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Nikolaos Korogiannakis

Managing Partner, Jurispectrum

Nikos KOROGIANNAKIS has been practicing law in Brussels for more than 20 years and has acquired a unique trial experience having introduced or pleaded more than 140 cases before the EU Courts in Luxembourg.

He is a triple qualified lawyer at the Athens Bar Association, the Brussels Bar Association (list E) and the Luxembourg Bar Association (liste IV) and speaks Greek, English and French. He has acquired an LLB in Athens University and an LLM (Licence Spéciale) at the ULB in Brussels.

Nikos has been advising EU market leaders in the European IT industry, consulting, medical diagnostics, as well as airlines, food, aluminum and power producers, the European Commission and other EU institutions and the Greek Government

Nikos has also been advising the Greek government on Investor-State Dispute settlement and has acted in the first semester of 2014 as chairman of the Trade Policy Committee/Investment of the Council of Ministers, during the Greek Presidency.

Nikos is the author of a number of publications and carries out often presentations on different subjects in conferences and fora.

Areas of expertise

• EU law and especially Public procurement
• EU Antitrust and State Aid
• EU tax law and free movement of goods and capital and food law
• Corporate structuring and commercial law, international business transactions, including real estate in Greece and Belgium

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Isabel Albarran

Analyst & Macro Researcher, Close Brothers Asset Management

Isabel is a Macro Research Analyst with extensive experience in financial services. She covers global economic data and multi-asset strategy and contributes to the CBAM Tactical Asset Allocation Process.

Isabel joined Close Brothers Asset Management in June 2016. She holds the Investment Management Certificate and has completed all three levels of the CFA programme. Prior to joining the Fidelity International graduate scheme and gaining experience on the sell-side, she read Classics at Cambridge University, graduating in 2010.

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Malcolm Dowden

Legal Director, Womble Bond Dickinson

Malcolm is a commercial and regulatory lawyer with extensive experience of contractual regulatory and legislative drafting in the UK and other common law jurisdictions. Since qualifying in 1994 Malcolm has advised commercial, government and public sector bodies on a wide range of issues affecting electronic communications, transport, infrastructure and other development projects.

Malcolm is an internationally-accredited provider of legal and professional training. He has designed and delivered training on issues such as contract risk management, contractual and statutory drafting and regulatory policy in the UK, Africa, South-East Asia and India. In 2013, Malcolm was appointed lead training consultant to the Law Society of England and Wales International Division, and more recently he has delivered training on Public Private Partnership laws and contracts on behalf of UKTI and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Prosperity Fund in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa.

He is a regular contributor to legal and professional journals, with recent articles focusing on smart cities and on the commercial impact of the "internet of things", blockchain technology, dynamic procurement and smart contracts. His forthcoming book is entitled: Business, Law and the Internet of Things (Inspire, 2016).