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GEORGE GEORGIADES

Athens Law School

Professor of Civil Law

Contact details

47 Akadimias str., 1st floor, Room 2, 10672 Athens | Email: ggeorgiades@law.uoa.gr 
Office hours: By appointment via email           

PROFILE

George Georgiades is a Professor in Civil Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Law School. His principal teaching areas are civil and commercial law, with a particular emphasis on Property Law, Banking Transactions, Succession Law and Family Law, but he regularly publishes in all areas of civil law.

He was born in Athens (1976) and he has graduated from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Law School in 1998. In 2000, he earned a Magister Legum (LL.M.) from the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich Law School. In 2003 he has been awarded a doctor in law (Dr.Jur.) from the University of Athens and in 2004 he has earned an LL.M. from the Harvard Law School.

In addition to his teaching career, he is a partner since 2004 of Apostolos Georgiades & Associates law firm. His professional work focuses on civil and commercial law and he regularly handles complex civil litigation and arbitration, while he has significant experience in International Arbitration both as arbitrator and as legal expert or counsel.

He is a native Greek speaker, while fluent in English, German and French. He is a father of three children.

CAREER RELATED ACTIVITIES

  • Member and Secretary of the Board of Directors the Greek Association of Civil Law and of Association for Family Law
  • Member of the Society for Judicial Studies
  • Member of the Editorial Committee of the law review “Information Technology Law Today” published in London (2002-2010)
  • Guest Speaker in many Legal Conferences
  • Served as Counsel, Expert Witness and Member of the Arbitral Tribunal in International Arbitrations

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • The civil law consequences of the exercise of domestic violence, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2026, 385- 392.
  • The duty to provide information during contract negotiations, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2025, 481- 486 = Studies in Honour of Evangelos Perakis (2026), p. 304-315.
  • Post Mortem Fertilization, in: Papadopoulou-Klamari, Medically Assisted Procreation, Nomiki Bibliothiki, 2025, p. 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, 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, 230.
  • Fiduciary obligations of the creditor towards the guarantor, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2023, 561 = Studies in Honour of Georgios Orfanidis (2024), p. 1223-1254.
  • Interpretation of Articles 455-470 of Civil Code in: Georgiades, Short Commentary of Civil Code, 2nd edition, 2023.
  • Interpretation of Articles 914-938 of Civil Code in: Georgiades, Short Commentary of Civil Code,  2nd edition, 2023.
  • Temporary impossibility of performance – Fulfillment of contracts in the pandemic era, 2022.
  • Forfeiture clauses in wills, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2021, 161.
  • The right of the mother to refuse parental responsibility to the father who opposed the recognition, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2020, 253.
  • The effect of frustration of contract on guarantor’s liability, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2019, 3.
  • The E-commerce Code of Conduct, in: Legal Issues of Internet Transactions (2nd Conference of Hellenic Scholar’s Association of Commercial & Business Law), 2018, p. 29.
  • Guarantor’s liability and its ancillary character, 2017.
  • Interpretation of Articles 201-210 of 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, 561.
  • Interpretation of Articles 1825-1845 of Civil Code in: Georgiades, Short Commentary of Civil Code, 2013.
  • Interpretation of Articles 999-1032 of Civil Code in: Georgiades, Short Commentary of Civil Code, 2013.
  • Legal Aspects of the Sports’ Fans Interest to view Short News Reports from Football Games on Television, Media & Communication Law (Review) 2013, 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, 721 (with P. Papanikolaou).
  • Life insurance to the benefit of third parties, forced heirship and creditors of the estate, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2011, 407.
  • The limits of jurisdiction of the Technical Chamber’s Court of Arbitration, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2011, 388 (with A. Georgiades).
  • Objection of time limitation and resignation therefrom, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2010, 753.
  • Interpretation of Articles 455-470 of Civil Code in: Georgiades, Short Commentary of Civil Code, 2010.
  • Interpretation of Articles 914-938 of 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, 591.
  • The impossibility of performance due to fault of both the debtor and the creditor, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2009, 673.
  • The obligation of a bank to inform, enlighten and consult its client, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2008, 865.
  • Law 3471/2006 regarding the protection of private life in electronic communication, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2007, 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, 145.
  • The request by the debtor of an assigned receivable to offset towards the assignee, Chronika Idiotikou Dikaiou (Review), 2005, 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 in the Internet - Domain Names, Business & Corporate Law (Review), 1999, 1243.

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