Class 2019-2020
International Business Transactions
LLM International & European Legal Studies
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Faculty of Law
ARBITRATION CENTRE
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| Γιώργος Νάπας |
Ασκούμενος Δικηγόρος ΔΣΘ, Απόφοιτος Νομικής ΑΠΘ (2019), Υπότροφος Erasmus+ για σπουδές στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Καρόλου στην Πράγα, Τσεχία (2016) και στο Πανεπιστήμιο της Φιλίας των Λαών στη Μόσχα, Ρωσία (2017), Μεταπτυχιακός φοιτητής ΠΜΣ ‘Διεθνείς και Ευρωπαϊκές Νομικές Σπουδές’ Νομικής Σχολής ΑΠΘ.
ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL
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| Γιώργος Γάτσιος |
Απόφοιτος Νομικής Σχολής Α.Π.Θ., κάτοχος Μ.Δ.Ε. Κτηματολογικού Δικαίου Νομικής Σχολής Α.Π.Θ., μεταπτυχιακός φοιτητής Π.Μ.Σ. Διεθνών & Ευρωπαϊκών Νομικών Σπουδών με ειδίκευση στο Ευρωπαϊκό Δίκαιο - Δικαστικός Λειτουργός υπηρετών στο Πρωτοδικείο Ιωαννίνων.
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| Γιώργος Βασιλειάδης |
Δικηγόρος Δ.Σ.Θ., κάτοχος Μ.Δ.Ε Δημοσίου Δικαίου και Πολιτικής Επιστήμης Νομικής ΑΠΘ, μεταπτυχιακός φοιτητής στις Διεθνείς και Ευρωπαϊκές Νομικές Σπουδές. Ασκήθηκε ως δικηγόρος στο Νομικό Συμβούλιο του Κράτους και σε δικηγορικές εταιρίες της Θεσσαλονίκης. Υπηρέτησε στο Στρατηγείο του ΝΑΤΟ (NRDC-GR) στη Θεσσαλονίκη. Ομιλεί αγγλικά, γαλλικά, γερμανικά και ισπανικά.
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| Παναγιώτης Κοκκινίδης |
Δικηγόρος Θεσσαλονίκης. Αποφοίτησε από τη Νομική Σχολή του Α.Π.Θ με βαθμό "Άριστα" (8,76) το 2018 και συνεχίζει τις σπουδές του στο ΠΜΣ "Διεθνείς και Ευρωπαϊκές Νομικές Σπουδές" της Νομικής Σχολής του ίδιου Πανεπιστημίου. Κύριοι τομείς του επιστημονικού του ενδιαφέροντος είναι το Ιδιωτικό Διεθνές Δίκαιο, το Δίκαιο της Διαιτησίας και το Δίκαιο των Συμβάσεων. Μιλάει αγγλικά και γερμανικά.
COUNSELS FOR CLAIMANT
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| Desislava Manikatova |
Δικηγόρος παρ’ Εφέταις ΔΣΘ, Διαπιστευμένη Διαμεσολαβήτρια σε Αστικές και Εμπορικές Υποθέσεις (Ν.3898/2010) του Υπουργείου Δικαιοσύνης, Διαφανείας και Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων στην Ελλάδα, Διαπιστευμένη Διαμεσολαβήτρια σε Αστικές και Εμπορικές Υποθέσεις του Υπουργείου Δικαιοσύνης στη Βουλγαρία.
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| Ελισάβετ Αλεξιάδου |
Η Ελισάβετ Αθανασία Αλεξιάδου, PhD (Leiden Universiteit), LLM, MSc, είναι Δικηγόρος και µέλος του Δικηγορικού Συλλόγου Θεσσαλονίκης. Παράλληλα, εκπονεί μεταδιδακτορική έρευνα στη Νομική Σχολή ΑΠΘ ως υπότροφος του Ιδρύματος Κρατικών Υποτροφιών (ΙΚΥ).
