Christos Efthymiou

Christos Efthymiou holds a PhD in Civil Procedural Law from the Law School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. During the years 2021-2023, he conducted postdoctoral research on topic“The Legal Position of the Successful Bidder in Enforcement Proceedings for the Satisfaction of Monetary Claims”, published as a monograph.

He is admitted to the Thessaloniki Bar Association, currently qualified to practice before the Hellenic Supreme Court (Areios Pagos). He is in-house Counsel at Piraeus Bank S.A., with proven litigation and advisory experience, including non-performing loan recovery, banking litigation, phishing-related dispute management, and the provision of legal opinion, inter alia, s on matters such as assignment of claims, pledge creation, and issues concerning the Bank’s branch network and business units. He is Legal Counsel of export-oriented Société Anonymes, providing ongoing corporate advisory services. Chistos has extensive experience on litigation and advisory practice with emphasis on corporate law, banking law, and law of enforcement.

As an Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2023), he had undertaken independent teaching duties, including full course instruction and examination for the elective courses “Interim Measures,” “Voluntary Jurisdiction,” and “International and European Civil Procedural Law.” He also conducted tutorial sessions for core courses of the Law School (Civil Procedure I – General Part; Law of Enforcement), and prepared and delivered related teaching materials.

At the York Europe Campus Law School, he teaches the modules “Civil Procedure Law I”, “Civil Procedure Law II”, “Special Procedure – Non-Contentious Proceedings”, “Alternative Dispute Resolution” and “Composite Applications in Private Law” as part of the undergraduate program entitled “Greek Law with Common Law”.

Civil Procedure Law, Company Law, Banking Law

A. Monographs

1. “The Prohibition of Disposal under the Greek Code of Civil Procedure (Declaratory Proceedings and Enforcement)”, EPoLD Publications Series, Series No. 17, 2018, Sakkoulas Publications, Athens–Thessaloniki, pp. XIX + 504
2. “The Legal Position of the Successful Bidder in Enforcement Proceedings for the Satisfaction of Monetary Claims”, Studies in Civil Law & Civil Procedure Series, Series No. 11, 2023, Nomiki Bibliothiki Publications, pp. XVII + 252.

B. Selected Articles in Law Reviews or Chapters in Books

1. “The ‘Private Sale’ of Seized Immovable Property under Article 998 § 6 CCP,” published in EADPD, 2019, p. 857 ff.
2. Code of Civil Procedure – Article-by-Article Commentary, edited by Professor of Civil Procedural Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ch. Apalagaki, specifically:  Vol. I: Articles 495–537 CCP,  Vol. II: Articles 622B, 738A CCP (6th edition, 2019)
3. Templates for Interim Measures, edited by Professor of Civil Procedural Law at the Democritus University of Thrace, Stylianos Stamatopoulos (1st edition, 2019)
4. Code of Civil Procedure – Article-by-Article Commentary after Laws 4842/2021 & 4855/2021, edited by Professors Ch. Apalagaki and S. Stamatopoulos, including authorship of commentary on the following provisions: Vol. I (2022): Articles 225–232, 261–262, 265–268, 300–321, 321–322, 324–334, 495–582 CCP, Vol. II (2022): Articles 622B, 738A, 982–991B CCP
5. Templates for Voluntary Jurisdiction, 2nd edition (2022), edited by N. Leontis, Areopagite (retired)
6. Templates for Interim Measures, edited by Professor Stylianos Stamatopoulos, 2nd edition (2023)
7. The New Code of Civil Procedure – Article-by-Article Commentary (after Laws 4842/2021 & 4855/2021), edited by Professors Ch. Apalagaki and S. Stamatopoulos, including commentary on:  Vol. I (2022): Articles 225–232, 261–262, 265–268, 300–321, 321–322, 324–334, 495–582 CCP,  Vol. II (2022): Articles 622B, 738A, 982–991B CCP
8. “The Pre-Enforcement Procedure and the Commencement of Cross-Border Enforcement of Intra-EU Judgments under Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 (Brussels Ia),” published in EADPD, 2022, p. 254 ff.
9. “Admissibility of Application for Restitution under Article 914 CCP against a Highest Bidder who has also Declared a Secured Claim,” published in EADPD, 2024, p. 241 ff.
10. The New Code of Civil Procedure – Article-by-Article Commentary, edited by Professors Ch. Apalagaki and S. Stamatopoulos, including commentary on: Vol. I: Articles 225–232, 261–262, 265–268, 300–321, 321–322, 324–334, 495–582 CCP, Vol. II: Articles 622B, 738A, 982–991B CCP (forthcoming)