Katerina M.
Expert
Experience
Jul 2016 - Jan 2017
7 monthsExpert
European Commission/BKP
- Legal mapping and competition assessment of existing legislation
- Legal drafting of new competition law
Jan 2015 - Jul 2015
7 monthsBangladesh
Key Expert - Trade Policy Support Project
European Commission/Cardno
- Reviewing and finalizing the comprehensive trade policy
- Support in trade negotiations training and job descriptions review
- Drafting the final report on component related to the Bangladesh Ministry of Commerce
Dec 2014 - Apr 2015
5 monthsMorocco
Competition Expert
GiZ
- Consulting and training to the Conseil de la Concurrence
Jun 2014 - Present
11 years 6 monthsKey Expert
European Commission/BKP-AESA
- Legal consultancy to strengthen the CSME regulatory and market regimes
- Review of legislation of all Member States and treaty provisions in the area of bankruptcy and securities with a view of deeper integration (single jurisdiction)
- Training of judges on competition issues
Apr 2013 - Jul 2013
4 monthsVanuatu
Key Trade Expert
European Commission/Sofreco
- Enhancing Vanuatu’s SPS and TBT architecture
- Review of WTO related institutions
- Capacity building and training needs assessment for enquiry points, notification authorities and standardization bureau
- Legal review of TBT and SPS related legislation for WTO compliance
- Trainings and workshops
Nov 2011 - Dec 2011
2 monthsBangladesh
Trade Expert
European Commission/Cardno
- Design and organization of the project activity in cooperation with key experts and beneficiaries
- Responsible for all activities at the Ministry of Commerce
Oct 2011 - Apr 2012
7 monthsAzerbaijan
Competition Expert
European Commission/EPLO
Capacity development for enhancing enforcement of copyright and related rights in the Republic of Azerbaijan
Competition analysis and WTO analysis of a proposed system on control marks to be implemented by the Copyright Office of Azerbaijan
Training of customs officers on evidence in copyright infringement
Training of judges on EU competition and IP rules – Copyright
Jun 2011 - Jul 2011
2 monthsAlbania
Competition Expert
European Commission/Human Dynamics
- Technical assistance for strengthening and enforcement of the capacities of the Albanian Copyright Office
- Training on IP and competition issues
Aug 2010 - Apr 2011
9 monthsAlbania
Competition and State Aid Expert
European Commission/GTZ
- Support to the Ministry of European Integration II
- Review of legislation and preparation of gap analysis tables
- Proposals for legislation and policy amendments
- Trainings
Aug 2010 - Dec 2010
5 monthsPolicy Expert
European Commission/KLC
- Survey on liberalisation of service market within a free trade area in the EU conventional practice
May 2010 - Sep 2010
5 monthsMicronesia, Federated States of
Key Trade Policy Expert
European Commission/BKP
- Reviewing trade policy and legislation in the fields of SPS, TBT, investment, IP and competition
- Proposing amendments in existing policy and drafting new legislation with a view of future WTO membership
- Capacity building with view of amending existing laws and policy
Jan 2010 - Jun 2010
6 monthsSyrian Arab Republic
Legal Expert
European Commission/GFA
- Reviewed current trade legislation in Syria
- Reviewed legislative drafting methods and techniques
- Conducted benchmarking exercise to identify best practices in legislative drafting
- Developed a legislative drafting manual for the Ministry of Economy and Trade
- Proposed a forum for consultations of stakeholders throughout the lawmaking process
Oct 2008 - Oct 2008
1 monthBosnia and Herzegovina
Trade Expert
European Commission/Maxwell
- Reviewed national trade legislation and assessed compliance with WTO agreements, CEFTA and SAA
- Drafted proposals for amendment of existing legislation to ensure compliance
Apr 2008 - Jun 2009
1 year 3 monthsMoldova, Republic of
Competition Expert
European Commission/HRTA/ADE
- Drafted a twinning fiche for the Agency for Competition in Moldova
- Identified existing legislative gaps and included concrete proposals for introducing secondary legislation
- Proposed coordination between ministries on state aid issues
- Proposed cooperation and trainings of various stakeholders
Mar 2008 - Nov 2009
1 year 9 monthsMorocco
Trainer and Legal Expert
European Commission/GTZ
- Twinning project: Competition
- Trained the Moroccan Competition Authority on leniency, cartels, setting fines and investigation process