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| Αναστασία Στεφανοπούλου |
Μεταπτυχιακή φοιτήτρια στο ΠΜΣ “Διεθνείς και Ευρωπαϊκές Νομικές Σπουδές” της Νομικής Σχολής του ΑΠΘ, με ειδίκευση στο Ιδιωτικό Διεθνές Δίκαιο και το Δίκαιο Διεθνών Συναλλαγών. Έχει αποφοιτήσει από τη Νομική Σχολή του ΑΠΘ (2019) και από το Τμήμα Αγγλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής του ΑΠΘ (2013). Από το Φεβρουάριο του 2020, είναι ασκούμενη δικηγόρος στη Νομική Υπηρεσία της Περιφέρειας Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας
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| Μαριλένα Μπαλοδήμου |
Σπούδασε Νομική στο ΑΠΘ (2000-2005). Είναι μέλος του ΔΣΘ από το έτος 2007, πρώτευσε στις εξετάσεις για την λήψη της δικηγορικής άδειας (Μάρτιος 2007). Διορισμένη στο Εφετείο Θεσσαλονίκης από το 2017, ασκεί δικηγορία από το 2007. Έχει ασχοληθεί με υποθέσεις όλων των κλάδων του Δικαίου κυρίως δε Αστικού Δικαίου και Πολιτικής Δικονομίας, Εμπορικού και Τραπεζικού Δικαίου. Ομιλεί ελληνικά, αγγλικά και γαλλικά.
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| Νίκος Κοτανίδης |
Πολιτικός Επιστήμονας και Ασκούμενος Δικηγόρος ΔΣΘ, Απόφοιτος Πολιτικών Επιστημών ΑΠΘ, Απόφοιτος Νομικής ΑΠΘ, Κάτοχος Μ.Δ.Ε. ‘Πολιτικής Θεωρίας και Φιλοσοφίας’ Πολιτικών Επιστημών ΑΠΘ, Κάτοχος LL.M. ‘Θεωρίας Δικαίου και Διεπιστημονικών Νομικών Σπουδών’ Νομικής ΑΠΘ. Ομιλεί Αγγλικά και Ρωσικά. Διετέλεσε Αντιπρόεδρος της Επιτροπής Ασκουμένων Δικηγόρων της ΕΑΝΔιΘ και Πρόεδρος του Ποντιακού Σωματείου "ΝΕΠΕ". Ενεργό μέλος της Ευξείνου Λέσχης Θεσσαλονίκης.
COUNSELS FOR RESPONDENT
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| Ελένη Δρούγκα |
Δικηγόρος του Δικηγορικού Συλλόγου Θεσσαλονίκης. Απόφοιτος Νομικής Σχολής του Δημοκριτείου Πανεπιστημίου Θράκης (Δ.Π.Θ) και κάτοχος Μεταπτυχιακού Διπλώματος στο Αστικό, Εργατικό και Αστικό Δικονομικό Δίκαιο του Α.Π.Θ (άριστα). Ειδικεύεται στην Πολιτική Δικονομία και συγκεκριμένα στο Δίκαιο της Αναγκαστικής Εκτέλεσης. Ομιλεί την Αγγλική και Γερμανική γλώσσα.
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| Βασίλης Δουλόπουλος |
Δικηγόρος
στο Δικηγορικό Σύλλογο Βόλου. Αποφοίτησε από τη Νομική Σχολή
του Α.Π.Θ. το έτος 2018 και σήμερα παρακολουθεί το μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα ειδίκευσης (LLM) "Διεθνείς και Ευρωπαϊκές Νομικές Σπουδές"
στο ίδιο Πανεπιστήμιο. Τα επιστημονικά του ενδιαφέροντα εντοπίζονται στους
τομείς του ευρωπαϊκού, του ιδιωτικού διεθνούς και του τραπεζικού δικαίου.
Ομιλεί αγγλικά.
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| Κωνσταντίνα Κουτσουμπίδου |
Ασκούμενη δικηγόρος στον Δικηγορικό Σύλλογο Θεσσαλονίκης. Τον Μάρτιο του 2019 αποφοίτησε από τη Νομική Σχολή του Αριστοτέλειου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης με βαθμό 8,45. Τον Σεπτέμβρη του ίδιου έτους εισήχθη στο ΠΜΣ της Νομικής Σχολής του ΑΠΘ “Διεθνείς και Ευρωπαϊκές Νομικές Σπουδές”. Τα επιστημονικά της ενδιαφέροντα κινούνται γύρω από το αντικείμενο του Ευρωπαϊκού Δικαίου και τα ζητήματα προστασίας των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων. Ομιλεί άριστα την αγγλική και πολύ καλά τη γερμανική.
