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our people

With more than 40 attorneys and 28 support staff, Zepos & Yannopoulos is one of the largest law firms in Greece. The firm strives to attract and retain the best professionals, and as such, many of them have graduated from the top universities in the United States and Europe, worked for leading international law firms prior to joining our firm, held academic positions at law schools, or held prior positions at key financial, administrative, or governmental institutions. Combined, our professional staff can interact in more than seven languages, including English, French, German and Italian.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

Marina S. Allamani, Tax Attorney, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1995, Court of Appeals. Prior experience: legal counsel with Alpha Beta Vassilopoulos SA, 1996-2000. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1992); University of Exeter (LL.M., International Business Legal Studies, 1994); ALBA (Msc, Business Legal Studies for Law Practitioners, 2001). Publications: Contributor to the "Tax Planning International Review" of BNA International Inc.
Languages: Greek and English.
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Pinelopi E. Antonioudaki, Tax Attorney, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 2006, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 2004); ALBA Graduate Business School (MSc. Business Studies for Law Practitioners, 2006); Athens University of Economics and Business (PG Cert, Tax Law, 2007).
Languages: Greek, English and French.
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Stefanos I. Charaktiniotis, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 2003, Court of First Instance. Education: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 2001); University of Trier - Germany, Faculty of Law (LL.M., Competition Law, 2002); University of Trier - Germany, Faculty of Law (PhD, Competition Law, 2005). Publications: "Unfair Competition and constitutional freedoms. The intervention of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany on issues of unfair competition with respect to the "H.I.V. POSITIVE" advertisement by Benetton", Business and Company Law Review, 2005 (in Greek).
Languages: Greek, English, German, French.
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Sofia Chatzigiannidou, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 2005, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 2002); Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institute of European Law (LL.M., European Law, 2004); Six-month training at the Court of First Instance of the European Communities.
Languages: Greek, English, French, Italian and Spanish
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Panagiotis K. Chortaras, Attorney-at-law, born Imbros, Turkey, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1972, Supreme Court. Education: Athens School of Commercial and Economic Sciences; University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law (LL.B.).
Languages: Greek, English, German and Turkish.
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Nicos J. Christoforidis, Attorney-at-law, born Kozani, Greece, admitted to Thessaloniki Bar Association, 1985, Court of Appeals. Education: University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law (LL.B. and LL.M).
Languages: Greek, English and French.
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Daphne M. Cozonis, Tax Attorney, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1995, Court of Appeals. Education: University of Rouen, Faculty of Law (Erasmus scholarship, 1990); University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1992); New York University School of Law (LL.M., Corporate Law, 1994). Publications: Co-author: "Taxation of Non-residents for Income deriving from Currency Swap Transactions" and "Tax Treatment of Credit Default Swap Proceeds", Derivatives & Financial Instruments published by the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, 1999. Member: International Fiscal Association.
Languages: Greek, English, French and Turkish.
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Mary G. Deligianni, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Piraeus Bar Association, 2004, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Thrace, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 2002); University of London, University College London (LL.M., Intellectual Property Law, 2003). Authorship: “Comparative review of author’s moral rights regimes in the civil law and common law jurisdictions”.
Languages: Greek, English and French.
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Vassilios P. Digenopoulos, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1969, Supreme Court and Hamburg Bar Association. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B.); University of Hamburg, Germany (Dr.iur.). Former Assistant, Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Private Law, Hamburg, Germany. Publications: "New Developments in C.I.F. and F.O.B. Contracts," drafted in German, published in Frankfurt, Germany, 1978; various publications in the fields of Corporate and Banking Law. Former Legal Counsel, National Investment Bank for Industrial Development (ETEBA).
Languages: Greek, German, English and French.
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Elina P. Filippou, Tax Attorney, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 2003, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 2001); University of London, University College London, (LL.M., Banking & Finance Law, 2002); Athens University of Economics and Business (PG Cert, Tax Law, 2004).
Languages: Greek, English, French and German.
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Panagiotis J. Kakouris, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1997, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1993); Europa Institut University of Saarland (Graduate Certificate "European Integration", 1994, Master of European Law, 1995); Cornell Law School (LL.M., Corporate Law, Banking, 1996). Co-Author: "Conflict Between the Right to Private Property and to a Clean Environment: Theory and Case Law," Review of Public and Administrative Law, 1995.
Languages: Greek, English and German.
