Nikoletta Chalikopoulou

Associate, Geneva

+41 58 105 2000

nchalikopoulou@lalive.law

Nikoletta Chalikopoulou

Nikoletta specialises in international commercial and investment arbitration, as well as public international law. She has acted as counsel and tribunal secretary in a number of arbitrations under the ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID and DIAC (former DIFC-LCIA) Rules, applying various procedural and substantive laws, including French, English, German, Greek, Swiss, Yemeni, Ethiopian, and UAE law. She has represented and has advised private entities, states, and international organizations in several sectors including energy, mining, joint venture, supply and distribution of consumer goods, construction, and real estate.

Recent publications

Space Law and Arbitration, A Not-So-Outlandish Space Odyssey
EMILIE MCCONAUGHEY, NIKOLETTA CHALIKOPOULOU
In: ASA Bulletin, Volume 40, No. 3, September 2022

FDI Moot 2015: First Highest Ranked Claimant Memorial
DESPOINA ARSLANIDI, NIKOLETTA CHALIKOPOULOU, MARIA-ELENI CHRYSANTHAKOPOULOU, ELEFTHERIOS DAFERMOS, THOMAS PAPADOGIANNIS-VAROUCHAKIS, DIMITRIOS STAMATIS
In: Transnational Dispute Management Journal (TDM 7, 2015), 2015

Recent conferences

MIDS 15th Anniversary and MAA 3rd Annual Conference “Back to the Future”
NIKOLETTA CHALIKOPOULOU, Panellist
Geneva, 22 September 2023

ELSA Athen’s Summer Law School on International Law 2022
NIKOLETTA CHALIKOPOULOU, Lecturer
Athens, 25 July 2022

Current memberships

  • Co-chair of GreekArb
  • Member of ArbitralWomen
  • Member of ASA
  • Member of Young ICCA
  • Member of ICC YAAF
  • Member of ICC Hellas

Career history

  • Associate, LALIVE, Geneva, 2019 – present
  • Trainee, Three Crowns LLP, London, 2019 – 2019
  • Trainee, Fietta LLP, London, 2018 – 2019
  • Trainee, LALIVE, Geneva, 2018 – 2018

Academic qualifications

  • LLM in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS), University of Geneva and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, 2017
  • Master of Laws in International Legal Studies, University of Athens (summa cum laude), 2016
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Athens, 2015

Practices

  • Arbitration - International Commercial
  • Arbitration - Investment Treaty
  • Public International Law

Sectors

  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Energy
  • Mining

Languages

  • Greek

Nationality

  • Greek

Admission

  • Greece, 2018