Athanasios Papadas

Partner, Head of Canada Office

a.papadas@foutsislaw.gr | T: +1 647-640-9329

Athanasios’s expertise lies in commercial litigation and international business law.

Before relocating to Toronto, he maintained a broad litigation practice assisting public and privately held corporations and financial institutions with their corporate/commercial and administrative disputes, including civil enforcement proceedings and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.

Athanasios also has expertise in third-party dispute resolution funding with a focus on domestic and international commercial disputes.

Athanasios was a Member-at-Large of the Executive Committee of the Ontario Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Section between 2018 and 2022. In 2018 and 2019, he served on the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Canadian Lawyers’ Association.

Education

Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto), LL.M. in International Business Law (2018)

Democritus University of Thrace (Greece) ,L.L.M. in Civil Procedural Law (2015)

Democritus University of Thrace (Greece), L.L.B. (2012)

Languages

Greek

English

French

Bar Admission

• Athens Bar Association (2013)

Memberships

• Hellenic Canadian Lawyers’ Association
• The Hellenic Initiative Canada – New Leaders
• Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners
• Turnaround Management Association (NextGen) – Toronto Chapter

Activities

• Arbitrator – 3rd ICC-AIAC Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Pre-Moot, Kuala Lumpur (2019)
• Arbitrator – Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Hong Kong (2017 & 2018)
• Guest Lecturer (International Commercial Arbitration), Aalborg Universitet, School of Law, International Law Programme (2017)

Practice Areas

• Corporate/Commercial Litigation
• International Business Law
• Banking Law
• Hereditary Law
• Real Estate Law