Alexandros Roussos
Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexandros Roussos is a finance-focused counsel at Sidley Austin in New York with eight years of legal experience across global finance, CMBS, and banking & finance. He progressed from trainee roles in Athens to senior managing associate and now counsel, combining cross-jurisdictional training in Greece, France and an LL.M. from Columbia. Known for pragmatic deal-side expertise, he regularly navigates complex international financings and regulatory issues for institutional clients. Beyond law, he contributes to open-source software—helping improve the web3j Java library for Ethereum integration—which highlights an uncommon blend of legal acumen and technical curiosity. Fluent in international practice and comfortable with technical documentation and code-level problem solving, he brings a detail-oriented, multidisciplinary approach to transactions and risk management. Clients and teams benefit from his European legal foundations paired with New York finance-market experience.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Law, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Law at Ethnikon kai Kapodistriakon Panepistimion AthinonMaster of Laws (LL.M.) Law, Master of Laws (LL.M.) Law at Columbia Law SchoolMaster’s Degree International Business Law (Master 2 Pro Droit International Privé et du Commerce International), Master’s Degree International Business Law (Master 2 Pro Droit International Privé et du Commerce International) at University of Paris I: Panthéon-SorbonneLycée Leonin de Patissia
Greek, English, French
Github Skills (13)
javas10
smart-contracts10
solidity10
ethereum10
blockchain10
java10
android9
api8
apim8
rxjavafx8
rxjava8
api-design8
reactivex8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
LFDT-web3j/web3j
Jul 2019 - May 2022
Lightweight Java and Android library for integration with Ethereum clients
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 12 reviews, 84 commits in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Alexandros primarily contributed to the web3j library, focusing on improvements and bug fixes related to Ethereum integration. They changed the README file to reflect updated documentation, refactored the `ReadonlyTransactionManager` and implemented the `sendCall` function. The user also addressed issues related to exception handling and made modifications to the core methods of the library. Furthermore, the user added a test and fixed broken links.
android-libraryethereumjavablockchainsolidity
LFDT-web3j/web3j-docs
Oct 2019 - Sep 2021
Web3j documentation repository.
Contributions:141 commits, 43 PRs, 146 pushes in 1 year 11 months
ethereumblockchainweb3web3j
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