Dr. Panagiotis Delimatsis

Law

Panos is a Teaching and Research Faculty Member in Economic Law and Director of Research at UNIC Athens. He also holds the Chair of EU and International Economic Law at Tilburg University, where he has been a full professor since 2013.

His research examines how law shapes economic activity across national borders, bringing together international trade and investment law, EU economic regulation and transnational governance. He is a renowned expert in services trade regulation and international standardization. His recent work addresses digital trade and the interaction between technological change and economic regulation, drawing on political economy and institutional analysis. His teaching at Bachelor’s and Master’s level brings these themes together through courses on international trade law, digital trade regulation, transnational law and EU economic law.

He holds a doctorate in law from the University of Neuchâtel, an LL.M. in EU Law from the University of Saarland and a law degree from Democritus University of Thrace. His academic career includes a visiting appointment at Harvard Law School and a fellowship with its Program on International Financial Systems. He has been a visiting professor in various universities, more recently at the University of St. Gallen.

Panos directed the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) from 2011 to 2023 and served as Head of Department at Tilburg Law School from 2014 to 2019. He has supervised nine completed doctorates served in various roles of academic services, ranking from promotion and appointment committees to research infrastructure and curriculum development.

He was Principal Investigator of REVEAL, supported by a €2 million European Research Council Consolidator Grant, which explored the resilience and evolution of private and transnational regulatory bodies. He is a coordinating partner in the Horizon Europe Edu4Standards project and has led or contributed to research funded by the European Commission, ISO and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. He also served on the ERC Advanced Grant selection panel for Individuals, Markets and Organisations.

His publications include International Trade in Services and Domestic Regulations: Necessity, Transparency, and Regulatory Diversity (Oxford University Press), The Law, Economics and Politics of International Standardization and The Evolution of Transnational Rule-Makers Through Crises (Cambridge University Press). His recent coedited books include EU Law and Regulatory Spaces and Digitalisation, New Technologies and International Investment Law. His commentary on agreements on trade in services (coauthored with Profs Krajewski and Peng) is forthcoming in 2027 (Oxford University Press).

He represents Greece on the EU AI Board and on the CEN/CENELEC committees for artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, and serves on the Scientific Committee of the Digital SME Alliance. Since 2022, he has been included on the EU’s approved lists of arbitrators and trade and sustainable development experts for disputes under its trade agreements. His engagement with policymaking includes oral evidence to the UK House of Commons, and invited presentations on topical issues such as digital sovereignty (World Economic Forum) or economic security and standardization (European Semiconductor Industry Association).