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SCHOOL OF LAW

GEORGE MICHALOPOULOS

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Professor of Commercial Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Law School

47, Akadimias Str

Profile

After having graduated from the French-Hellenic School of Athens “Lycée Léonin” in 1973, he pursued his academic education in the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Law School (Degree in Law, 1977), and in the Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne (DEA Droit des Affaires et Doctorat d’Etat en Droit, 1978-1983). He started his academic career as a Lecturer (1995) and continued as Assistant Professor (2001), Associate Professor (2008) and Professor (2014) of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Law School. His numerous publications in Greek and French focus on most aspects of Business Law, in particular Insolvency Law, Cross-Border Insolvency Law, General Introduction to Commercial Law, Banking Law and Company Law.

Selected Publications

  1. La fusion des sociétés anonymes en Droit Français et en droit Hellénique,    Problématique communautaire (in French), 1983
  2. Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings, European and International (Regulation 2015/848), 2020
  3. Cross-Border bankruptcy Proceedings (Regulation 1346/2000), 2007
  4. Insider Trading, Misuse of Privileged Information, 1991
  5. The Single-Member Limited Liability Company, 1994
  6. Reorganization Pre-Bankruptcy Proceedings, 2013
  7. Insolvency Legislation (numerous editions, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2017)
  8. Dematerialization of Securities, 1999
  9. Set off and Insolvency Proceedings, 2000

Ancillary Activities

  • Member of the Greek Commercialists Association (since 1994)
  • Member of numerous legislation drafting committees (Company Law, Insolvency Law)
  • Participation in numerous national and international conferences and congresses
  • Legal Counselor and Head of the Legal Department (Sector of Research, Jurisprudence and Documentation) of the National Bank of Greece.