Dr Nikolaos Μ. Katiforis is an Associate Professor at the Law Faculty of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He was awarded the Doctor iur. degree by the abovementioned University in 1993. N. Katiforis was awarded scholarships for his postgraduate studies, by the Greek Foundation for Scholarships (1990-1993), for postdoctoral research in Greece, by the Greek Foundation for Scholarships (1998- 2000) and for postdoctoral research in Germany (University of Cologne), by the German Humboldt Foundation (2005). He was elected as Lecturer, in Civil Procedural Law, at the University of Athens in 2007. In 2014 he was promoted to the degree of the Assistant Professor. N. Katiforis is also Attorney at Law at the Supreme Court (Arios Pagos) since 1998.