsaw Stock Exchange, Listing Hall, Warsaw, Poland.
65)‘Capital Markets Law in Cyprus: the Listed Company’ (in Greek), Conference ‘Company Law in Cyprus’, organized by the Cyprus Association of Young and Trainee Lawyers in collaboration with the Cyprus Bar Association, 13 April 2016, Nicosia, Cyprus.
66)‘Legal aspects of the structure and operation of the European System of Financial Supervision’(in Greek), invited lecture at the master’s programme(LLM) of the Division of Commercial and Economic Law, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 11 April 2016, Thessaloniki, Greece.
67) ‘Shareholders’ duties in case of State ownership’, Seminar on Shareholders’ Duties (the seminar is part of the project ‘shareholders’ duties’ which is funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research) 10 November 2015, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
68)‘EU framework on Market Abuse’, 2nd LUISS Summer School on European and Comparative Company Law, in cooperation with Leiden University and under the aegis of the Centre for European Company Law (“CECL“), 12 – 20 June 2015, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy.
69) ‘Privatized companies, golden shares and property ownership in the Euro crisis era: A discussion after Commission v. Greece.’ Conference ‘Stimulating Business in a Europe in Crisis-Evolving Trends and the Case of Greece’ organized by The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki(Jean Monnet Chair), the University of Oslo and the University of Bristol, 2 June 2015, Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Thessaloniki, Greece.
70)‘Cross-Border Mergers’, LUISS Summer School on European and Comparative Company Law, in cooperation with Leiden University and under the aegis of the Centre for European Company Law (“CECL“), 7 – 19 July 2014, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy.
71) ‘The Aftermath of the Cyprus Banking Crisis’, 5th CECL Conference ‘Banks in Europe: Regaining Trust and Securing Continuity’, 3-4 April 2014, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
72) ‘Harmonization of Company Law in the European Union’, Life Long Learning Programme, EUC and CC Alumni Association, 12 March 2014, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
73) ‘European Company Law’ Life Long Learning Programme, EUC and CC Alumni Association, 31 January 2013, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
74) ‘Companies and human rights: corporate social responsibility in the European Union’ (in Greek), Conference on Borders and human rights in the Europe of crisis (under the auspices of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union), 26 November 2012, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
75) ‘Online gambling and EU Law’, 4th International Conference on Information Law, 20-21 May 2011, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece.
76)’Financial Dispute Resolution Network (FIN-NET): the Greek Membership’, Workshop on Consumer Dispute Resolution in Financial Markets, organized by the European Commission, Directorate-General Enlargement, Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument-TAIEX (INT MARKT 41498), 4 May 2010, Ankara, Turkey.
77)‘Implementation of the Takeover Directive in Greece’ Workshop on implementation of takeover bids directive, organized by the European Commission, Directorate-General Enlargement, Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument-TAIEX (INT MARKT 34617), 29 March 2010, Tirana, Albania.
78) ‘Regulation of Takeover Bids and EU Law’, Visiting ResearchersVisiting Scholars Colloquium, 11 March 2010, Harvard Law School, USA.
79)‘The Visible Hand of EU Fundamental Freedoms: Application of the Freedom of Establishment to the Cross-Border Mergers Directive’ 8th International Workshop for Young Scholars (WISH)- “‘The Visible Hand’ European and Global Perspectives on Financial Market Regulation & Economic Governance”, 26-27 February 2010, École Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales d'Angers (ESSCA), Angers, Loire Valley, France.
80)‘Admissibility for non-privileged applicants before the ECJ after the Lisbon Treaty’ (in Greek), Conference of the Hellenic Society of International Law and International Relations, 17-19 December 2009, Athens Greece.
81) Chairing and conclusions of the session of ‘Law and Emerging Practices’, Oxford Graduate Legal Research Conference, 27 April 2009, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
82) ‘The evolution of the European Court of Justice’s case law on sports betting and gambling: an internal market perspective.’ 14th World IASL (International Association of Sports Law) Congress on Sports Law, 27-29 November 2008, Athens, Greece.
83) ‘The Greening of Project Finance: is this a ‘viable’ project?’ Green Templeton Human Welfare Conference, 3 May 2008, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
84) ‘Sustainable Development in the field of Financial, Banking and Corporate Law’ (in Greek), Conference “Protection, Rehabilitation and Sustainable Development of natural and cultural environment in Europe’, Veria, Greece 30th November-1st December 2007, organized by the Jean Monnet Action, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
85) ‘The New Greek Insolvency Code’, Greek Law Discussion Group, 22 November 2007, Mansfield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
86) ‘The European Takeover Bid Directive: Does it really exist?’, 4th International Conference on Law, Athens Institute for Education and Research-ATINER, 16-17 July 2007, Athens, Greece.
87) Paper presentation: ‘Research Methodological Issues in European Company Law’, 1st Oxford Graduate Legal Research Conference, 23-24 April 2007, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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