Alexandros Athanassiou was born in Athens in 1967. He studied law at the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and graduated in 1993.
In 1993 - 1994 he obtained a Master’s degree from the University of Kent, at Canterbury, in the fields of International, European and Commercial Law. His dissertation was on “International Commercial Arbitration”.
In 1995 - 1996 he obtained a Μaster’s degree from the Business School of The City University, in London, in the fields of Shipping, Trade and Finance. His dissertation was on “The European Fiscal and Monetary Union”.
Since 1995 he is an attorney at law and a member of the Athens Bar Association, whilst from 1994 until 2004 he was an associate at the law office “Sarantitis & Partners”.
From 2004 until today he is a partner at “Sarantitis Law Firm”, specializing in several sectors, including the telecoms sector, in Corporate Law, Banking law, Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Shipping and Real Estate.
