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SCHOOL OF LAW

ANTONIOS PAPADIMITROPOULOS

 

Academic Title: Assistant Professor of Civil Law

Office Location: Academias 47, 3rd Floor, Room 4

Email Address: apapadimitropoulos[at]pnplawfirm[dot]gr

Office hours: by appointment only

 

PROFILE

Antonios Papadimitropoulos is Assistant Professor of Civil Law at the Law School of University of Athens. He is a graduate of the Law School of the University of Athens (1998), with a degree grade of Excellent (8.75/10). He completed his postgraduate studies (LL.M.) in Civil Law at the Faculty of Law of University of Freiburg (2000) supervised by Professor Dr. Uwe Blaurock with degree grade of Excellent (summa cum laude). He obtained his PhD with degree Excellent (summa cum laude) from the University of Freiburg submitting his thesis “Contractual relations with protective effect in favor of third parties under German law” under the supervision of Professor Dr. Uwe Blaurock. His PhD thesis was included in the Volume «Rechtswissenschaft – summa cum laude 2006», Roter Fleck Verlag, Darmstadt 2007. He has received scholarships and distinctions from Greek and German state institutions and private organisations throughout his studies. In 2010 he was appointed as member of FLEX (Financial Law Experts Group – Committee of the European Central Bank) and in 2023 he was appointed as member of BoD of the Company for the Exploitation and Management of the Assets of  University of Athens with a four-year term of office and as an alternate member of the Central Mediation Committee. He has participated as speaker in numerous conferences and events and has published several articles and books in his area of practice.   

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books/Monographs/Theses

  • “Financial collateral”, Sakkoulas Publications, 2024 (in Greek)
  • “The supplementary interpretation of legal acts”, Ant. N. Sakkoulas, 2009 (in Greek)
  • “Torts with protective third-party effect in German law” (“Schuldverhältnisse mit Schutzwirkung zugunsten Dritter im deutschen Recht“), PhD thesis, Duncker & Humblot, Βerlin 2007 (in German)

Studies and Articles

  • "Civil Liability for the Provision of Investment Advice in Connection with Atypical Financial Products - The Greek Law Perspective", in the 1st volume of the series Studia Juris Civilis of the Civil Law Research Centre of the School of Law of the University of Athens, entitled "Investing in Digital Assets: the EU Law Approach", p. 1 ff.
  • "Management of spousal assets - General rules and deviations", Chronicles of Private Law 2024, 332 (in Greek).
  • “Article 907 of the Greek Civil Code - Purpose and Function”, Greek Civil Law Applications 2023, 150 (in Greek).
  • “Provision of security to restricted shares”, Greek Civil Law Applications 2022, 277 (in Greek).
  • “Compensation for the deprivation of use of things”, Greek Civil Law Applications 2021, 958 (in Greek).
  • “Waiving of mandatory rights – Thoughts to the example of the regime of participation of matrimonial assets on the grounds of judgment of the Areopag 6/2019” in the Honorary Volume of Panagiotis Papanikolaou, 2020, p. 883 ff., and (prior to publication) Greek Civil Law Applications 2019, 1234 (in Greek).
  • “Incomplete date and further cases of vitiated dating of wills – Study on the grounds of the judgment of Areopag 7/2017”, Greek Civil Law Applications 2018, 867 (in Greek).
  • “Validity of escape clauses agreed without individual negotiation – Regarding the limits of the nullity by virtue of articles 332 par. 2 and 334 par. 2 of the Greek Civil Code”, in the Honorary Volume of Philippos Doris, 2015, p. 1111 ff., και (prior to publication) Greek Civil Law Applications 2013, 945 (in Greek).
  • “Probabilistic causation and proportional compensation: establishment and extent of liability”, Greek Civil Law Applications 2011, 127 (in Greek).
  • “The optional nature of notice to the debtor as a condition for the assignment of claims (article 460 Greek Civil Code)”, Greek Civil Law Applications 2010, 768 (in Greek).
  • “Calculation of forced heirship in case of gift with retention of usufruct rights”, Digesta 2010, 136 (http://www.dikonomia.gr/sites/default/ files/3_papadimitropoulos.pdf) (in Greek).
  • “Contributory negligence of promise receiver in the genuine contract in favor of a third party”, Digesta 2008, 159 (http://www.dikonomia.gr/sites/default/files /2_papadimitropoulos_0.pdf)
  • “Liability with protective third – party effects – The latest developments of the institution in Germany and perspectives for its application in Greek Law”, Chronicles of Private Law 2005, 305 (in Greek).