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Constantinos J. Kallideris, Tax Attorney, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1995, Court of Appeals. Education: University of Thrace, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1992); One-year training at the Council of State (1994); One-year Taxation Seminar organised by the Ministry of Development (1996). Author of the book "Liability of the Directors of Legal Entities for Corporate Tax Offences and Tax Debts", Nomiki Bibliothiki Publications, 2004; "Taxation of a foreign employee seconded to Greece", Accountant’s Review (Logistis), 2003; “3% special real estate tax concerning offshore companies; interpretation and compliance issues”, Business and Company Law Review, 2006; Contributor to the "Tax Planning International Review" published by BNA International Inc.
Languages: Greek and English.
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Stylianos D. Karamarias, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1976, Supreme Court Attorney. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B. 1974); University of Cologne, Germany (Dr.iur., 1984). Doctoral dissertation: "Preaventinschutsh der Minderheits-, Glaubiger- und Arbeitnmehmerinteressen beim Eintritt einer Kapitalgesellschaft im Konzern”, published in Frankfurt, 1986; Bundesdeutches Arbeitsrecht im Konzern, published in Cologne, RdA 1984. Former Legal Counsel, Fina Hellenique Societe Anonyme des Petroles et d’ Entreprises Generales, BP Hellas Oil Company S.A.
Languages: Greek, German, English and French.
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Alex G. Karopoulos, Tax Attorney, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1999, Court of Appeals. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1996); University of Bristol (LL.M., European Legal Studies, 1997); Athens University of Economics and Business (PG Cert Tax Law, 2001).
Languages: Greek, English and German.
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Georgios I. Katrinakis, Tax Attorney, born Larissa, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 2001, Court of Appeals. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1996); University of Durham (LL.M., International and European Legal Studies, 1998); Athens University of Economics and Business (PG Cert, Tax Law, 2003); Athens University of Economics and Business (PG Cert, Accounting, 2004).
Languages: Greek, English and French.
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Ilias E. Koimtzoglou, Attorney-at-law, born Komotini, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1998, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1995); University of London, King's College School of Law (LL.M., Corporate and Commercial Law, 1997); Columbia University School of Law (LL.M., 2000).
Languages: Greek, English and German.
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Marina Kolia, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1990, and as a Solicitor to the Supreme Court of England and Wales, 1993. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1988); University of London, LSE (LL.M., Commercial Law 1991). Recent energy publications include: "Recent Developments in the Electricity Market in Greece", (International Energy Law and Taxation Review, Sweet & Maxwell, August 2005); "Energy Law in Greece", chapter in book titled "EU Energy Regulation in Practice", (Oxford University Press, 2004); "Public Service Obligations in the Electricity and Gas Sectors under the EU Directives: Greece", (co-author), International Energy and Taxation Review, January 2004 in English and in Greek in "Energy & Law", March 2005; "Recent developments in the Greek Energy Market", Energy Exchange, Spring 2004; "What Happened in California?" , (part 1 and part 2) Energy Exchange, Winter 2001 and Summer 2001. Marina is also news correspondent for Greece in International Energy Law and Taxation Review. Prior experience: 11 years in City of London law firms (Herbert Smith, Cameron McKenna, Simmons & Simmons) as an energy and projects solicitor.
Languages: Greek, English, French and German.
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Nicholas Kontizas, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1994; New York, 1996; California, 2001. Education: University of Athens Faculty of Law (LL.B); New York University School of Law (LL.M., 1995); LSE (Certificate in Anglo-American Law, Summer 1990); University of Aix-en-Provence (Certification in Commercial Law, March 1990). Authorship: New Corporate Governance, From Theory to Practice, May 1995. Prior experience: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (San Francisco, CA, 2000-2002); Proskauer Rose LLP (New York, NY, 1998-2000); Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP (New York, NY, 1996-1998). Practice areas: Corporate; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions.
Languages: Greek, English and French.
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Vassiliki G. Lazarakou, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1994, Supreme Court (Arios Pagos); New York Bar Association, 1996. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B.); New York University School of Law (LL.M. in International Legal Studies, 1993; J.S.D., 1998). Doctoral Dissertation: "Greek Privatisation in International Perspective". Prior experience: Legal Counsel to the Athens Stock Exchange (2000); Legal Department, Sterling Winthrop Inc., USA (8/1994 - 7/1995). Publications: “Greece” in Global Financial Services Regulators, Europe, 2004, Issue 1, published by Richmond Law & Tax; "Greece Announces Third Try at Telephone Privatisation", Privatisation Opportunities: Intelligence Report, March 1996 and various other publications in Greek Law Journals.
Languages: Greek, English and French.
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Anastasia V. Makri, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Piraeus Bar Association, 2000, Court of Appeals. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1997); University of Essex (LL.M., International Trade Law, 1999); University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.M. candidate, Commercial Law). Prior experience: Abn Amro Bank (2001 - 2002); Legal & Claims Department Manager, Euler Hermes Emporiki Credit Insurance S.A. (2003 - 2007).
