Leda-Maria Pipsou

Leda-Maria Pipsou holds a PhD in Law and is Professor Emerita of the School of Law of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She was born in Thessaloniki in 1956, where she continues to reside. She is a graduate of Anatolia College, Thessaloniki (1974). She graduated from the Faculty of Law, School of Legal, Economic and Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) (1979) with distinction. During her undergraduate studies, she received a four-year honorary scholarship by the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). She completed her postgraduate studies at the Department of Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Law, AUTH, specialising in Civil Procedural Law (1980-1981). She attended advanced training at the Department of Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Cologne, as a scholarship recipient (twice) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). She participated in the teaching of the postgraduate programme in Civil Procedure under the supervision of Professors G. Baumgärtel and H. Prütting, focusing on comparative examination of common institutions of German and Greek civil procedural law. She was declared Doctor of Juridical Science, Faculty of Law, School of Legal, Economic and Political Sciences, AUTH, with distinction (1992). Languages: English (Proficiency, University of Michigan); German (Mittelstufe Diplom, Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki & Goethe-Institut Freiburg); French (Certificat de bonne Connaissance).

She has extensive teaching experience at the Auth Law School:

1. 1993-2023: Teaching of all compulsory and elective courses in Civil Procedural Law in Undergraduate Level.
2. 2002-2026: Participation in teaching all procedural law courses in the Postgraduate Studies Programme “Civil, Civil Procedural and Labour Law in Postgraduate Level.
3. 2005-2007: Teaching at the National School of Judges in the fields of “Law of Enforcement”, “Interim Measures”, and “Private International Procedural Law”.
4. Teaching for several years within the ERASMUS/SOKRATES programme (European Procedural Law) in English and German
5. Teaching in the Interdisciplinary Seminar “Consumer Protection and Contractual Forms of Modern Transactions” (subsequently “Modern Forms of Contracts”).
At the York Europe Campus Law School, she teaches the modules “Civil Procedure Law I”, “Civil Procedure Law II” and “Composite Applications in Private Law” as part of the undergraduate program entitled “Greek Law with Common Law”.

Her professional interests include Civil Procedure Law and International Civil Procedure Law

A. Monographs
1. Enforcement for Omission or Toleration of an Act pursuant to Article 947 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Doctoral Dissertation (1992).
2. Procedural Issues of Actions in Rem (2000).
3. Notice to Creditors in Enforcement Proceedings (2001).
4. Judicial Distribution (2007).
5. The provisional remedy (interim measure) of judicial sequestration according to the Code of Civil Procedure (2010).
Β. Commentaries-Collective Works
1. P. Gesiou-Faltsi/L.M. Pipsou, Law of Enforcement – International Enforcement under European Law (2023) III/β2 (2023): Regulations 44/2001, 2201/2003, 805/2004, 1896/007, 1215/2012, 655/2014, 2019/1111.
2. L.M.Pipsou, Law of Enforcement – International Enforcement under European Law III/γ: Regulations 4/2009, 650/2012, 2016/1103, 2016/1104 (forthcoming).
3. Participation in P. Arvanitakis/E.Vasilakakis, Regulations (EU) 2016/1103 & 2016/2201 in matters of matrimonial property regimes and in matters of the property consequences of registered partnerships. A Commentary (forthcoming).
C. Selected Articles in Law Reviews or Chapters in Books

1. “The Nature of the Procedure for Issuing the Certificate under Article 53 of Regulation 1215/2012 in Cross-Border Enforcement of Decisions in Light of Recent Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union”, Essays in Honour Dimitrios Maniotis, 2021, p. 945 et seq.
2. “The Relationship of Regulation 650/2012 with Property Law and the Law of Matrimonial Property Regimes according to Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union”, Lex&Forum-Comparative Procedural Law and Procedural Harmonisation, Studia in memoriam Peter Gilles, 2021, p. 211 et seq.
3. “Addressing Linguistic Diversity in European Procedural Law”, Lex&Forum. Opera Juris. National and Supranational Legal Space. The contribution of Professor Konstantinos Kerameus to International Procedural Law, 2022, p. 217 et seq.
4. “International Jurisdiction in Matters of Matrimonial Property Regimes and Registered Partnerships under Regulations 2016/1103 and 2016/1104: A Preliminary Approach”, Essays in Honour G. Karympali-Tsiptsiou, 2022, p. 1449 et seq.
5. “Modernisation of Judicial Cooperation in the Cross-Border Taking of Evidence: The New Regulation 2020/1783”, Liber Amicorum K. Kerameus, 2023, p. 953 et seq.
6. “Cross-Border Circulation of Authentic Instruments under Regulation 650/2012”, Lex&Forum. Opera Juris. Free Movement of Judgments and International Enforcement. Tribute to Professor Pelagia Yesiou-Faltsi, 2023, p. 341 et seq.
7. “The Scope of Application of Regulation 650/2012 in Cross-Border Succession Matters”, Dogmatics and Law, Essays in Honour G. Orfanidis (2024), p. 927 et seq.
8. “International Jurisdiction of Courts for Hearing Succession Matters under Regulation 650/2012”, Lex&Forum 1/2024, p. 31 et seq.
9. “International Jurisdiction of Spouses in Matters of Matrimonial Property Regimes and Registered Partnerships”, Lex&Forum 4/2024, p. 811 et seq.
10. Strengthening private autonomy in the field of cross-border property regimes between spouses and registered partners, Essays in Honour E. Sachpekidou (2025), p. 769 et. seq.
10. “The ‘European Authentic Instrument’ of Personal Status under Regulation (EU) 2016/1191”, Essays in Honour E. Koutoupa (forthcoming).