Dimitrios Christodoulou is an Assistant Professor of Commercial Law at the Law Faculty of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a member of the Piraeus Bar Association. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Southampton, Faculty of Law, a LL.M. degree from Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. and a LL.M. degree from New York University School of Law, New York, NY, U.S.A. Principal areas of interest include insurance law, maritime law, business law and company law and related litigation. He is a Member of the Board of Directors and Special Secretary of the Hellenic Maritime Law Association and a member to several scientific associations. His publications include monographs, chapters in collective books and articles on maritime and insurance law, company law and financial law.