Konstantina K. Athanasakou practices primarily in the area of international trade law. She works on World Trade Organization (WTO) issues, including energy trade, market access, anti-dumping and subsidies, compliance and the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations.  

Ms. Athanasakou has experience in US trade policy, including bilateral and regional trade agreements. Her experience includes trade remedy matters, particularly in relation to trade litigation and appeals in the US Court of International Trade and the WTO Appellate Body. 

Prior to joining White & Case, Ms. Athanasakou worked for the European Commission Delegation in Washington DC, where she focused on EU-US transatlantic relations as well as EU trade policies.

Ms. Athanasakou has experience advising multinational corporate clients on international business transactions and regulatory compliance matters, particularly in the areas of corporate, trade and customs, intellectual property, antitrust, environmental, and labor law. She has worked for a law firm in New York and in-house for a large multinational company.

Bars and Courts
New York State Bar, 2007
Massachusetts State Bar, 2006

Education
LLM, Georgetown University Law Center, with distinction, 2007
WTO Studies Certificate, Georgetown University Law Center, 2007
JD, Brooklyn Law School, 2006
BA, Tufts University, 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Customs and International Trade Bar Association
Organization for Women in International Trade Law
American Society of International Law

Awards and Recognition
Fellow, Institute of International Economic Law Georgetown University Law Center, 2006-7
Global Teaching Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center, 2007
1st Prize Award Andrew P. Vance Memorial Writing Competition, 2005

Publications
"China IPR Enforcement: Hard As Steel or Soft as Tofu?," 39 Geo. J. Int'l L. 217, 2007
"Why Invoking The SCM Agreement May Not Be A Good Response To Chinese Textiles," 3 LOY. U. CHI. INT’L. L. REV. 281, 2006

Languages
Greek
English
French
Italian

Citizenship
Greece