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| Βίκυ Παπαγεωργίου |
Η Βασιλική Παπαγεωργίου είναι ασκούμενη δικηγόρος στο Δικηγορικό Σύλλογο Θεσσαλονίκης και φοιτήτρια στο ΠΜΣ «Διεθνείς και Ευρωπαϊκές Νομικές Σπουδές» της Νομικής Σχολής ΑΠΘ, με κατεύθυνση στο ιδιωτικό διεθνές δίκαιο και δίκαιο διεθνών συναλλαγών. Ολοκλήρωσε τις σπουδές στη Νομική Σχολή ΑΠΘ, συμμετέχοντας κατά τη διάρκεια των σπουδών της σε ποικίλες δραστηριότητες σχετικές με το Ευρωπαϊκό Δίκαιο.
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| Ελένη Ρακιτζή |
Μεταπτυχιακή φοιτήτρια της Νομικής Σχολής του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης (Διεθνείς και Ευρωπαϊκές Νομικές Σπουδές), με ειδίκευση στο ευρωπαϊκό δίκαιο. Ασκούμενη Δικηγόρος, με πεδίο ενασχόλησης κυρίως το δημόσιο δίκαιο (δημόσιες συμβάσεις), το τραπεζικό δίκαιο και το εταιρικό δίκαιο. Άριστη γνώση της αγγλικής, γαλλικής και γερμανικής γλώσσας.
EXPERT WITNESSES
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| Γιάννης Χατζηπαύλου |
Μεταπτυχιακός φοιτητής του ΠΜΣ Διεθνών και Ευρωπαϊκών Νομικών Σπουδών του Α.Π.Θ. Έχει πραγματοποιήσει σπουδές πέραν της Νομικής (Α.Π.Θ., 2015), στα γνωστικά αντικείμενα της Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων και της Εφαρμοσμένης Πληροφορικής. Είναι χειριστής υποθέσεων Ασύλου στο Περιφερειακό Γραφείο Ασύλου Θεσσαλονίκης. Παράλληλα, απασχολείται και ως καθηγητής στο τμήμα Διοίκησης και Οικονομίας στο Μητροπολιτικό Κολλέγιο Θεσσαλονίκης σε προπτυχιακό και μεταπτυχιακό επίπεδο.
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| Λίλυ Χριστοδούλου |
Η Βασιλική Χριστοδούλου είναι ασκούμενη Δικηγόρος ΔΣΘ. Πτυχίο Νομικής ΑΠΘ. Μεταπτυχιακή φοιτήτρια του ΠΜΣ Διεθνών και Ευρωπαϊκών Νομικών Σπουδών στην ίδια Σχολή. Κατά τη διάρκεια των προπτυχιακών σπουδών της, διετέλεσε φοιτήτρια του Erasmus+ στο Ελεύθερο Πανεπιστήμιο των Βρυξελλών. Μιλά άριστα την αγγλική και τη γαλλική γλώσσα, ενώ είναι βασικός χρήστης της τουρκικής.
THE SECOND CASE
NEW COUNSELS FOR THE CLAIMANT
Mirela
COJOCARU
LL.M.
student in European Law at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania.
Bachelor studies at the same university, with a thesis focusing on the topic of
the European Ombudsman. Her favorite subjects are Law of the EU, Financial Law,
Intellectual Property Law, Theory of International Relations. Completed a
summer semester study exchange at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Keen on
extracurricular involvement, has 6 years of volunteering experience. At an
international level, she was in a local coordination team of a youth exchange
on political participation with peers from Italy, Germany, Netherlands and
Great Britain. Won awards at debate competitions and essay writing contests
with a focus on worldwide matters. Pursued internships at law institutions,
departments of analysis and crime prevention and anticorruption directorate.
Active in student networks, she was in the organization team for judicial
practice at her university. Taught Economic Contracts at a high school and is
decided to go further with pedagogy studies. Values research and attends
training sessions and conferences in her free time. Speaks English, German, and
basic Norwegian.
