Dr. Dimitrios-Panagiotis Tzakas

– COMPETITION LAW, BANKING AND CAPITAL MARKETS LAW, FINANCE, CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL LAW, ENERGY REGULATION –

ASSOCIATE AT “MIKROULEA, STAIKOURAS AND ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM”

Attorney-at-law at the Supreme Court and Associate of the Hellenic Institute of International and Foreign Law.

Dr Tzakas has significant experience in litigation relating to Corporate, Finance, Competition and Energy Regulation Law as well as in litigation proceedings before Regulatory Authorities.

He has also served as member of several Law Commissions – including the Commissions for the transposition of the EU Directive 2013/36/EU, for the transposition of the EU Directive 2015/2366 and for the reform of the Hellenic Business Registry). He was member of the Working Party on Civil Law Matters (General Questions) during the Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Furthermore, he regularly takes part in the Round Table “Security Rights over Real Property” of the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks (Verband deutscher Pfandbriefbanken – VdP) as expert on Greek law.

Dr Tzakas has published articles in several international journals (e.g. Common Market Law Review, Legal Issues of Economic Integration, GmbH-Rundschau, Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft, Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb, Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht) relating to Competition, Banking, Capital Markets, Company and Insolvency Law.

EDUCATION

• Law degree by University of Athens (2001)
• LL.M. University of Hamburg (2004)
• Ph.D. University of Hamburg (2010)

PRACTICE AREAS

Competition law, Banking and Capital Markets law, Finance, Corporate & Commercial law, Energy Regulation.

MEMBERSHIPS

• Athens Bar Association (2003)

LANGUAGES

• English
• German
• French