Dr Thomas Nektarios Papanastasiou
Assistant Professor in Law
CONTACT DETAILS
Telephone: +357 2684 3329
Email: t.papanastasiou@nup.ac.cy
EDUCATION
He holds a doctorate (PhD) in International Investment Law (Waseda University, Tokyo), a Master’s degree (MA) in International Relations (Waseda University, Graduate School of Asian Pacific Studies), Master’s degree (LL.M) in Civil Procedure (Law School, University of Athens) and a law degree (LL.B) (Kapodistrian University of Athens).
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Mr Papanastasiou is an attorney licensed to practice from the Athens Bar Association (since March 2005). He worked in international organizations, such as a consultant to the World Bank for revisiting the legal framework in the power sector, and project finance for energy investments, as a trainee at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on issues of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), and on a development program for the Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) to Manila (Philippines).
He also worked on research and consulting firms in Tokyo (Japan), such as for the Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI), the Waseda University Organisation for Japan-US Studies (WOJUSS), and the Tokyo Centre for Economic Research (TCER), having gained legal experience in the analysis of international trade and investment agreements.
SUBJECTS
International Economic Law with a focus on international investment agreements, the promotion and protection of foreign investments, Energy Law, Public International Law, Human Rights Law, International Organizations / International Relations.
AWARDS
His thesis titled “The Legal Protection of Foreign Investments against Political Risk: The Case of Japanese Investments in the Power Sector of Asian Countries” was awarded the prize “Argyrios Fatouros-2013” by the International Law Association, as the best thesis by a young researcher in the field of International Economic Law (http://ilahellenic.gr/announcements/101-the-2013-fatouros-prize).
Scholarship recipient from the Japanese Government (Ministry of Education-Monbusho, 2004-2010)
ACTIVITIES
- Representing Law School in the negotiations with distinguished British Universities about future partnership
- 21.3.2018: Opening remarks in the lecture of the former President of the House of Representatives Mr Yiannakis Omirou on “the Treaty of Guarantee on the Cyprus Solution Framework”
- 10.3.2018. Interview regarding Turkish ambitions in the Cyprus EEZ on Crete TV
- Interview at Radio Pafos on the recent energy developments in the South-East Mediterranean Sea and the role of International Law
- 7/10/2017: Coordination and opening remarks in the conference that the Law School and the Paphos Municipality organized on the importance of protecting and promoting Cultural Heritage
- Successful negotiation with the Embassy of Japan for the inclusion of Neapolis University into the international scholarship program of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- “ΕΕΖ: The key to geopolitics”. Interview of Thomas Papanastasiou, as. Professor of the Law School at KRITI TV
- Guest of KRITI TV of Heraklion, in order to inform students about the academic programs of Neapolis University
- June 2017: Interview of Thomas Papanastasiou at Radio Paphos with the journalist Panikos Evripides
- March 2017: Interview of Thomas Papanastasiou at Radio Paphos with the journalist Lydia Kyriakides
- Guest of ΝEA TILEORASI TV in order to inform students about the academic programs of Neapolis University
- Time must be given to study the plan for the solution of the Cypriot Problem by Thomas Nektarios Papanastasiou
- Interview of Thomas Papanastasiou at Radio Paphos with the journalist Lydia Kyriakides
- The former Deputy Secretary – General of the United Nations, Dr. Sotirios Mousouris gave a speech on “The United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Struggle and Diversion” at the University
- Students of the LLM program visited special areas of the Larnaca Port
- His Excellency the Japanese Ambassador, Mr Masuo Nishibayashi delivered a lecture on the subject of “The Japan – Cyprus Relations: Political and Economic Prospects”
- Reception for the delegates of the International Arbitration Conference
- Visit to the central prisons
- Open Lecture on “Illegal trafficking of cultural objects” at the University
- Photo from the visit of his All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Fanari
- Participation of prof. Stelios Perrakis and Lecturer Thomas Papanastasiou at Radio Paphos
- The lecturer of the Law Faculty, Thomas Nektarios Papanastasiou, guest CAPITAL TV
- Organized Workshop in Nicosia
- Japanese anthropologist of the United Nations University gave lecture at Neapolis
- Participation in an open discussion