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Professor Takis Tridimas, Professor of European Law, King's College London.
Professor Takis Tridimas, Professor of European Law, King's College London.

Professor Takis Tridimas

Professor of European Law

  • Co-Director, Centre of European Law

Research interests

  • Law

Biography

Professor Takis Tridimas is a leading scholar in the field of European Union law. He is one of the most frequently quoted authors by Advocates General of the European Court of Justice and, on matters of EU law, by English courts. He joined King’s College in September 2013. Before then, he was the Sir John Lubbock Professor of Banking Law at Queen Mary College, University of London (2004-2013). 

He also served as référendaire (law clerk) to Advocate General Sir Francis Jacobs at the European Court of Justice (1992-1995). He was senior legal adviser to the EU Presidency (2003) and Chairman of the Committee set up by the EU Council of Ministers to draft the Treaty of Accession of 2003.

He has acted as advisor or counsel to many public and private organizations, including the European Central Bank, the European Parliament, the European Commission and the EU Court of Auditors.

Teaching 

  • European Union Law
  • Judicial Protection in the EU

Research interests

Professor Tridimas’s interests cover the whole area of EU law and focus specifically on judicial protection, constitutional remedies, comparative constitutionalism, economic and monetary union and banking law.

See Professor Tridimas's Research Portal profile for full details of his research.

    News

    Centre of European Law hosts expert panel on Ukraine

    The Centre of European Law will host an expert panel on Thursday evening, to discuss the role of European Law in providing potential ways out of the war in...

    The quad at Somerset House London - white stoned buildings round a wide cobbled square

    PhD graduate awarded prize for doctoral thesis on European law

    The doctoral research was fully funded by a Centre for European Law scholarship.

    headshot image of Dr Luigi Lonardo

    Events

    24NovThumbail - 49th Annual Lecture of the Centre of European Law

    The Centre of European Law 49th Annual Lecture - External Relations in the CJEU: is there room for a political question doctrine?

    The 49th Annual Lecture of the Centre of European Law will be delivered by Tamara Ćapeta, Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union

    Please note: this event has passed.

    06OctA view from street level, looking up to skyscraper buildings

    Workshop on EU Law and Investment Arbitration

    This workshop explores the basic research question of what, if any, is the EU's role in shaping the existing investment arbitration paradigm.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    24NovCEL 47th Annual Lecture (5)

    The Centre of European Law 47th Annual Lecture - Proportionality in EU Law: Does One Size Fit All?

    The Centre's 47th Annual Lecture delivered by Nicholas Emiliou, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    16DecData protection and transnational cooperation in the post-Brexit era

    Data protection and transnational institutional collaboration in the post-Brexit era

    A workshop jointly organised by the University of Southampton, the UK-RoI Cross-Border Data Protection Network and the Centre of European Law, King’s College...

    Please note: this event has passed.

      News

      Centre of European Law hosts expert panel on Ukraine

      The Centre of European Law will host an expert panel on Thursday evening, to discuss the role of European Law in providing potential ways out of the war in...

      The quad at Somerset House London - white stoned buildings round a wide cobbled square

      PhD graduate awarded prize for doctoral thesis on European law

      The doctoral research was fully funded by a Centre for European Law scholarship.

      headshot image of Dr Luigi Lonardo

      Events

      24NovThumbail - 49th Annual Lecture of the Centre of European Law

      The Centre of European Law 49th Annual Lecture - External Relations in the CJEU: is there room for a political question doctrine?

      The 49th Annual Lecture of the Centre of European Law will be delivered by Tamara Ćapeta, Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union

      Please note: this event has passed.

      06OctA view from street level, looking up to skyscraper buildings

      Workshop on EU Law and Investment Arbitration

      This workshop explores the basic research question of what, if any, is the EU's role in shaping the existing investment arbitration paradigm.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      24NovCEL 47th Annual Lecture (5)

      The Centre of European Law 47th Annual Lecture - Proportionality in EU Law: Does One Size Fit All?

      The Centre's 47th Annual Lecture delivered by Nicholas Emiliou, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      16DecData protection and transnational cooperation in the post-Brexit era

      Data protection and transnational institutional collaboration in the post-Brexit era

      A workshop jointly organised by the University of Southampton, the UK-RoI Cross-Border Data Protection Network and the Centre of European Law, King’s College...

      Please note: this event has passed.