Maria-Konstantina focuses her practice on Energy Law, with knowledge in Environmental, European, and Public International Law.

Her experience includes conducting legal due diligence of energy projects, as well as drafting and reviewing commercial agreements. Her roles have involved drafting scientific reports, ad-hoc legal consulting on regulatory and environmental matters, and handling complex renewable energy litigation cases.

Additionally, she has contributed as a National Consultant for the European Commission and as a Research Assistant at various academic institutions. She regularly publishes and participates as a speaker engaging with energy efficiency, RES, CCS, LNG and offshore wind farms as well as state aid in the energy sector.

Maria-Konstantina was admitted to the Athens Bar Association in 2020 and joined our firm in 2024. She is admitted before the Courts of First Instance. Prior to joining Koutalidis Law Firm, Maria-Konstantina worked with reputable law firms in Athens.

Academic Background

• University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B.)
• University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.M. in Public International Law)
• University of Groningen (LL.M. in Energy and Climate Law)
• University of Trier (Erasmus Scholar)
  

Languages

• Greek
• English
• German

Professional Memberships

• Member of the Athens Bar Association

Career Highlights

Recent work includes:

• Participation at “World Sustainable Energy Days 2024 - Young Energy Researchers Conference” in Wels, Austria (2024),
• Participation at “Legal Aspects of Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Conference'' at the University of Olso, Norway (2023),
• Recognized as Energy Key Lawyer by Legal500 (2021).

Publications

• World Sustainable Energy Days 2024 - Young Energy Researchers Conference, Wels, Austria | “Digitalization, Innovation, and Integrated Solutions for Energy Efficiency and RES: The EU and Greece's Framework” (expected in Spring 2024)
• “European CCS Innovations: Greece's Clean Energy Transition and Beyond” Joint Publication at "MarIus" (expected in Spring 2024) 
• “Legal interest to challenge (?) State Aid Measures in the Energy Sector”, in EStAL 4/2022 (Vol. 21) European State Aid Law Quarterly, 
• Contribution in Chapter Greece “Capacity mechanisms in the EU energy markets : law, policy, and economics”, 11/2022, 
• Co-author “Greece: Between Business and COVID-19 Reality” in European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 20, Issue 2 (2021), pp. 305 - 308,
• “Latest State Aid Developments to Support the Greek Economy in the COVID-19 outbreak”, European State Aid Law Quarterly, Volume 19, Issue 4 (2020), pp. 525 - 528,
• “State Aid: Setting the scene for the LNG development” in EStAL 3/2021 (Vol. 20), European State Aid Law Quarterly,
• “The Control of Climate Change. From the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris” in Protecting the Environment from Human Intervention: Legal and Criminological Aspects, Sakkoulas Printing and Publishing AE, 2018 (in Greek).