Academic Title: Professor of Private Law
Office Location: Akadimias 47
Email Address: ggeorgiades[at]law.uoa[dot]gr
Tel.: 210-3688646
Office Hours: By appointment only
PROFILE
Education 1998: Graduated from the University of Athens, School of Law, 2000: Awarded the LL.M. Degree by the University of Munich (National Scholarships Foundation), 2003: Awarded the Doctor’s Degree by the University of Athens (Onassis Foundation scholarship), 2004: Awarded the LL.M. Degree by Harvard University (Landon H. Gammon Fellowship)
Career
2022 – present: Professor in Civil Law at the University of Athens
2018 – 2022: Associate Professor in Civil Law at the University of Athens
2013 – 2018: Assistant Professor in Civil Law at the University of Athens
2007 – 2013: Lecturer at the University of Athens
2004 – present: Partner at Apostolos Georgiades & Associates Law Firm
2000 – 2003: Associate at Apostolos Georgiades & Associates Law Firm
2000 – present: Admitted to the Athens Bar
Career-Related Activities
- Member and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Greek Association of Civil Law and of the Association for Family Law
- Member of the Society for Judicial Studies
- Member of the Editorial Committee of the law review “Information Technology Law Today” (London, 2002–2010)
- Guest speaker at numerous legal conferences
- Served as Counsel, Expert Witness, and Member of the Arbitral Tribunal in international arbitrations
PUBLICATIONS
- The civil law consequences of the exercise of domestic violence, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2026, pp. 385–392
- The duty to provide information during contract negotiations, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2025, pp. 481–486 = Studies in Honour of Evangelos Perakis (2026), pp. 304–315
- Post Mortem Fertilization, in: Papadopoulou-Klamari, Medically Assisted Procreation, Nomiki Bibliothiki, 2025, pp. 106–134
- The main parameters of the new regulatory framework of the Civil Code on the law of sale (Law no. 4967/2022), Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2024, p. 481
- Authorisation for leasing in a border area, provision of a "guarantee" in favour of the lessor of an invalid lease and abuse of right, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2024, p. 230
- Fiduciary obligations of the creditor towards the guarantor, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2023, p. 561 = Studies in Honour of Georgios Orfanidis (2024), pp. 1223–1254
- Interpretation of Articles 455–470 of the Civil Code, in: Georgiades, Short Commentary of Civil Code, 2nd ed., 2023
- Interpretation of Articles 914–938 of the Civil Code, in: Georgiades, Short Commentary of Civil Code, 2nd ed., 2023
- Temporary impossibility of performance – Fulfillment of contracts in the pandemic era, 2022
- Forfeiture clauses in wills, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2021, p. 161
- The right of the mother to refuse parental responsibility to the father who opposed recognition, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2020, p. 253
- The effect of frustration of contract on guarantor’s liability, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2019, p. 3
- The E-commerce Code of Conduct, in: Legal Issues of Internet Transactions (2nd Conference of Hellenic Scholars’ Association of Commercial & Business Law), 2018, p. 29
- Guarantor’s liability and its ancillary character, 2017
- Interpretation of Articles 201–210 of the Civil Code, in: Georgiades/Stathopoulos, Commentary of Civil Code, 2nd ed., 2016
- The statute of limitation concerning guarantees, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), November 2014
- The succession rights of the registered partner who survives, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2013, p. 561
- Interpretation of Articles 1825–1845 of the Civil Code, in: Georgiades, Short Commentary of Civil Code, 2013
- Interpretation of Articles 999–1032 of the Civil Code, in: Georgiades, Short Commentary of Civil Code, 2013
- Legal aspects of sports fans’ interest in viewing short news reports from football games on television, Media & Communication Law (Review), 2013, issue 6 (with A. Georgiades)
- Legal protection of forced heirship, 2013
- Guarantee of limited sum – The continuance of the guarantor’s liability following payments made by the debtor, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2012, p. 721 (with P. Papanikolaou)
- Life insurance to the benefit of third parties, forced heirship and creditors of the estate, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2011, p. 407
- The limits of jurisdiction of the Technical Chamber’s Court of Arbitration, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2011, p. 388 (with A. Georgiades)
- Objection of time limitation and resignation therefrom, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2010, p. 753
- Interpretation of Articles 455–470 of the Civil Code, in: Georgiades, Short Commentary of Civil Code, 2010
- Interpretation of Articles 914–938 of the Civil Code, in: Georgiades, Short Commentary of Civil Code, 2010
- The resignation from the right to terminate a commercial lease due to repentance after enactment of Article 17 of Law 3853/2010, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2010, p. 591
- The impossibility of performance due to fault of both debtor and creditor, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2009, p. 673
- The obligation of a bank to inform, enlighten and consult its client, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2008, p. 865
- Law 3471/2006 regarding the protection of private life in electronic communication, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2007, p. 17
- The assignment of future receivables, 2006
- Punitive Damages in Europe and the USA: Doctrinal Differences and Practical Convergence, Revue Hellenique du Droit International (Review), 2005, p. 145
- The request by the debtor of an assigned receivable to offset towards the assignee, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2005, p. 410
- Contract formation on the Internet, 2003
- Die Höchstbetragsbürgschaft in der neueren Rechtsprechung, 2000
- Short Commentary of Civil Code, Articles 947–2035, 2013
- The protection of distinctive signs on the Internet – Domain names, Business & Corporate Law (Review), 1999, p. 1243
LANGUAGES
Greek, German, English, French
