Memorable reward for many teachers and students. Instead of a thousand words, a momentum: «Quand tu veux construire un bateau, ne commence pas par rassembler du bois, couper des planches et distribuer du travail, mais reveille au sein des hommes le désir de la mer grande et large. » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Thank you for teaching…
Prof. Lia I. Athanassiou lectured as a visiting Professor to the IMLI class of 2017-2018 of the International Maritime Law Institute on the 27th and 28th of March, 2018. Dr Athanassiou lectured on European Law and Shipping, covering the areas of the role and liability of classification societies under EU & national law and the…
Professor G. Gerapetritis participated as a speaker in Delphi Economic Forum III on “New Globalization and Growth Challenges”, which took place from 1st to 4th March 2018. At the conference participated also as speakers politicians, academics, journalists and entrepreneurs. Professor Gerapetritis participated in the Public Policy Reform Session on the subject “How can improve the…
Professor L. I. Athanassiou chaired as coordinator in the 1st session of the 2nd Scientific Conference on competition law with subject “The trends and developments on competition law – a 360° approach” ,which was organised by Nomiki Bibliothiki and Economia Group, under the auspices of the Hellenic Competition Commission. The Conference was held on March 16th,…
Professor G. Gerapetritis chaired as coordinator in the 1st session of the scientific conference “The country under a perspective of constitutional revision” which held on 19th of March 2018 by the Institute of Democracy – Konstantinos Karamanlis. The conference covered a wide range of subjects regarding the State’s structure, economy, development and human rights.
On March 7th, 2018, the application for annulment brought by Athens Bar Association regarding the issue of compulsory establishment of POS in law offices was pleaded before the Council of State. The Athens Bar Association was represented by Professor George Gerapetritis.
The contributions presented at the 9th International Conference on Maritime Law, which was organized by the Piraeus Bar Association and took place on the 13th-15th October 2016, have recently been published. The collective volume, edited by Professor L. Athanassiou, contains 34 reports by distinguished contributors, academics, judges, lawyers, and professionals in the Greek and…
I am delighted to announce the publication of my latest book on “Maritime Cross-Border Insolvency” by Informa Routledge Law (2017). The purpose of this study is to identify the reasons and the key areas of the increasing tension between maritime and insolvency law, to reflect upon the formulation of guidelines and to address concrete…
On October 6, 2017, the application for annulment brought by Bar Associations of the country regarding the constitutionality of the Insurance Act No. 4387/2016 was pleaded before the plenary session of the Council of State. The Bar Associations were represented, among other legal representatives, by Professor George Gerapetritis. The objections focused on the unconstitutionality of…
Professor Athanassiou participated as a speaker at the Scientific Conference of The Hellenic Scholars’ Association of Commercial & Business Law, which took place on Friday, November 3rd, 2017, at the General Assembly Hall of the Bank of Greece and was focused on “Arbitration in modern commercial transactions “. The subject of her contribution was “Cross-Border…
