Grigoris Bacharis

Dr. Grigoris Bacharis is a Lecturer in Private Law at the University of Edinburgh's School of Law and serves as the Academic Year Lead for third-year LLB students. His teaching focuses on delict and contract law. His research spans private law (civil and common law jurisdictions), competition law, EU law, and legal theory, with a current emphasis on competition damages claims, private law theory in the EU context, and private enforcement of public policies. He has held editorial and academic leadership roles, including editorship of the European Journal of Legal Studies and coordination of the EUI Private Law Working Group. Previously, he worked as a lawyer in Greece, a trainee at the European Commission, and a Fellow at LSE Law School.

Education: LLM (Distinction) from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU); Bachelor of Law (First in Year) and Master’s in Private, Labour, and Civil Procedural Law (Distinction) from the University of Thessaloniki.

Research Interests:

• Interaction between competition damages claims and tort law
• Private law theory in the EU, focusing on public policy enforcement
• EU and US competition law frameworks
• Comparative law approaches to civil and common law jurisdictions

Recent Work: Co-authored Bridging the Gap(s): The Importance of Private Law Theory in the EU Context (Common Market Law Review, 2024) and is developing a book based on his PhD research. His scholarship often bridges theoretical debates with practical legal mechanisms.

Professional Experience: Visiting researcher at Columbia Law School, King’s College London, and Humboldt University Berlin. Active in academic networks and policy-related legal research.