Anastasios Gourgourinis is Lecturer in Public International Law at the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, specializing in International Economic Law. He is also a Research Fellow at the Academy of Athens. He holds an LL.B. and an LL.M from the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, as well as an LL.M. (awarded with Distinction) and a Ph.D. from University College London. Anastasios has served in the past as Special Legal Advisor at Greece's Ministry for Development and Competitiveness, and the Ministry of State, advising on issues pertaining to investment, trade and state aid. Currently, he practices with the Athens Bar in Greece.