Ms Aliki Athina Papanastasiou

• University of Cambridge, PhD in Law (2021–ongoing)
• Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg), Visiting Doctoral Fellow (7/2024–ongoing)
• Harvard Law School, Visiting Doctoral Researcher (8–12/2023)

Previous Education: 

• University of Oslo, PluriCourts – Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order (2023): Interdisciplinary PhD course on the legitimacy of international law and international institutions (2023)
• University of Cambridge, Master of Law (First Class) in International Law (2018–2019)
• National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Bachelor of Law, Salutatorian (2014–2018)
• DEREE – The American College of Greece, School of Business, Minor in Finance (2016–2018)
• Harvard University, Summer Course on International Business: Context & Strategies (2017)
• International Academy for Arbitration Law, Advanced Summer Course on International Investment and Commercial Arbitration (2016)
• London School of Economics and Political Science, Summer Course on International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration (2015)

Selected Scholarships and Awards:

• Modern Law Review Scholarship (2023–2025)
• AG Leventis Foundation Scholarship (2021–2024)
• Jacovides Prize, St John’s College (2019)
• McAulay Scholarship, St John’s College (2019)
• A Gazis Trust Scholarship (2018–2019)
• A Papadakis Trust Scholarship (2015–2018)
• Stavros Niarchos Foundation Scholarship (2016–2018)
• Laureate of the Arbitration Academy, International Academy For Arbitration Law (2016)

Selected Activities:

• Cambridge International Law Journal
  • Editor-in-Chief (2022–2023)
  • Managing Editor (2021–2022)
• Athens Public International Law Centre – Researcher (2021–)
• Cambridge Arbitration Society (CUArb)
  • President (2022–2024)
  • Treasurer (2021–2022)
  • Co-Convener of Cambridge Arbitration Days (2021–2022)
• Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
  • Coach, University of Cambridge (2021–2022)
  • Coach, University of Athens (2017–2018)
  • Team Member and Oralist, University of Athens (2015–2016)
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) International Arbitration Moot
  • Member of the Case Committee – Author of the 2019 Moot Case (2018–2019)
  • Coach, University of Athens (2016–2017)
  • Team Member and Oralist, University of Athens (2013–2014)
• International Trade Law Clinic; Athens Public International Law Centre
  • Coordinator, Research Team on Sanctions against monopolies and illegal government support (2016–2017)
  • Researcher, Research Team on Subsidies under WTO Law (2014–2015)
• United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD), IIAs Mapping Project – Researcher (2016)

Legal practice and other employment:

• Three Crowns LLP (London) – Associate (2021–); Intern (2020–2021)
• Volterra Fietta (London) – Intern (2019–2010)
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, Directorate for International Economic Organisations and Monetary Affairs – Intern (2016–2017)
• Member of the Athens Bar (since 2022)

Teaching and speaking engagements:

• ELSA Athens Summer School on International Investment Law
  • Lecture on Corruption in Investment Arbitration (2021)
  • Lecture on Jurisdiction Ratione personae: Defining the foreign ‘investor’ in International Investment Arbitration (2019)
• Get Involved/Just in Case Webinar on ‘International Trade and Investment: Significance and Contemporary Challenges’, Lecture on ‘International Investment Law & Corruption’ (2021)
• National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Seminar on International Investment Law, Teaching Assistant (2015)