Dr Marie-Athena Papathanasiou

Dr Marie-Athena Papathanasiou​ is a Barrister (non practicing) and International Environmental Lawyer. Educated in France and the UK, Dr Marie-Athena holds a Doctorate degree in international and comparative  law from the University of Paris II Sorbonne as well as a LLM and PhD in International Environmental Law and Policy from the London School of Economics.
 
She has worked on academic research projects on international law and governance issues and is currently researching and writing a book on Extradition for Political issues.

Through her career, she has strong experience as Counsel and Strategic Development Adviser in international cross border transactions and Private Equity Investments involving Energy, Renewables, Real Estate, and Infrastructure in the UK, Europe and Middle-East. 
 
Concurrently to Principal and Direct Private Equity Investments, she acts as Adviser to Family Offices and Foundations on Governance, Alternative and Sustainable Investments and Venture Philanthropy.

Current appointments include:
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Development Board Member at Client Earth, a leading environmental law and advocacy Charity, www.clientearth.org;

Member of the Board of Trustees for the GEXSI Foundation (Global Exchange for Social Investment);

Adviser to the European Nature Trust;

Member of Transparency International UK and TI Greece.