Despoina Theodorou is a member of Athens Bar Association. She is a practicing lawyer specialized in Banking and Bankruptcy Law, Debt Regulation and Consumer Protection Law.

Graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Athens with a 2:1, she then pursued a postgraduate degree in Civil Law and Contemporary Financial Transactions at the same university, successfully completing her studies with a first class Honours.

She possesses an excellent working knowledge of English, French and German.