2025 EDITION
The 10th Summer Law School on International Investment Law, co-organized annually since 2016 by ELSA Athens and the Athens Public International Law Center (Athens PIL) of the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, under the academic supervision of Assistant Professor Anastasios Gourgourinis, will take place in Athens between July 13 and July 20, 2025.
The Summer Law School on International Investment Law 2025 will consist of more than 30 hours of interactive lectures and workshops over 6 days, and will provide participants with all the essential tools to grasp the key aspects of international investment law, while also addressing some of the currently “hottest topics” of the field. The programme will also feature a Skills Training Workshop on Written and Oral Advocacy in Investment Arbitration offered by ICDR Y&I.
Confirmed faculty members of the Summer Law School on International Investment Law 2025 include (in alphabetical order):
- John A. Apsouris (Group General Counsel, HELLENiQ ENERGY & Chair of the Legal Issue Group of Fuels Europe, a division of the European Petroleum Refiners Association)
- Walid Ben Hamida (Professor of Law, University of Lille)
- Magdalena Bulit Goñi (Consultant in International Law, Contract Law and Regulatory Law; Special Advisor for Academic Development at Sciences Po)
- Panagiotis Chalkias (Associate, White & Case S.A., Geneva)
- Carlo de Stefano (Assistant Professor of International law, Università degli Studi Roma Tre)
- Michail Dekastros (Senior Managing Associate, Sidley Austin LLP, Geneva)
- Sara Nicola D’Sousa (Future Trainee Solicitor at Ropes & Gray, London)
- Athina Fouchard Papaefstratiou (Independent Arbitrator, AFP Arbitration; Member of the ICC Court; Treasurer of the CIArb European Branch; FCIArb; Member of the arbitration committee of ICC Greece; Founding member of AfricArb and of GreekWIAG)
- Anastasios Gourgourinis (Assistant Professor in Public International Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Law; Athens PIL)
- Enikő Horváth (International Disputes Counsel and Arbitrator)
- Ursula Kriebaum (Professor of Public International Law, University of Vienna)
- Andreas Kulick (Professor and Chair of Public International Law and Public Law, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
- Dimitrios Kyriazis (Assistant Professor of EU Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
- Alexander G. Leventhal (Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Paris)
- Jake Lowther (Specialist Counsel at SCC Arbitration Institute)
- Sebastián Mantilla Blanco (Assistant Professor of International Economic Law, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy)
- Natalia Mouzoula (Associate, Anjarwalla Collins & Haidermota, Dubai)
- Thomas-Nektarios Papanastasiou (Assistant Professor of Public International Law, Neapolis University, Pafos)
- Michail Risvas (Lecturer in Law, University of Southampton)
- Catharine Titi (Research Associate Professor, CNRS-CERSA, University Paris II Panthéon- Assas)
- Marios Tokas (PhD Candidate, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva)
- Maciej Zenkiewicz (Assistant Professor - Chair of International Law, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland)
PARTICIPATION FEES
ELSA Member from a favoured country - 365€
ELSA Member from a non-favoured country - 405€
Member of a Partner Organisation - 450€
ELSA Alumni - 450€
Non-member - 470€
Information about the participation fee, logistics etc are available here: https://lawschools.elsa.org/lawschool/sels-athens-on-international-investment-law/
Application period closes on April 20, 2025.
The application form can be found here. Places are limited.