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Nikolas Farantouris
Nikolas Farantouris (born 28 January 1976) is a Greek academic, lawyer, and politician who has served as a member of the European Parliament since 2024. Elected on the Syriza ticket, he was expelled from the party on 7 January 2026 and joined PASOK on 30 April 2026.
Nikolas Farantouris was born in Athens, Greece. He is a nephew of Maria Farantouri. He holds a law degree with honours from the University of Athens and completed his postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford, where he earned a Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) and a Doctorate (DPhil) in European Law. He was a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Rotterdam and the University of Dresden.
Nikolas Farantouris is a Jean Monnet Professor of European and Energy Law at the Department of International and European Studies, University of Piraeus. He is widely recognized as a distinguished academic specializing in EU business law, competition law, energy law, maritime law, environmental protection, and international trade law. He founded and served for more than 10 years as the Director of the international interdisciplinary MSc Program in Energy Strategy, Law & Economics at the University of Piraeus.
He has authored 12 books and monographs and over 50 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and hundreds of articles in newspapers periodical editions. His publications are widely cited and his books published by renowned academic publishers. He has been acknowledged as the “top competition and energy law expert” by World Competition.[citation needed]
Nikolas Farantouris has been practicing law since 2001. He worked with Legal & Compliance Department of Goldman Sachs in London and with the international law firm Norton Rose LLP in London, Brussels and Athens, specialising in EU law, anti-trust, shipping law, banking law and energy regulation. He has served as the Member of the Board, Head of Legal and Chairman of the Board of the Public Gas Corporation of Greece (DEPA) SA and Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee of EUROGAS, the association of energy companies in Europe, contributing to energy policy and market regulation in Europe.
As General Counsel and Chief Legal Adviser of DEPA, Dr. Farantouris played a pivotal role in a landmark international arbitration case before the ICC Arbitration Court in Stockholm.[citation needed] The case involved renegotiating the natural gas supply price with the Turkish energy company BOTAS. Under his leadership, DEPA secured a significant revision of the gas pricing formula based on the weighted average import price in Germany, achieving retroactive compensation of approximately $200 million. The total compensation awarded to DEPA by the court was subsequently paid in full by BOTAS, marking a major victory for the Greek energy sector and setting a precedent in regional energy negotiations.
Nikolas Farantouris was an active member of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza). In the national elections of May and June 2023, he was a candidate for Syriza in the single-member constituency of Cephalonia.
He again ran for Syriza in the 2024 European Parliament election and was elected one of the party's four MEPs. In the 2024 Syriza leadership election, Farantouris received 3,531 votes (5.1%) and was eliminated.
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Nikolas Farantouris
Nikolas Farantouris (born 28 January 1976) is a Greek academic, lawyer, and politician who has served as a member of the European Parliament since 2024. Elected on the Syriza ticket, he was expelled from the party on 7 January 2026 and joined PASOK on 30 April 2026.
Nikolas Farantouris was born in Athens, Greece. He is a nephew of Maria Farantouri. He holds a law degree with honours from the University of Athens and completed his postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford, where he earned a Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) and a Doctorate (DPhil) in European Law. He was a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Rotterdam and the University of Dresden.
Nikolas Farantouris is a Jean Monnet Professor of European and Energy Law at the Department of International and European Studies, University of Piraeus. He is widely recognized as a distinguished academic specializing in EU business law, competition law, energy law, maritime law, environmental protection, and international trade law. He founded and served for more than 10 years as the Director of the international interdisciplinary MSc Program in Energy Strategy, Law & Economics at the University of Piraeus.
He has authored 12 books and monographs and over 50 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and hundreds of articles in newspapers periodical editions. His publications are widely cited and his books published by renowned academic publishers. He has been acknowledged as the “top competition and energy law expert” by World Competition.[citation needed]
Nikolas Farantouris has been practicing law since 2001. He worked with Legal & Compliance Department of Goldman Sachs in London and with the international law firm Norton Rose LLP in London, Brussels and Athens, specialising in EU law, anti-trust, shipping law, banking law and energy regulation. He has served as the Member of the Board, Head of Legal and Chairman of the Board of the Public Gas Corporation of Greece (DEPA) SA and Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee of EUROGAS, the association of energy companies in Europe, contributing to energy policy and market regulation in Europe.
As General Counsel and Chief Legal Adviser of DEPA, Dr. Farantouris played a pivotal role in a landmark international arbitration case before the ICC Arbitration Court in Stockholm.[citation needed] The case involved renegotiating the natural gas supply price with the Turkish energy company BOTAS. Under his leadership, DEPA secured a significant revision of the gas pricing formula based on the weighted average import price in Germany, achieving retroactive compensation of approximately $200 million. The total compensation awarded to DEPA by the court was subsequently paid in full by BOTAS, marking a major victory for the Greek energy sector and setting a precedent in regional energy negotiations.
Nikolas Farantouris was an active member of the Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza). In the national elections of May and June 2023, he was a candidate for Syriza in the single-member constituency of Cephalonia.
He again ran for Syriza in the 2024 European Parliament election and was elected one of the party's four MEPs. In the 2024 Syriza leadership election, Farantouris received 3,531 votes (5.1%) and was eliminated.
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