Dr. Nicholas Mouttotos

Aug 2021 - YUFE Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bremen Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law Project title: Towards an Informed Choice of Law? Interdependencies between Substantive and Procedural Means of Consumer Protection in Private International Law (Young Universities for the Future of Europe Postdoctoral Scheme “European Identity and Responsibilities in a Global World”)

Feb 2015 - April 2021 PhD, Maastricht University Faculty of Law, Department of Private Law, Maastricht, the Netherlands Manuscript title: The impact of Europeanization upon the legal system of Cyprus: more pieces on the mosaic

Date of award: April 19^th 2021

Research focuses on European private law, Contract Theory, European contract law and the financial crisis, Comparative law and theory, Law & Economics.

Under the supervision of Professor Jan Smits and Dr. Agustin Parise

Scholarship by the Max Planck Institute for European, International and Comparative Procedural Law (Visiting Scholar at the Institute)

Scholarship by the Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation

Sept 2013 – Aug 2014 Maastricht University, Faculty of Law, European Law School, Maastricht, the Netherlands Graduate of the European Law School Master’s Programme, “Free track” – combination of the EU law and Ius Commune specializations

Emphasis on: providing an in-depth knowledge of European Union law, the manner in which it affects the national legal order of the Member States, Comparative Law and its methods.

Sept 2015 – Mar 2016 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Centre of Continuing Education and Training, E-learning Course Law & Economics, Professor Aristides Hatzis

Sept 2008 – May 2012 University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, Department of Law, Nicosia, Cyprus LL. B. Ptychion of Law (J.D. equivalent)

8,71/10 (First Class, “excellent”)

LL.B. Dissertation: Party Autonomy as a private solution to a state-centred problem

Summer 2013 Hague Academy of International Law, Private International Law Session, Certificate of Attendance

Summer 2011 University of Cyprus - Queen’s University, Belfast – Mykolas  Romeris University Erasmus Intensive Program

Summer 2010 Tulane Law School, Summer Program Rhodos I, J.D. courses on Admiralty & Law of the Sea

see study program 2021/22 course catalogue

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