Ioannis Kokkoris

Chair in Competition Law and Economics at Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University London

Speaker

Professor Ioannis Kokkoris holds a Chair in Competition Law and Economics at Queen Mary University London. Professor Kokkoris' main research interests span all areas of competition law and policy including comparative competition law/economics and policy focusing on EU, US, BRICS and ASEAN. He is also focusing on issues of national security concerns and FDI in US, UK and EU and recently published a multi jurisdictional book on national security and foreign direct investment. Professor Kokkoris has formerly served at the UK Office for Fair Trading (now UK Competition and Markets Authority), DG Competition, European Commission and US Federal Trade Commission.

Professor Kokkoris has led and worked on funded projects by the European Commission, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank, the OECD, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and other international institutions. He is a special advisor to a number of competition authorities globally and frequently advises companies on competition enforcement issues in a number of jurisdictions. Professor Kokkoris has more than 100 publications including more than 20 authored/co-authored/edited books, more than 70 articles and 25 chapters in edited volumes.

Professor Kokkoris was recently appointed as Ordinary Member at the UK Competition Appeals Tribunal.