Andreea
SERBAN
LL.M
student of European Law at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi and former
Erasmus student at West Bohemia University, Pilsen, Czech Republic. Main
interests are European and International Law. Has been a senior member of
United Nations Youth Association of Romania, Iasi Brach since 2013 and, besides
volunteering for local events, her extracurricular activities include several
participations at simulations of Romanian Parliament, Model European Union in
Vienna and Barcelona, Model United Nations in Sofia and Bucharest – for which
she received the Honorary Mention as well as informal awards such as Future
Secretary General of UN and most passionate delegate about the role, Erasmus
Youth exchange in Turkey, online volunteering for RIO+ Center UN and so on.
Bogdan-Alexandru
PETRESCU
Undergraduate
at „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, in the Law Faculty. His main field
of interest is Public Law, with focus on Administrative, International and EU
Law. He is manager of the Projects Departament, part of Law Students
Association Iaşi and vice-president of the Youth Advisory Board for Iaşi
Municipality, carried out practice stages at notaries, mediation offices, the
Constitutional Court of Romania and an internship at the Ministry for Public
Consultation and Civic Dialogue. He is an active debater who checked
participation in various moot court competitions and other regional and
national contests and conducted projects regarding non-formal education and
youth-centered initiatives. In the future, Bogdan strives to become an advocate
for human rights and structured dialogue, providing a more efficient
interaction between citizens and state administration.
NEW COUNSELS FOR THE RESPONDENT
Nataliya Senchuk
Nataliya Senchuk is a graduate of Aristotle University Law School. She has completed practice at the High Court of Administration in Ukraine and at the Pechersk District Court in Kiev. She was a team member in the International Criminal Court Competition 2014 and the ELSA WTO Law Moot Competition 2015. The following year, she coached the Faculty's team for the same competition, while she was elected best oralist at the national round held in Athens for the participation of a Greek University team at the Jessup Moot Court in Washington. Her team was qualified to take part to the finals of this competition at the end of March 2016. Her main fields of interest are International Economic Law, Public International Law, Private International and Comparative Law. She is fluent in English, French, Greek, Ukrainian and Russian and has a basic knowledge of German.
Chrysa Tramountana
I am currently an undergraduate student at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Law. During my studies, I have been involved in a considerable number of conferences, seminars and simulations not only as a participant but also as member of their organizing committees. Moreover, I have participated in the Oxford Media Law moot court competition 2015 and in the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration competition 2016, where the team of Aristotle University ranked 3rd among all participating teams. Furthermore, I was serving as Director of Information and Technology in the European Law Students Association, Branch of Thessaloniki, during the academic year 2015-2016, as well as member of the academic committee and trainer of the witnesses for the first national moot court competition in Greece, under the auspices of the same Association. Last but not least, I will be having a three-month traineeship in the Permanent Representation of Greece to the EU during 2017.
Victoria Kalogeratou
I am currently finishing my LLM on International Law at the Faculty of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In July 2016 I
passed the Thessaloniki Bar Exams and I am officially a lawyer. During my
18-month obligatory internship as a law trainee I worked as an assistant at the
District Attorney’s office for six months and at a law firm for another year.
During my postgraduate studies I participated as a player in two moot courts:
Price Media Law Moot Court and Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court. In Frankfurt
Investment Arbitration Moot Court the Aristotle University Team ranked 3rd. Moreover, I assisted as a coach to the Aristotle University
Team at the European Human Rights Moot Court Competition. Finally, in my free
time I volunteer in NGOs dealing with the refugee crisis.
OLD COUNSELS FOR THE CLAIMANT
Teodora DRĂJNEANU
Teodora DRĂJNEANU
Bachelor student at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania. Author of the article Safe Haven Laws, published in the International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies, focusing on protecting children’s rights in Nebraska and New York. Team participant in the final stage of the European Human Rights Moot Court Competition, in Strasbourg (awarded 5 best written memoir out of 105, ranked 14 out of 55 as individual orator) organised by ELSA in cooperation with the Council of Europe. Successfully completed a study exchange at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in spring 2015, focusing on European Human Rights Law, International Trade Law (GATT/WTO Law), Law of the EU, Introduction to Comparative Law, Private International Law, Crime in Cultural Perspective and European Company Law. Desires to work as a human rights advocate at international level, which is why she will pursue this specialization at a master program in London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) next year. Participates in numerous law-related events, including the New Dimensions of Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law Conference held in Thessaloniki, where the keynote speaker was professor Gráinne de Búrca. Is also attracted to environmental oriented initiatives, demonstrated by the interaction on that topic during the the SF – Science Fiction or Sustainable Future? Youth exchange programme, with peers from Slovakia, Slovenia and Italy. She speaks English, Romanian (native) and Spanish fluently, basic German and Italian.
