Evgenia Stavropoulou

Thesis title

'Defining Compensable Loss in International Investment Law' [provisional]

Supervisors

Dr Paul MacMahon and Dr Oliver Hailes

Research interests/areas

Public international law, International dispute settlement, International economic law, Investment treaty arbitration, International commercial arbitration, State responsibility, Commercial law, Contracts

Evgenia is an international disputes attorney and Ph.D. candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she is a Judge Rosalyn Higgins Scholar. Her research investigates the rules on compensation in international law, with a focus on State responsibility and the standards of reparation applied in international investment disputes. She examines how international adjudicatory fora interpret and apply the principle of full reparation, addressing the scope of compensable loss, tests of causation and mitigation, methods of valuation, and the computation of quantum. Drawing on comparative insights, particularly from domestic tort and contract law, her project analyses how international and national legal principles may interact in shaping the law of compensation, and how judicial cross-pollination may contribute to the development of coherent standards. Ultimately, it aims to articulate a principled and coherent framework for defining compensable damage in international investment law.

Alongside her academic work, Evgenia has practiced as counsel and tribunal secretary in Greece, Switzerland, and South Korea. She is admitted to the Athens Bar Association and holds first-class LL.M. degrees from the University of Athens and the Geneva Graduate Institute/University of Geneva (MIDS Programme).

Awards / Scholarships

Judge Rosalyn Higgins & LSE Law School PhD Scholarship (2025-2029)