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Dr. Alexandros Seretakis

Assistant Professor (Law)
5 COLLEGE GREEN
      
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Dr. Alexandros Seretakis

Assistant Professor (Law)
5 COLLEGE GREEN

 ALEXANDROS.SERETAKIS@tcd.ie

 3531896 3974


Alexandros is teaching courses in Financial Services, Mergers and Acquisitions and Alternative Investment Fund Regulation. His teaching and research interests include financial regulation, alternative investment fund regulation, fintech and its regulation and corporate governance. His research is regularly featured in global media, including the Financial Times and the Banker. Prior to joining Trinity College, Alexandros completed his PhD at the University of Luxembourg where he also taught courses in Alternative Investment Funds and EU Company Law. Furthermore, he acted as a consultant and was involved in the setting up of a fintech start-up. Alexandros holds a law degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an LL.M. in Banking and Finance from the University College of London, an LL.M. in Corporation Law from the New York University and was a research fellow at the NYU Pollack Center for Law and Business and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London. He is admitted to practice law in Greece and the State of New York. He has practiced law in Greece and has also worked for the Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN office in Geneva. He has also acted as a consultant for a US investment holding company and has been appointed an expert in financial law at the European Court of Auditors in Luxembourg. He is also a guest lecturer at the LLM programme of the University of Luxembourg and the Institute of Bankers in Ireland. He also served as the founding director of the Director of the MSc in Law and Finance, an interdisciplinary program offered by the Law School in cooperation with the Business School. Alexandros is a member of Blockchain Ireland Legal Working Group and an expert at the Digital Euro Association. He welcomes expressions of interest from prospective PhD students and postdoctoral researchers willing to work in the area of investment funds and regulation, fintech, blockchain and financial regulation.
  Banking Law   Business/Corporate Law   Corporate Governance   International and Comparative Law   Law of Central Banking
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Serving as an editorial board member for the European Company Law Journal published by Kluwer Law. 2021-present
Member, Fintech and Blockchain Collaboratory, Rutgers School of Law Centre for Corporate Law and Governance 2021-present
Invited to be a reviewer for Hart Publishing, Cambridge University Press, European Business Organization Law Review, Banking and Finance Law Review (leading Canadian law review), the International Journal of Law and Management (Emerald) and the prestigious Journal of Economic Literature one of the highest ranked journal in economics which is published by the American Economic Association and the European Science Foundation and the Research Foundation Flanders in Belgium (FWO). 2016-Present
Adjunct Lecturer IOB (formerly Institute of Banking) September 2021- present
Visiting Professor University of Luxembourg. Teaching a 4 hour course on Hedge Funds and Hedge Fund Activism. October 2016-September 2023
Examiner for the Law Reform Commission Annual Legal Research Competition 2020-2023
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Member of Blockchain Ireland Legal and Regulatory Working Group 12/2018 Present
Attorney at Law, New York State Bar 2014 Present
Academic Member European Corporate Governance Institute 2014 Present
Attorney at Law, Thessaloniki Bar Association 2009 Present
Editorial Board Member, European Company Law Journal 2021 Present
Member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Colorectal Cancer Association 2023 Present
Delistings and Minority Shareholder Protection in the EU in, editor(s)Thomas Papadopoulos , Revisiting the Protection of Minority Shareholders in Company Law: EU, Comparative and National Perspectives, Routledge, 2026, [Alexandros Seretakis], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
The Evolution of Private Equity in, editor(s)Daniele D'Alvia , Research Handbook on Corporate Finance Law, Edward Elgar, 2026, [Alexandros Seretakis], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
Governing the Digital Finance Value-Chain in the EU: MIFID II, the Digital Package, and the Large Gaps between! in, editor(s)Filippo Annunziata & Rosa Maria Lastra , The Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, Oxford University Press, 2026, [Emilios Avgouleas and Alexandros Seretakis], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
Alexandros Seretakis, The Share Price as a Reflection of Fair Value in the context of Squeeze-Outs: The Supreme Court of Finland Delivers Landmark Ruling (KKO: 2025:94, Nordic Journal of Corporate Law (Nordisk Tidsskrift for Selskabsret), 1, 2026, p55 - 60, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
EU Jurisdictions: Ireland in, editor(s)Matthias Lehmann and Danny Busch , Prospectus Liability Rules in Europe and Beyond: Towards Uniformity, Oxford University Press, 2025, [Alexandros Seretakis], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Alexandros Seretakis, Squeeze-outs in the EU: Article 15 of the Takeover Directive and Minority Shareholder Protection, European Company Case Law, 3, (4), 2025, p367 - 380, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Hedge Fund Activism and ESG: Fit For Purpose? in, editor(s)Mieke Olaerts and Bastian Keemp , Twenty Years of European Company Law: Developments and Challenges in European Company Law,, Kluwer Law, 2024, [Alexandros Seretakis], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Seretakis Alexandros, Central Bank Digital Currencies: Opportunities and Risks, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 39, (7), 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Alexandros Seretakis, Appraising the New EU Appraisal Regime, European Company Law, 12, (5), 2024, Journal Article, IN_PRESS
The Unfair Terms Directive in Ireland in, editor(s)Danny Busch & Matthias Lehmann , Unfair Terms in Banking and Financial Contracts, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2023, [Alexandros Seretakis], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
  

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Alexandros Seretakis, Appraisal Rights Across European Company Regulations, The Evolution of Appraisal Rights Across European and US Jurisdictions, Verona, 2025, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Alexandros Seretakis, Delisting of Companies and Protection of Minority Shareholders, Conference Revisiting the protection of minority shareholders in company law: EU, comparative and national perspectives, University of Cyprus, 15 October 2025, 2025, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Alexandros Seretakis, Cross Border Mobility Directive and Appraisal Rights, European Company Case Law Journal Symposium Cross-Border Corporate Mobility, Complutense University of Madrid Faculty of Law, 24 October 2025, 2025, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Ireland in, editor(s)Danny Busch and Matthias Lehmann , Prospectus Liability Rules in Europe and Beyond: Towards Uniformity, Oxford University Press, 2024, [Alexandros Seretakis], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
Blockchain Ireland Legal and Regulatory Working Group, Smart Legal Contracts, 2024, Report, PUBLISHED
Alexandros Seretakis, The Regulation of Crypto Lending, CBFL Banking Finance and Technology Conference(, National University of Singapore, 18-19 May, 2023, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Alexandros Seretakis, Central Bank Digital Currencies: Opportunities and Risks, 5th International Seminar on Artificial Intelligence and Law, International Artificial Intelligence and Law Research Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, 6 November 2022, 2022, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Alexandros Seretakis, Decentralized Finance: Opportunities and Risks, IALS Fellow's Lunchtime Seminar, London, 2 February, 2022, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Alexandros Seretakis & Emilios Avgouleas, How Should Crypto-Lending Be Regulated in the EU?, International Artificial Intelligence and Law Research Foundation, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2-3 December 2022, 2022, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Alexandros Seretakis, Panelist, Transparency in the Digital Tools Directive - Ultimate Beneficial Ownership, Company registries, Disqualified Directors, Workshop on the Transposition of the Digital Tools Directive, 8 June, 2021, European Trade Union Confederation, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

  


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Award Date
Election to the Fellowship of Trinity College Dublin 2023
Master in Arts (jure officii) of the University of Dublin 2021
Dean's Merit Scholarship NYU School of Law 2010-2011