Profile
 

PhD title: Re-assessing the Principle of Full Reparation in International Investment Law

Expected completion date January 2027

PhD supervisor: Fuad Zarbiyev 

Vasiliki is a Greek-qualified lawyer and a Ph.D. candidate in International Law, admitted with full scholarship via the fast-track procedure. She holds a Master’s in International Law from the Institute (summa cum laude), as well as an LL.M. in Public International Law (summa cum laude) and an LL.B. (magna cum laude) from the University of Athens. She has previously worked as a legal intern with the ICSID Secretariat, as a trainee lawyer at the legal department of the Bank of Greece, and as a legal intern with the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs twice. Her academic and professional research mainly focuses on public international law, treaty interpretation, law of international responsibility, and international dispute settlement, with a particular focus on international arbitration.
 

Publications & Works

• V. Dritsa (co-authored with C. Furner and V. Bykova), ‘Jurisprudence of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in Setting Aside and Revision Proceedings Involving Investment Arbitration Awards (2020 to 2022): Strengthening Switzerland as a Pro-Arbitration Jurisdiction’, Jus Mundi (forthcoming, August 2023)
• V. Dritsa, ‘Intellectual Property rights and International Investment law: A critical approach’, ELSA De Jure Law Journal (August, 2019)
   

Research interest 

• International law 
• Settlement of international disputes 
• International arbitration (investment & commercial) 
• Law of international responsibility 
• Treaty interpretation 
• International economic law 
• International environmental law
   

ACADEMIC CERTIFICATES

• ABA International Arbitration Skills Masterclass, American Bar Association (2023) 
• TradeLab International Economic Law Clinic, Geneva Graduate Institute & Georgetown University (2023) 
• Paris Arbitration Academy, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas & Sciences Po (2022) 
• Summer school on International Investment Law, European Law Students’ Association (2018) 
• Trade Law Clinic, University of Athens (2017 - 2018)
   

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES

• International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Washington DC – Legal Intern 
• Bank of Greece, Legal Department, Athens Greece – Trainee Lawyer
• Potamitis Vekris Law Firm, Top Tier Law Firm specializing in Corporate Law, Competition Law, Litigation and Arbitration,  Athens Greece – Trainee Lawyer
• Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Treaties Office, Athens Greece -  Legal Intern 
• Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Energy and External Policy Department, Athens Greece -  Legal Intern
   

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS

• Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID), Full scholarship recipient for the Ph.D. (admitted via the fast-track procedure) (2023-2024) 
• Paris Arbitration Academy, Hogan Lovells full scholarship (July 2022) 
• Mylonas Scholarship - FERIS Foundation (2021-2022)
• Award of Academic Merit by H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic & the Law School’s Dean, for the academic performance in the European Human Rights Moot Court Competition, organized by the Council of Europe and the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA International) (July 2016) 
• Hellenic Petroleum Scholarship, awarded for having scored 19.250/20 in the Pan-Hellenic University Entrance Examinations, the highest grade achieved in the region of Attica, Greece (2015) 
• Eurobank S.A. Scholarship, awarded as a recognition of my academic excellence in the Pan-Hellenic University Entrance Examinations (2014)