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Christos Kazantzis is a law degree holder of the Law School of the Democritus University of Thrace and a graduate of the School of International Economic Relations of the University of Veliko Turnovo in Bulgaria.

He obtained a PhD in Administrative Law and Administrative Procedural Law from the Law School of the “Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia in 2010, after receiving a scholarship by the Greek Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Bulgaria. He also obtained a PhD in Constitutional Law from the Law Department of the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in 2013.

He has pursued postgraduate studies in Greece (Democritus University of Thrace and University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki) and abroad (London University, Harvard University, Georgetown University, University of Sofia, University of Veliko Turnovo)

·     in the field of Public Law, specializing in Constitutional Law,

·     Administrative Law and European Public Law,

·     in the field of Criminal Law (financial crime) and

·     in the field of Private International Law (international arbitration)

·     and he has also completed his Master’s degree in International Economic Relations.

Christos Kazantzis is a Greek Supreme Court lawyer and the Managing Director of the international law firm “Kazantzis and Associates”. He has expanded his legal services to Germany, Cyprus and Bulgaria through respective law firms, mainly acting as a Legal Advisor of risk for companies with business operation in Southeastern Europe and Central Asia. He has been a Legal Advisor of the Municipality of Thessaloniki since 2007. He is the President of the Greek-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Northern Greece, a member of the Association of Greek Constitutional Experts, a member and a research associate of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, an associate of the European Public Law Center (EPLC), a member of the American Hellenic Institute (AHI) and an associate of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He is a visiting professor at the Law Schools of the University of Sofia and the University of Plovdiv and he is also a professor at the Larnaca College University of Cyprus, where he teaches European Public Law.

He was a Legal Advisor of the “Hellenic Bank”, a Scientific and Academic Adviser of the American College of Thessaloniki and also a Project Coordinator of a World Bank Program aimed at facilitating transport and trade in the Balkans.

He has represented Greece in Strasburg and Brussels as a member of the Greek delegation of NATO. He is a Greek representative of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Eastern European countries aiming at the democratic conduct of elections in these countries.

He was a political analyst and a journalist on Balkan and Southeast European affairs in the Information Division of the Hellenic Television (ET3).

He has participated as a rapporteur in political, legal, financial and diplomatic conferences in Greece and abroad. He writes articles in Greek, Bulgarian, Russian and English for the international scientific and academic journals of the Universities of Sofia, Plovdiv, Moscow, Kiev and Tashkent, as well as of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxemburg.

Published books:

in Greek, Bulgarian and English 1. “The Legal Status of Regulatory Administrative Acts in Greece and Bulgaria – a Comparative Study” (2010) and 2. “The Judicial Review of the Constitutionality of Laws in Greece, Bulgaria, Europe and America – a Comparative Study” (2014, courtesy of the publishing house of the “Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia in Bulgaria).