Costas Vainanidis

Costas is a senior Partner at Vainanidis Economou & Associates Law Firm, a prominent Greek firm renowned for its wide-ranging expertise in corporate and commercial law, with a particular focus on antitrust and unfair competition law. Costas specializes in advising clients and representing them in litigation before both Greek and international Civil and Administrative Courts. His areas of practice include Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law, Franchising, Distribution & Agency, Mergers & Acquisitions, Commercial and Company Law, Private International Law, International Trade Law, Public Procurement, Public Works, Food Law, Labelling, Medical Law, Product Liability, Consumer Protection, Property Law, and Inheritance Law.

Costas has contributed to several comparative law surveys on antitrust and unfair competition law, mergers & acquisitions, corporate law, civil law, and inheritance law. His work has been published by esteemed organizations such as the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the Association of European Lawyers, the Association Europeene des Avocats, and prominent publishers including Butterworths, ESC Publishing Ltd., Graham & Trotman, Sweet & Maxwell, Kluwer, and J. Wiley & Sons.

Costas is the Greek correspondent for the legal journals European Competition Law Review (E.C.L.R.) and International Trade Law & Regulation (Int.T.L.R.), published by Sweet & Maxwell in the UK. He has spoken at more than fifteen international antitrust law conferences in Athens, Oxford, Cambridge, and Madrid. Known for his expertise in competition law, Costas has given, at the request of the Minister of Commerce, educational lectures to the staff of the Secretariat of the Greek Competition Committee. Additionally, acting on behalf of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he has submitted proposals to the Greek Government for revising national antitrust and unfair competition laws.

Costas holds a Law degree (LL.B.) and a degree in Political Sciences and Public Law (B.Sc.) from the University of Athens. He was also awarded a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from University College London, where he specialized in European Competition Law and studied European Law and Carriage of Goods by Sea.