- Supported the legislative process and capacity building
- Reviewed and proposed amendments of existing law on competition (merger control)
- Introduced secondary legislation and guidelines
- Reviewed the role of the Competition Council and proposed amendments
- Assisted with drafting of internal procedures and charts of cooperation between various agencies
Nov 2007 - Mar 2008
5 monthsIndonesia
Trade Expert
European Commission/Soges
- Training for trainers and stakeholders on the TBT Agreement, WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism and SPS agreement
- Notification procedures and best practices
- Overview training on all WTO agreements (antidumping, safeguards, SCM, rules of origin, pre-shipment inspection, import licensing)
- Reviewed notification procedures
Aug 2007 - Dec 2007
5 monthsMoldova, Republic of
Competition and State Aid Expert
European Commission/European Profiles
- Support to PCA and WTO implementation and to EU/Moldova European neighbourhood policy action plan
- Reviewed EU and Moldovan legislation on state aid/subsidies and competition based on PCA and WTO obligations
- Drafted amendments to ensure compliance
- Proposed adoption of secondary legislation
- Drafted the state aid law
May 2007 - Jul 2007
3 monthsTurkey
Legal Expert
European Commission/GTZ
- Capacity improvement in the field of economic and social cohesion
- Training on structural funds, international financial institutions, state aids and public procurement
- Training on EU funding, pre-accession funding, EU budget and EC-EIB joint funding activities
Apr 2007 - Oct 2007
7 monthsBulgaria
Competition and State Aid Expert
European Commission/GTZ
- EU Twinning II: Policy designing and programming for competitiveness at the Ministry of Economy and Energy
- Checked compliance of government support measures with EU legislation
- Assisted with drafting of aid schemes
Apr 2007 - Oct 2007
7 monthsBosnia and Herzegovina
Legal Trainer/Expert
European Commission/Sofreco
EU Support for Competition and State Aid in BiH
Training on state aid (subsidies) in agriculture, fisheries and transport: finalised training programme, prepared training materials and carried out the training
Completed a training evaluation report
Preparation of annual report on state aid: reviewed approaches to state aid reporting by Member States and pre-Accession countries, reviewed available materials on state aid in BiH, conducted fact-finding meetings with key ministries, completed a final draft of the state aid annual report
Feb 2007 - May 2007
4 monthsRussian Federation
Legal Expert
European Commission/EP
- Technical assistance to the Federal Antimonopoly Service for the impact assessment of competition policy
- Identified methods of impact assessment of competition law and policy
- Established working groups in e-communications and electricity
- Reviewed existing legislation and submitted proposals for policy amendment in the field of e-communications
Nov 2006 - Feb 2007
4 monthsRussian Federation
Public Procurement Expert
European Commission/Progeco
- Public Procurement Reform II: assessment of Russian legislation on public procurement and recommendations for reform
- Reporting on public procurement law of the EU and Member States with examples and advice for legislative reform
- Reporting on WTO Agreement on Government Procurement and advice for legislative reform
- Reviewing the PCA between Russia and the EU and relevant public procurement rules
- Reporting on complaint mechanisms and remedies at national, EU and WTO levels with recommendations for institution building and legislative reform
- Training of officials on public procurement law and best practices
- Proposals for redrafting public procurement legislation and review of technical barriers to procurement markets
May 2006 - Oct 2006
6 monthsBulgaria
Competition Expert
European Commission/GTZ
- Twinning project: Policy designing and programming for competitiveness at the Ministry of Economy and Energy
- Reviewed operational programme for state aid issues and conducted ex-ante evaluation of existing and proposed policies and schemes
- Provided recommendations and assisted drafting schemes in the operational programme
- Identified problematic areas based on state aid law and gaps in existing schemes
- Recommended alternative solutions and trained general staff, specialised legal team and associated agencies
