Makrina C. Choidou

Makrina Choidou holds a PhD from the Faculty of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in the field of Civil Law. Her doctoral thesis, entitled “The Determination of the Amount of Monetary Satisfaction for Non-Pecuniary Damage”, was published by Sakkoulas (2020). She is admitted to the Thessaloniki Bar Association and serves as Legal Counsel to “Ethniki – Hellenic General Insurance Company S.A.”, “Geniki Taxydromiki Courier Services S.A.”, “Mandoulides Schools S.A.”, as well as to commercial companies operating in the export sector. She has extensive experience on litigation and advisory practice with emphasis on corporate and civil law.

Within the framework of the programme “Acquisition of Academic Teaching Experience for Early-Career PhD Holders 2022–2023” at the International Hellenic University, she taught Labour Law and Commercial Law at the International Hellenic University.

At the York Europe Campus Law School, she teaches the modules “General Principles of Civil Law I” and “General Principles of Civil Law II” as part of the Undergraduate Programme titled “Greek Law with Elements of English Law”, as well as the courses “Issues in the Law of Legal Persons and Commercial Companies” and the module “Electronic Commerce and Legal Technologies” as part of the Postgraduate Programme titled “Business Law”.

Civil Law, Corporate Law.

A. Monographs

“The Determination of the Amount of Monetary Satisfaction for Non-Pecuniary Damage”, Sakkoulas, 2020.

B. Articles in Law Reviews

1. “Standard Terms and Conditions in Banking and Financial Agreements,” Conference Proceedings of the Consumer Law Association, Komotini, 2024.
2. “The Scope of Cassation Review over the Amount of Monetary Satisfaction for Non-Pecuniary Damage,” Review of Private Insurance Law (Ep.Dik.I.A.), 2022, p. 209.
3. “The Defence under Civil Code Article 281 as a Limitation to the Creditor’s Right of Preference under Civil Code Article 482 in Passive Joint and Several Obligations,” Chronicles of Private Law (ChrID), 2022, p. 786.
4. “Loans Denominated in Swiss Francs – Does Civil Code Article 291 Resolve or Perpetuate the Problem?” Business and Company Law (DEE), 2021, p. 898.
5. “Monetary Satisfaction for Non-Pecuniary Damage in Contractual Liability – Reflections on Supreme Court Judgment 920/2018 and Patras Single-Member Court of First Instance Judgment 35/2020,” Applications of Civil Law (EfAD), 2021, p. 835.
6. “Reflections on the Award of Monetary Satisfaction for Injury to the Personality Rights of Legal Entities, Particularly Commercial Companies,” Commercial Law Review (EpEmpD), 2021, p. 33.
7. “Key Aspects of Abuse of Rights in Civil Law Based on Contemporary Case Law,” Pro Justitia, Electronic Law Review of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School, June 2019.
8. Editor and contributor, “Legal Newsletter – Digest of Judicial Decisions of the Thessaloniki Courts,” Thessaloniki Bar Association (2016–2018).
9. “Autonomous Protection of Possession,” Pro Justitia, Electronic Law Review of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School, May 2017.