About
Professor Biros teaches Introduction to Legal Studies and European Union Business and Competition Law. He serves as an attorney in the United States Department of State’s Office of the Legal Adviser, with a focus on regional security matters related to European affairs and NATO. Prior to this he was Deputy Head of Legal Affairs at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna and Counsel in the Office of Legal Affairs at INTERPOL.
From 2015 to 2018, he served as Legal Adviser to the United States Mission to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium. In this position he actively advised on international, U.S., and EU law relating to all aspects of EU-U.S. relations including in particular in the fields of national security and intelligence law, law enforcement cooperation, data protection and cross-border data transfers, political-military cooperation, sanctions, Brexit, state aid/competition law, trade, and treaty law.
His previous work with the State Department includes serving as primary legal counsel to the Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and providing advice regarding U.S. and international law on a broad range of intelligence matters, including intelligence collection and analysis and intelligence sharing. He further advised on various transnational law enforcement matters, including extradition, mutual legal assistance, and law enforcement cooperation between the United States and various European and Asian countries. He has also served in the Department’s legal offices for management and employment, handling broad portfolios regarding counterintelligence, cybersecurity, and litigation matters.
Prior to joining the Office of the Legal Adviser, he worked in private practice in Washington and was a law clerk at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. He holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School/European University Institute, an M.Sc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an A.B. in Politics from Princeton University