Georgios Fasfalis | Lawyers

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Netherlands, Greece

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Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations

Overview

Georgios is a Managing Associate in Linklaters’ Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations practice. He focuses on commercial and investment arbitration, representing multinational companies and states in arbitration proceedings under, among others, the ICC, ICSID, LCIA, NAI, SIAC and UNCITRAL Rules subject to several applicable laws. He also regularly advises clients in relation to investment treaties and public international law matters.

Georgios frequently acts in arbitration-related matters, such as setting aside and enforcement court proceedings. He also has experience assisting arbitrators in commercial and investment arbitrations.

Georgios has substantial experience in internal and government investigations, including matters before the SEC and the US DoJ).

Georgios has been recognised as an Arbitration Future Leader in multiple editions of Lexology Index. He has also been named in previous editions of Legal 500 for arbitration in the Netherlands.

Work Highlights

Georgios’ recent experience includes acting for:

the Republic of Poland in an investment arbitration against a Dutch investor in relation to the investor’s expropriation claims;
a major UK financial institution in a commercial arbitration against a major Dutch bank in a demerger dispute;
a major Chinese online media company in a joint venture dispute against a US software company;
Chevron Corporation and Texaco Petroleum Company in setting aside proceedings initiated by the Republic of Ecuador in relation to an arbitral award rendered on the basis of an investment treaty; and
Devas’ shareholders in setting aside proceedings instituted by the Republic of India in relation to arbitral awards rendered on the basis of an investment treaty.

Beyond the Office

Georgios regularly publishes and acts as a speaker in relation to international dispute resolution matters. He also serves in the leadership of various international arbitration organisations: he is a board member of Young EFILA. He has also acted as a board member of ICDR Y&I, Western Europe Vice-Chair for Young ITA, and as a steering committee member of the CIArb Young Members Group.

Next to Linklaters, Georgios has also worked for a renowned international arbitration boutique and the legal department of a Dutch multinational.

Education and Qualifications

Georgios is a Dutch and Greek-qualified lawyer. He holds a LL.B. from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and has a specialised LL.M. in investment law and arbitration from the University of Amsterdam. Georgios has also followed specialised courses on investment law, and investment protection at the University of Barcelona.

Georgios is fluent in Greek, English, Dutch, and French.

Thought Leadership

Georgios’ publications include:

‘Obtaining evidence in the United States and the Netherlands in support of foreign arbitration proceedings’ in H. Forno Odría et al (eds) The law and practice of international arbitration: Essays in honor of John Fellas (Juris Publishing, 2026);
‘Claims manifestly without legal merits’ (Jus Mundi, 17 April 2023);
‘Arbitration in the Netherlands’ in S. Balthasar (ed) Guide to International Arbitration (Hart Publishing and Beck, 1st edition, 2016 and 2nd edition, 2021);
‘The Future of International Arbitration: The Road to Greener Arbitration and Reflections on the upcoming 2022 NAI Arbitration Rules and Recently Revised Arbitration Rules’ (Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 6 October 2021);
‘Yet another chapter in the Yukos saga (Veteran Petroleum v Russian Federation)’ (LexisPSL, 16 March 2020);
‘The aftermath of Achmea: where do we stand?’ (Practical Law Arbitration Blog, 2 January 2019);
‘Yukos awards set aside by The Hague District Court’ (Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 27 April 2016);
‘The dissenting opinion in BG v Argentina before the US Supreme Court’ (Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 1 April 2014); and
‘Case Note on Fra.bo (C-171/11) For Whom the Bell Tolls?’ (2012) 13(5) Hellenic Review of European Law 159.

Georgios has also been a contributor for Oxford Reports on International Trade Law (Oxford University Press) and has acted as Assistant Editor for the Kluwer Arbitration Blog.

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