Areas of Expertise: Contract and Civil Liability Law, Property Law, Commercial Law, Energy Law, Competition Law, Financial Crisis Law.

Arbitration experience: energy sector, concession contracts, construction and project management contracts etc.

Languages: Greek, German, English.

Education: Law degree from the Department of Law of the University of Athens, PhD (Dr.jur) from J.W. Goethe Universität – Frankfurt am Main) (dissertation subject: “Das System der Haftung der Banken bei Aktienemissionen über die Börse – Bank liability for share issues on stock markets – 2003 – supervisor: Prof. Dr. Manfred Wolf).

Published articles and studies (indicative list): Electricity and Contract Law (2018), Compensation of investors and capital market law (2012), Knowledge of legal entities – Towards a theory of accountability for the needs of praxis (2009), Designing Contracts, Athens-Thessaloniki (2003), Financial crisis and contract law (DEE 2011, 11-22), Die neugewonnene Bedeutung klassischer Vertragsrechtstheorien angesichts der aktuellen europӓischen Wirtschaftskrise (Universitӓt Fribourg – Institut für Europarecht – Switzerland 2014)

Professional Career: Prof. Liappis is Secretary of the Greek Department of the European Court of Arbitration, Member of the Greek Department of the European Court of Arbitration, Arbitrator in the Arbitration & Mediation Organization of the Greek-German Chamber, Member of the Society for Judicial Studies, Treasurer of the Union of Civil Law Jurists, Member of the Society for Commercial and Business Law Studies, Member of the Society for Bank and Capital Market Law and he has also been appointed substitute member of the National Authority for Personal Data Protection.