  Contribution to Collective Works

  • “Pledge – Articles 1209-1247 of Greek Civil Code”, Contribution to the Commentary of the Greek Civil Code edited by Professor Apostolos Georgiadis, Volume ΙΙ, Dikaio & Oikonomia, P.N. Sakkoulas, Αthens 2013 (in Greek).
  • “Settlement – Articles 871-872 of Greek Civil Code», Contribution to the Commentary of the Greek Civil Code edited by Professor Mr. Apostolos Georgiadis, Volume Ι, Dikaio & Oikonomia, P.N. Sakkoulas, Αthens 2010 and 2nd edition, 2023 (in Greek).
  • “Defrauding creditors – Articles 939-946 of Greek Civil Code», Contribution to the Commentary of the Greek Civil Code edited by Professor Mr. Apostolos Georgiadis, Volume Ι, Dikaio & Oikonomia, P.N. Sakkoulas, Αthens 2010 and 2nd edition, 2023 (in Greek).
  • Modernisation of the part referring to the Greek Inheritance Law of the voluminous work: Murad Ferid/Karl Firsching (Hrsg.), „Internationales Erbrecht,Quellensammlung mit systematischer Darstellung des materiellen Erbrechts sowie desKollisionsrechts der wichtigsten Staaten“, Loseblattausgabe, Verlag C. H. Beck, München (in German).
  • Case-law research and review with regard to security interests for the book of the Professor of the Law School, Mr. Apostolos Georgiadis “Obtaining of Credits”, 1st edition, Athens 2001 (in Greek).

Comments, observations and briefing notes on published case law

  • Areopag. 1224/2021, Review of Civil Procedure 2022, 192 ff.
  • Court of Appeal of Crete 105/2006, Chronicles of Private Law 2010, 261 ff.
  • Areopag. 555/2005, Chronicles of Private Law 2005, 813
  • Areopag. 380/2005, Chronicles of Private Law 2005, 614 ff.
  • Areopag. 1482/2004, Chronicles of Private Law 2005, 425 ff.
  • Areopag. 1389/2004, Chronicles of Private Law 2005, 336 ff.

 Book reviews

"Civil Medical Liability", by Katerina Fountedaki, Maria-Eyfraemia Gerasopoulou, Vassiliou Marouda, 2023, publications "NΟΜΙΚΙ BIBLIOTHIKI", Greek Civil Law and Civil Procedure Applications 2024, 97.

 Speeches

  • Speech on "Management of the assets of one spouse or partner by the other and the establishment of an ineffective partnership between them" at the 9th conference of the Hellenic Family Law Society in Patras, may 17-18th 2024, with the general topic "Issues of financial relations between spouses and partners"
  • 6.10.2023: Presentation with the topic "Civil liability of investment firms in case of atypical financial products" at the annual international conference of the European Society for Banking and Financial Law (AEDBF / ESBFL) on "Regulating 'atypical' financial products in the EU - Risks and opportunities outside MICAR, MIFID and AIFMD", organised in cooperation with the Hellenic Association of Financial Law and the Association of Civil Law Lawyers. The paper has been published in Hors-Série Banque & Droit - November 2024, p. 47.
  • 24.11.2022: Presentation at the Association of Greek Civil Law Lawyers with topic "Article 907 of the Greek Civil Code. Purpose and function", www.youtube.com/watch? v=P0koJwdY2Ik&t=541s.
  • 5.6.2014: Presentation at the Association of Greek Civil Law Lawyers with topic: "Proportional damages in cases of uncertain causation: bending of the “all or nothing” principle - a de lege lata proposal to further shape the law of damages".
  • 24.6.2010: presentation at the conference organised by the Athens Bar Association under the title "Financial Crisis and Private Law" on "Protection of Greek Government Bonds in the crisis with private law instruments"

 

ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES

Antonios Papadimitropoulos is a member of the Athens Bar Association. He was appointed as a lawyer at first instance in 2000, as an appellate lawyer in 2005 and as a lawyer at the Supreme Court in 2013. He serves as Lawyer at the Legal Department of the Bank of Greece since 2008 and he is a founding partner at Papadimitropoulos, Pournaras and Associates Law Firm (2011).

He has been accredited as a Mediator for civil and commercial law cases (2022).

He is a member of the Association of Greek Civil Law Lawyers and of the Hellenic Association for Financial Law.

He is fluent in Greek (native language), English and German; comfortable with French and Spanish.