Maria GHINEA
Undegraduade
student at Alexandru Ioan Cuza
University of Iasi, Faculty of Law. She participated in three MCC’s, last one
being awarded with the 1 place, which allowed her to qualify in
the NMCC for this year. Having a particular preference and interes towards the
civil law, she was last year engaged in representing her faculty at the annual
national competion (The Law Faculties Hexagon) between six the most prestigious
law faculties all over the country. During last summer she was selected out of
one hundred applicants to carry out for six weeks an internship at one of the
top ten law firms in the country. She is also an active member of the European
Civil Law Circle Dimitre Alexandresco
in her faculty, where she recently presented her paper on the anticipated renunciation to the right of terminating the contract.
Ioana RĂPCEANU
Undergraduate
Student at “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Universiy of Iasi in the Law Faculty.
Erasmus Student at the University of Bordeaux, France. “Rule of Law” prize
offered by the American Embassy in Bucharest and the National Competition
“Human rights and migration” organized by the Romanian-American University from
Bucharest. She has won the following prizes in the same competition:“Best team”
and third student in the competition. She wrote and presented with a PhD sudent
“Lucrum cessans. Morpeheus and Iris delirious” in the legal hemenutics center
of the Organic Law School. Interested in Human Rights and International Law.
COUNSELS FOR THE RESPONDENT
Vassiliki FASFALI
Vasiliki Fasfali is a student at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, pursuing her Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). Her main fields of interest are environmental law, international law and its implementation in the national legal order, as well as issues of domestic regulation of trade. She is active in law student networks, such as the European Law Students' Association. Her extracurricular activities include participation in the Environmental Team of the University of Macedonia. Vasiliki is fluent in English, Greek and has advanced French language skills.
Katerina LEFTHEROUDA
Katerina
Leftherouda is a senior law student at the Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki. During her studies she has been actively engaged in a wide range
of academic and extra- curricular activities such as many conferences, seminars
and simulations. She has completed internships at the U.S. Consulate General of
Thessaloniki as a Public Affairs Intern and at the Jean Monnet Chair “New
Dimensions of European Legal Studies” of the University of Macedonia, as a
legal translator and proofreader. She speaks fluently English and Italian, having
also a basic knowledge of German.
Panayotis ELIA
Graduated high school in
June 2011. In August 2013 I completed my 2 years of National Guard service in
Military Police. Undergraduate student of Maastricht University, the
Netherlands, in International and European Law School. On my third year of
studies I chose to do an Erasmus year abroad in Aristotle Univwersity, Faculty
of Law. As the president of my high school I participated in many international
youth events, conferences and I involved in different trainings and seminars
regarding leadership skills and communication. Alongside my studies I joined
lobby setions with NGOs under the umbrella of the European Union. On my second
year of studies I was elected as Head of Events
for the United Nations Students Association Maastricht and since 2014 I have
been working for the Marketing and Communication team for Maastricht University. Academic field of interst
: comparative constitutional law, international and european law, foreign and
security policies. Hobbies : Reading , travelling , volunteering (spent 3months
in Nepal trough a UN volunteer programme). Fluent in Greek and English, basic
knowledge in French and Turkish.
Nataliya SENCHUK
Nataliya Senchuk is a graduate of Aristotle
University Law School. She has completed practice at the High Court of
Administration in Ukraine and at the Pechersk District Court in Kiev. She was a
team member in the International Criminal Court Competition 2014 and the ELSA WTO Law Moot Competition 2015. The following year, she coached the Faculty's team for the same competition, while she was elected best oralist at the national round held in Athens for the participation of a Greek University team at the Jessup Moot Court in Washington. Her team was qualified to take part to the finals of this competition at the end of March 2016. Her main fields of interest are
International Economic Law, Public International Law, Private International and
Comparative Law. She is fluent in English, French, Greek, Ukrainian and Russian
and has a basic knowledge of German.