- Assisted in designing guarantee funds, micro-loan funds and venture capital funds for SME promotion based on state aid rules
Sep 2005 - Feb 2006
6 monthsBelgium
Legal Expert
O’Connor & Company
- WTO/market access/public-private cooperation: prepared a training paper on offensive trade policies and practices in the context of public-private dialogue
- Prepared a workshop on the treatment of subsidies on agricultural products in view of WTO accession for Ukrainian officials
Jul 2005 - Jul 2005
1 monthKyrgyzstan
Election Observer
OSCE
- Short term election observer
May 2005 - Sep 2005
5 monthsBelgium
Legal Expert
European Commission/DG Trade/O’Connor & Company
- Reviewed international trade agreements signed between Member States and third countries
- Evaluated trade provisions (customs, frontier trade, FTAs, investment provisions) vis-à-vis WTO agreements and bilateral agreements
- Drafted assessment and evaluation tables for each agreement covering MFN provisions on goods, services and IPRs; national treatment and market access; SPS provisions; limitations and exemptions (quotas, certificates of origin, administrative procedures, TBTs, NTBs, cabotage)
Feb 2002 - Nov 2004
2 years 10 monthsBelgium
Solicitor/Lawyer
Simmons & Simmons
- Competition law: anti-competitive agreements, cartels, abuse of dominant position, natural monopolies, vertical relationships, mergers, multi-jurisdictional mergers
- Drafted proposals for amendment of existing legislation within official consultations
- State aid: advised on existence of aid, monitored notification and advised on defence mechanisms for companies
- Competition law enforcement: complaints and administrative procedure
- Training, workshops and competition compliance guidelines for private sector
- Pled before the EC Court of First Instance, Luxembourg (Dispute, EU Competition law, Case T-67/00)
- WTO/International Trade: represented a non-EU steel exporter in the EU/US steel safeguards dispute
- Established a state aid observatory in Brussels with monthly newsletters and training
- Lectured on EC competition and state aid law for the University of Athens
Dec 2000 - Feb 2002
1 year 3 monthsUnited Kingdom
Legal Assistant
Norton Rose
- Competition law: anti-competitive agreements, cartels, abuse of dominant position, vertical relationships, mergers and multi-jurisdictional mergers
- State aid: advised on schemes addressed by the UK Ministry of Defence and transport sector public-private partnerships
- Competition law enforcement: complaints and administrative procedure
- Training, workshops and competition compliance guidelines for private sector
- Industries: energy, telecoms, transport, retailing
Nov 1998 - Feb 2000
1 year 4 monthsGreece
Lawyer
Independent
- Commercial law and contracts, pleading before courts and enforcement of judgments
- International/EC law: free movement of persons and freedom of establishment in immigration and setting up subsidiaries of foreign companies
Oct 1996 - Feb 1998
1 year 5 monthsGreece
Trainee Lawyer
Avramopoulos & Partners
- Commercial law and contracts, pleading before courts and enforcement of judgments
- International trade work: MFN and national treatment provisions in regional/bilateral agreements on freedom of establishment and investment
Nov 1995 - Oct 1996
1 yearGreece
Trainee Lawyer
Efstratiades-Petmezas
- Commercial law and contracts, pleading before courts and enforcement of judgments
- International trade work: MFN and national treatment in international shipping and customs duties on cargo
Summary
Experienced lawyer and international legal expert with more than 20 years of experience, both in law firms as well as supporting governments around the world as a legal expert. The gap in my legal career after 2017 has been due to motherhood, as I could no longer continue the field work. During this prolonged parental leave(2018-2025) I developed an international fashion brand and two real estate/tourist projects.
Languages
Greek
NativeEnglish
NativeFrench
AdvancedRussian
ElementaryEducation
Oct 1998 - Jun 1999
London School of Economics
MSc · Politics of World Economy · London, United Kingdom
Oct 1996 - Jun 1998
University of Athens
MA · European and International Studies · Athens, Greece
Oct 1991 - Jun 1995
University of Thessaloniki
BA · Law · Thessaloniki, Greece
Certifications & licenses
Dikigoros
Athens Bar
Solicitor
Law Society of England and Wales
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