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Ioannis Lianos is Professor and Chair of Global Competition Law and Public Policy and the founding director of the Centre for Law, Economics and Society (CLES) at at the Faculty of Laws, University College London. He is a Hauser Global Visiting professor at NYU Law School and also teaches EU Competition Law at the College of Europe in Natolin. Since 2024, he has served as a member of the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal. From August 2019 to January 2024, he served as President of the Hellenic Competition Commission. Professor Lianos has held several prominent international roles. He was elected to the Bureau of the OECD Competition Committee in 2021 and subsequently re-elected in both 2022 and 2023. He also served as a member of the EU High Level Group for the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and participated as part of the Greek delegation during negotiations for the DMA's adoption. Additionally, he chaired the Special Law Commission responsible for preparing Greece's New Competition Law Bill, which resulted in significant legislative reform in January 2022 through Law 4886/2022—a comprehensive update that introduced important legislative innovations. His scholarly work has significantly influenced legislative reforms across multiple jurisdictions worldwide.