ARBITRATION CENTRE
Felipe Faiwichow ESTEFAM
Alessandra TIRRITO
LL.M. student in Arbitration and Business Law at Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Law graduate at Bocconi University, Milan, with major in international and public law. Master thesis in international labour Law, on the International Labour Organization (ILO) and child labour discipline. Previous experience in the labour Law department of Carnelutti Law Firm and internship at the Italian Permanent Mission at the United Nations in Geneva.
ARBITRATORS
Cristina NARANJO
Master student at Erasmus University Rotterdam, specialization in Arbitration and Business Law. Her Bachelor thesis was focused on arbitration in Investment law and Public International Law. She is admitted to practice as a lawyer and as Mediator in Ecuador and focused her practice in litigation, domestic and international arbitration (commercial and investment matters) in the most important law firms in her country. Prior to join the Master in Arbitration and Business Law, she has worked as Deputy of Director of the Center of Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce of Quito, where she was able to develop her skills in Alternative Dispute Resolutions. Her current thesis proposal is related to the application of new methods in arbitration as on-line arbitration.
Mary Mitsi
Mary Mitsi is a Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London. She teaches International Comparative Commercial Arbitration, International Commercial Transactions and Transnational Law. She holds an LLM from Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University and another LLM obtained with distinction from the University of Athens. She holds a Bachelor's Degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, obtained with honours. She is a qualified lawyer and she has a working experience in the field of arbitration, competition law, EU law and energy law.
Cristina NARANJO
Master student at Erasmus University Rotterdam, specialization in Arbitration and Business Law. Her Bachelor thesis was focused on arbitration in Investment law and Public International Law. She is admitted to practice as a lawyer and as Mediator in Ecuador and focused her practice in litigation, domestic and international arbitration (commercial and investment matters) in the most important law firms in her country. Prior to join the Master in Arbitration and Business Law, she has worked as Deputy of Director of the Center of Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce of Quito, where she was able to develop her skills in Alternative Dispute Resolutions. Her current thesis proposal is related to the application of new methods in arbitration as on-line arbitration.
Mary Mitsi is a Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London. She teaches International Comparative Commercial Arbitration, International Commercial Transactions and Transnational Law. She holds an LLM from Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University and another LLM obtained with distinction from the University of Athens. She holds a Bachelor's Degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, obtained with honours. She is a qualified lawyer and she has a working experience in the field of arbitration, competition law, EU law and energy law.
PRELIMINARY HEARING OF THE TRIBUNAL
On 4 July 2016, the Arbitral Tribunal held a Preliminary Hearing by teleconference. Players joined in from London, Rotterdam, Iasi, Thessaloniki and Cyprus.
THE FINAL HEARING OF THE CASE
On 7 July 2017 the Arbitral Tribunal (President Mary Mitsi, PhD, Queen Mary University of London) held the final hearing. Below are photos from this hearing, which was held by teleconference. London (UK), Iasi (Romania), Thessaloniki (Greece).
THE FIRST CASE
THE ARBITRATION CENTRE
Tomáš Lipták, Aneta Bernardová, Ondrej Poništiak
A postgraduate student of Charles University in Prague at the study program Law and Legal Theory, the main concern is the pubic international law. At the same time a junior associate in the international law firm bpv Braun Partners with concentration on corporate law, energy law and international investment law, with working experience at Ernst & Young or Clifford Chance. In the past has been studying the law at the University of Zürich, Switzerland and financial and insurance mathematics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague. Member of the Czech Bar Association, participant of some legal summer schools in Germany, seminars, workshops and conferences especially with regard to the international investment law. Author of several publications in relation to the indirect expropriation, human rights and Czech law. Hobbies: football, tennis, violin, Slovak folkloric dancing, hiking.
Tomáš Lipták
PhD student at
the Department of International Law at Charles University in Prague. His
subject field is international investment law and methods of alternative
dispute resolution. Tomáš is also affiliated in various Slovak NGOs, dealing
with international aspects of IP and health law.
Aneta
Bernardová
Student of
Masters Degree at Faculty of Law and Medical Faculty, Charles University.
