Maria Fanou

Dr Maria Fanou is a Référendaire at the Court of Justice of the European Union. Her research interests focus on, international economic law (esp. international investment law), international dispute resolution (esp. international arbitration), and EU law. Maria is also a Postdoctoral Researcher and an Assistant Editor of the Kluwer Arbitration Blog. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in International Arbitration at Queen Mary University (CCLS, School of International Arbitration) and a Visiting Lecturer at the Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS, University of Kent). Maria has also held visiting research positions at various institutions including the Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law in Luxembourg where she was a Visiting Scholar (Scholarship 2018), the BU Pardee Center for the Study of Europe and the Harvard Law School, where she was a Fulbright Schuman Scholar.

Maria completed her Ph.D. at the European University Institute in Florence, a Bachelor's Degree in Law (LL.B.) and a Postgraduate Diploma (Master) in Civil Law at the University of Athens, as well as postgraduate studies at the University of Cambridge (LL.M.) and Harvard Law School (LL.M.). She has gained practical experience in dispute resolution and, in particular, international arbitration in law firms in Athens, Brussels, and Paris.