Conference on Commercial and Competition Law
When: Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 8:45 AM - 7:00 PM
Where: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiou 30, Amphitheatro Alkis Argyriadis
30 Panepistimiou Street
10679 Athens Greece
08:30 REGISTRATION
09:00 WELCOME
Dean Prof. Dr. Dr. Konstantinos CHRISTODOULOU, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
09:00 – 11.00 PANEL 1: Modern Issues of CORPORATE LAW
Chair Prof. Xin TANG, Tsinghua University
Prof. Liu JUNHAI, Renmin University
On the Substantive Veil Piercing of Corporate Groups: A Creditor Protection Mechanism in the Event of Corporate Governance Failure
Prof. George SOTIROPOULOS, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Related Parties Transactions in EU Law
Prof. Xu HAIYAN, University of International Business and Economics
Multilateralism in International Tax Reform: A Review of the OECD/G20 BEPS Package
Dr. Zhuozhuo LI, Renmin University
The Private Law Consequences of Directors' Self-Dealing
Dr. Kanellos KLAMARIS, Post-Doctoral Researcher, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Resetting Greece’s Company Law: Reform Through Lower Transaction Costs
11.00-11.30: Tea and Coffee Break
11.30-13.30 PANEL 2: Modern Issues of CAPITAL MARKETS AND FINANCIAL LAW
Chair Prof. Junhai LIU, Renmin University
Anastasia STAMOU, Vice-Chairman, Hellenic Capital Markets Commission
Crypto-assets and enforcement
Prof. George MENTIS, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Cash vs book/digital money - A plaidoyer against the abolition of cash
Prof. Xin TANG, Tsingua University
Causation in False Statements During Private Placements of Shares
Assistant Prof. Ioannis LINARITIS, Democritus University of Thrace
Artificial Intelligence in Wealth Management services
Honorary Prof. Konstantina BOURAZERI-MOHR, Leipzig University
Regulation of Energy trading- Key elements of REMIT II
13.30-14.30 Light Lunch
14.30-16.30 PANEL 3: Modern Issues of COMPETITION LAW
Chair Prof. Alexandra MIKROULEA (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Hara NIKOLOPOULOU, Vice President, Hellenic Competition Commission
Competition Law Enforcement in digital markets: challenges and policy options
Prof. Chenying ZHANG, Tsinghua University
Challenges and Responses in Merger Control
Prof. Jochen MOHR, Leipzig University
Digital markets Act-Legal Basis and Current Developments
Associate Prof. Efi KININI, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Gaps in merger control law and tools to fill them
Assistant Prof. Triantafyllos STAVRAKIDIS, University of Aegean
International Private Law Issues and Digital Platforms
16.30-17.00 Tea and Coffee Break
17.00-18.30 PANEL 4: Developments in FDI (FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS) LAW
Chair Prof. Ioannis KOKKORIS, Queen Mary University London
Prof. Ioannis KOKKORIS, Queen Mary University London,
Interplay between FDI & Merger Control
Prof. Alexandra MIKROULEA, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
New trends and challenges in FDI, Outbound investments and Mergers. Economic nationalism or Protection of national public interests?
Assistant Professor Dimitris KYRIAZIS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Interplay between FSR & Merger Control