ANNA VENTOURATOU
Dr. Anna Ventouratou is an international lawyer with expertise in International Economic Law. She joined the University of Sheffield in May 2022 as a Lecturer in International Trade Law and currently convenes both the undergraduate and postgraduate International Trade Law modules within the School of Law. She also leads the International Mooting module and serves as academic advisor to the Sheffield team competing in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
Anna’s research interests span a wide spectrum of Public International Law, with a particular focus on international dispute settlement, State responsibility, and the law of treaties, especially as these relate to international trade and investment disputes. Her current projects explore the intersections of gender and trade, and the legality of economic sanctions.
She holds degrees from the University of Oxford (DPhil, MPhil, MJur) and the University of Athens (LLM in Public International Law, LLB), and she was a Fulbright-Schuman Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School. She has taught Public International Law at the University of Oxford as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and served as a law tutor at several Oxford colleges.
Anna also brings extensive experience in international mooting. From 2018 to 2020, she was the Mooting Coordinator at Oxford's Law Faculty. She has coached the Jessup teams of Athens Law School (2016), the University of Oxford (2018), and the University of Sheffield (2025), as well as the WTO mooting teams of Athens and Sheffield (2015 and 2024). As a competitor, she represented Athens Law School in the 2011 Jessup Moot Court (finishing 15th globally and earning 3rd Best Applicant Memorial) and in the 2014 WTO John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition, where her team won the World Finals.
Anna completed her legal traineeship at a leading criminal law firm in Athens (2014–2016) and is a qualified lawyer in Greece, admitted to the Athens Bar. In 2020–2021, she undertook a traineeship with the Legal Service of the European Commission, working with the CFSP and external relations team on matters relating to public international law, including restrictive measures, international cooperation agreements, and investment arbitration.