Participant of VIS international commercial arbitration moot. Received an
honorable mention award at premoot in White and Case Law Firm. Regular
participant in Model of United Nations and Model of European Union. Student
intern at the House of Commons in the Czech Republic. Experienced in teaching
Histology at Medical Faculty and Politology at Grammar School. Works as a
translator of foreign texts about education. Speaks English, German and Latin. Hobby: Equestrianism (Show-jumping) in
competitions.
THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL
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President of the Arbitral Tribunal
Marc Noldus is a recent European Law (LL.M.) graduate from Leiden University, the Netherlands. Previously completed International and European Law (LL.B.) at Tilburg University, and academic education includes the Radzyner Law School (part of the Interdisciplinary Center) in Herzliya, Israel. Currently working at Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn (the Dutch State Advocate) in several fields, including competition law, state aid, European Union internal market law, EU fundamental rights, and corporate law. Previous legal work experience includes PwC Legal Services in Amsterdam. Participant to the national pleading competition on European Law. Published work on competition law, specifically the subject of staying national proceedings in private enforcement of competition law.
Party-appointed arbitrator
Anzhelika Kriger has obtained her degree in Law from the International Law department of Moscow State Institute of International Relations and currently she is a student of Advanced European and International Business Law program. She has won the All Russian Law Contest as a high school student in 2009 which allowed her to enter any law school of her choice in Russia. Anzhelika was a member of the Russian team that participated in the International Junior Summit J8 which followed the G8 summit in 2009. She is particularly interested in International Arbitration, Company Law, Private International Law and European Law. During her studies Anzhelika had internship in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Russia. She speaks English, Russian (native) and Spanish fluently, basic French and Dutch.
Party-appointed arbitrator
Sophia Saouridou obtained her law degree in 2011 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and is currently completing her Master in European Law at Leiden University. She has participated in the Jessup Moot Court in 2009 and the EMC2 - ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law in 2011 as member of the team representing the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, which were announced the winners of the Vilnius European round. She is also active in local public administration as she is a Council member of the Municipality of Pilaia-Hortiatis in Thessaloniki. Her field of interest is European Law on Data Protection which is enhanced by her current internship at EUROPOL as well as Human Rights and Commercial Law.
THE PARTIES
Counsels for CLAIMANT
Ekaterina Gadetskaya
Postgraduate
student of Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Economics and Law
Department, the main field of study-Law. Part-time study- Psychlogy. Author
of 15 publications on intellectual property law, civil law, international
maritime law, criminal law, criminal procedure, including “the Use of “next of
kin” Clause in Ukraine" , “the Conception of Criminal Procedure Based on
the Plea Bargain in Ukraine” , “the Use of Polygraph Detector in Ukraine”, “the
Aspects of Implantation of Restorative Justice in Ukraine”, the Protection of
Intellectual Property Rights”, “the Legislative Aspects of patenting in Ukraine
in Comparison with Foreign Countries”. The participant of numerous conferences,
seminars and workshops.Member
of the Students League of the Ukrainian Bar Association.Field
of interests: international private law; international maritime law;
intellectual property law; customs law; commercial law; civil law; EU law;
arbitration. Hobbies:
diving, photography, foreign languages (English, German, French, Spanish),
rally racing.
Oleksandr Sert
The
postgraduate student of Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Economics
and Law Department, the main field of study-Law. The head of Legal Department
at Odesa Road Construction Management LLC. Participant
of the study projects of the International Debate Education Association,
European Union Border Assistance Mission, Public Diplomacy I. M. Gorchakov
Foundation, seminars and workshops, study programs. Member
of the Ukrainian Bar Association and the Ukrainian Debate Federation.Author
of the 15 publications.Field
of interests: international law; European law and human rights; maritime law;
intellectual property law; customs law; commercial law; civil law; arbitration.Hobbies:
traveling, swimming and photography.
Anastasia Nguien
Undergraduate
student of Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Economics and Law
Department, the main field of study – Law, part-time form of study in
Management of External Economic Activities. Participant
of different study projects (Model of UN, EU study days, Study tours to Poland,
Frankfurt Investment Moot Court) and numerous conferences. Erasmus Mundus
grantee, currently studying at Turku University. Member of the Students League
of the Ukrainian Bar Association.Field
of interests: international public and private law; international investment
law; commercial law; arbitration; comparative studies on national and foreign
legislation, particularly European legislation. Hobbies:
dancing, painting, travelling.
