Dr Christou is called to the Bar at The Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn. She has been involved in cases before UK courts (the Court of Appeal and House of Lords/Supreme Court), as well as the Court of Justice of the EU, the European Court of Human Rights and a number of UN mechanisms. Theodora is an elected Executive Committee member of the Bar Human Rights Committee.

Her recent work with CASTL has been in the area of Digital Trade where she has produced the Blueprint Paper on Digital trade and the UNCITRAL model Law on Electronic Transferable Records for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). She also led the FCDO funded project on Thai-UK Digital Trade where she moderated the three workshops and produced the action plan Making Thai-UK trade cheaper, faster and simpler. She is also part of the CASTL team as implementing partner of the Legal Technical Assistance Taskforce of C4DTI.

As a member of the ICC United Kingdom she is a member of the newly established Sustainability Committee.

She is a member of the International Bar Association Working Group on AI and Human Rights, with the focus on how legal frameworks can regulate AI effectively to foster trust and enable its continued use. The WG participates in the Council of Europe Committee on AI (formerly CAHAI). She has independently participated in workshops organised by The Alan Turing Institute, where she was one of very few lawyers and appreciates the need for law to work with other disciples. She has previously been consulted by the World Bank on the legal and regulatory implications of disruptive technologies.

Dr Christou is Convenor of Transnational Law and Governance at Queen Mary University of London which considers the law’s response to the irritations of globalisation, technology and business activities. She also convenes Fundamentals of Law and Professional Ethics at QMUL for the Intellectual Property MSc and Certificates. She is also Visiting Lecturer at the London School of Economics where she co-convenes International Human Rights Law. Her capacity building extends to training individuals on the practical application of the law, including on proposals for legal reform.

She was formerly a Research Fellow at BIICL (2002-2007) where she undertook several projects including: Legal Tools for Commonwealth Africa; the Commonwealth Legal Advisory Service; research on Telecommunication Regulation, Terrorism laws, Data Protection; organised and participated in a great number of events, including a Roundtable with the late Professor Ruggie on the then draft UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; and assisted in the establishment of several Forums.

As a Consultant she has worked on projects in over 20 countries and on over 80 jurisdictions for both public and private actors, funded by the World Bank, the EC, the FCO, DFID, and private entities. She has produced comparative research reports for the European Commission evaluating either the need for additional EU law or providing models and best practices for the development of new procedures and institutions. She has provided both oral and written evidence to UK, EU and international legislative consultations and inquiries. Her work has instructed policy and legal reform in a range of areas including financial and economic crimes, technology, human rights, and sustainability.