Prof. Dr. Nikos Lavranos, LLM

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Nikos is an expert in investment law & arbitration who has expertise in advising, litigating, negotiating, drafting legislation and providing expert witness reports.

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His clients are both investors and States.

He combines his experience as arbitrator, mediator, legal consultant, academic and former policy maker and chief negotiator for Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs).

In addition to investment law & arbitration, Nikos also covers WTO law, EU law and the interaction between public international law, European law and national law.

Nikos studied law at the J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He obtained his LL.M. (cum laude) and PhD degrees from Maastricht University, the Netherlands. In 2008-2009 Nikos was Max Weber Fellow at the EUI in Florence, Italy.

He is permanent contributor to the Kluwer Arbitration blog, Borderlex, the EFILA blog and the Practical Law Arbitration blog.

He can provide his services in English, Dutch and German. Moreover, he understands French, Greek and Italian.

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Nikos has a fast, sharp and creative mind

Nikos is an outstanding expert on intra-EU BITs issues

Nikos offers his expertise to a variety of clients, such as for example:

  • first Secretary General of EFILA
  • Guest Professor "International Arbitration", Leiden University, Law Faculty
  • Guest Professor "International Arbitration & Climate Change" Vienna University, Law Faculty
  • Member of Herreveld van den Hurk (HHP Chambers)
  • Senior Advisor at Grayston & Company
  • Of Counsel at Wöss & Partners
  • Arbitrator for EU trade and investment agreements
  • Arbitrator for the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI)
  • Arbitrator for the South China International Arbitration Center (HK) (the SCIAHK) 
  • Arbitrator for the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA)
  • Arbitrator for the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)
  • Arbitrator and Mediator for the Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC)
  • Arbitrator for the Energy Disputes Arbitration Centre (EDAC)
  • Mediator for the Energy Community
  • Mediator for the Asia International Arbitration Centre
  • Guest Professor 'International Investment Law' at the Global Master’s Program in Law, Kobe University Graduate School of Law, Japan
  • Co-Editor-in-Chief of the European Investment Law and Arbitration Review 
  • Senior Associate at Trade Impact
  • Senior Outreach Fellow at the WTI, Bern