Elena Koch
Student
at the Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University in the Economics and Law
Department, specialty Jurisprudence. Participant
of the study projects of the European Union Border Assistance Mission, Public
Diplomacy I. M. Gorchakov Foundation seminars and workshops, OSCE study
programs, Study tours to Poland (Polish-American Freedom Education for
Democracy Foundation).Member
of the Students League of the Ukrainian Bar Association.Author
of the 20 publications, including "The Features of the Preferential
Citizenship as a Legal Regulatory Aspect of the Migration Management",
“Evolution of the Term “Corruption”: from the Good Behaviour to the
Delinquency”, “The Reformation of Advocacy in Ukraine: Improved Mechanism of
Human Rights Protection”Field
of interests: international law; public diplomacy; interrelation of different
legal systems; European law and human rights; the problems of correlation of
Ukrainian and European legal norms; the national aspect in context of legal
enforcement; protection of human rights in the field of international and
national law.Hobbies:
travelling, photographing, yoga.
Counsels for RESPONDENT
Dimitris Kourtis
Attorney at Law, member of Larissa Bar Association. LLB (Hons), AUTH – School of Law; Senior LLM Researcher, AUTH – Faculty of Law, Department of International Studies, Major in Public International Law (Territorial Sovereignty, Philosophy of International Law, The notion of Jus Cogens). Fellow of the Unidroit. ESIL 10th Anniversary Conference (2014) key-note speaker. Author to several academic publications in the sectors of Public and Private International Law; most recent: ‘Territory and Vanishing States: An Antilogus to Functionality’ (2014), 'The Restitutional Claims of the Hellenic Republic on War Reparations and the Responsibilities of modern-day Federal Republic of Germany' (2013), ‘The Concurrence of Public & Private International Law; Some Comments regarding the Article VII of the New York Convention for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards’ (2014). Language Skills: Greek, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Hebrew.
Chara Kallinteri
Postgraduate student at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Law, Department of International Studies. Currently practicing as a trainee solicitor. Fluent in German and English. Senior Organising member of the Rhetoric Club of Thessaloniki. Participated in and completed a number of independent courses, conferences and seminars in the broader field of legal studies (such as “Introduction to US American Legal Culture” and “Legal Negotiations”, in Universität zu Köln, 2010, “The Prague Summer School on Crime, Law and Psychology”, organised by the Czech Center for Public Policy, 2012 and “Comparative analysis for professional use of legal texts of the Greek and English legal systems” seminar, offered by the AUTH, 2013). Interests include pottery and literature.
Elena Varvaroussi, Despoina Poutakidou, Chara Kallinteri
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PREHEARING SESSION OF THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL
On 10 March 2014, the Arbitral Tribunal held a prehearing session on line. Photos of the Respondent's team below:
O O O
HEARING OF THE TRIBUNAL
On 29 April 2014, the Arbitral Tribunal held an evidence hearing on line with the participation of the Parties' counsels. Photos from this hearing, below:
THE ARBITRATORS
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| Anzhelika Kriger, Marc Noldus, Sophia Saouridou |
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THE CLAIMANT'S COUNSELS
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| Elena Koch, Oleksandr Sert, Ekaterina Gadetskaya |
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POST - ARBITRAL PHASE
The Ukrainian judge
Ievgen Boiarskyi
Dr. Ievgen Boiarskyi obtained his PhD in the field of private international law. He obtained his law degree in
2011 from the Ukrainian State University of Finance and International Trade and
currently he is an associate lawyer in a Kyiv-based law firm – Astapovlawyers ILG.
His primary field of expertise is international commercial arbitration. In 2010
and 2011 Mr. Boiarskyi participated in the P. C. Jessup Moot Court Competition
as a member of the team representing Ukrainian State University of Finance and
International Trade both on national and international rounds. Mr. Boiarskyi is taking part in the same moot court as a team coach.
HEARING BEFORE THE UKRAINIAN JUDGE IEVGEN BOIARSKYI
9 April 2016