Languages: Greek, English, French and Italian.
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Spyros P. Maratos, Tax Attorney, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1975, Supreme Court. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1973); College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium (Diploma in European Economic Community Law, 1976).
Languages: Greek, English, French.
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Emmanuel P. Mastromanolis, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1991, Court of Appeals. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1988); University of Pennsylvania Law School (LL.M., Corporate, International Trade and Antitrust Law, 1989, S.J.D., 1994). Doctoral dissertation: "Vertical Restraints in the Antitrust Systems of the United States and of the European Union". Lecturer in Commercial and Economic Law, Department of Business Administration, University of the Aegean. Publications: "Insights From U.S. Antitrust Law on Exclusive and Restricted Territorial Distribution: The Creation of a New Legal Standard For European Union Competition Law", U. Pa. J. Int'l Bus. Law (1995); "Predatory Pricing Strategies in the European Union: A Case For Legal Reform," E.C.L.R. (1998); "Exclusive Distribution and Efficiency in the Competition Law of the European Union", (monograph in the series of the Greek Institute of International and Foreign Law, Ant. Sakkoulas, 1998); "Debt Capitalization by Ailing Enterprises Under Law 1992/90: Compatible with the EC State Aid Rules?", Business & Company Law Review, 1999 (in Greek); "EC Regulation 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings: from fragmented national regulation to a unified insolvency law", Business and Company Law Review, 2001, (in Greek); "The Zino Davidoff and Levi Strauss decisions of the European Court of Justice: towards a restriction of the trademark international exhaustion principle and the intensification of the European Union protectionism", Commercial Law Review, 2002, (in Greek); "Shareholders’ Agreements in Maritime Companies: A Model for Greek Company Law?", Contributor to collective volume, "Greek Maritime Companies-Contemporary issues", Sakkoulas Publications, 2004, (in Greek); "Lingering between Public Law and Business Efficiency: Realities and Uncertainties Under the Greek Concession (PPP) Regime", Public Procurement Law Review, 2004. Prior experience: Legal Counsel, Titan Cement Company S.A., Athens, 1995-1997.
Languages: Greek, English and French.
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Sonia S. Melegou, Attorney-at-law, born Tripolis, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 2000, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1998); ALBA (MSc, Business Studies for Law Practitioners, 2000).
Languages: Greek and English.
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Thrassyvoulos Ch. Mitsidis, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1964, Supreme Court. Ex-General Counsel at Mobil Oil Hellas S.A. and Ex-Legal Counsel at the Hellenic Industrial Development Bank (ETBA). Former assistant in Private International Law at the University of Athens. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B.); University of London (LL.M., International Economic Law, International Law of the Sea, Maritime Law and Law of the European Institutions).
Languages: Greek, English and Italian.
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Agis A. Moschovakos, Tax Attorney, born Thessaloniki, Greece, admitted to Thessaloniki Bar Association, 2001, Court of Appeals. Education: University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1999); University of London, Queen Mary, (LL.M., Tax Law, 2003); Athens University of Economics and Business (PG Cert, Tax Law, 2004). Publications: Contributor to the "Tax Planning International Review" of BNA International Inc. Member: International Fiscal Association. Prior experience: Αssociate in Norton Rose Greece, 2004-2005.
Languages: Greek, English.
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Elena A. Papachristou, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 2003, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 2001); University of London, University College London (LL.M., Banking & Finance Law, 2002).
Languages: Greek, English, French and German.
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Rania K. Papakonstantinou, Attorney-at-law, born Preveza, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 2000, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Thrace, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1997); University of Manchester (LL.M., International Business Law, 1998); University of London, Queen Mary and Westfield College (LL.M., Banking and Finance Law, 1999).
Languages: Greek, English, Spanish and German.
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Anna P. Paraskeva, Tax Attorney, born Athens, Greece. Education: University of Nijmegen, Faculty of law (Erasmus Scholarship, 2003); University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 2005); Athens University of Economics and Business (PG Cert, Tax Law, 2007).
Languages: Greek, English and French.
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Julia A. Pournara, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1994, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B.), Law School of Bristol University (LL.M. in Commercial Law, 1992). Dissertation: "Abuse of Dominant Position under Greek and EEC Law: a Critical Appraisal". Author: Chapter IX of "Competition Laws of Europe", ed. Butterworths (1995); Publications: "Greek Business Law Review: an Update", European Business Law Review, Vol. 6, Issue 11 (1995).
Languages: Greek, English and French.
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Constantine T. Sarantis, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1972, Supreme Court. Ex-General Counsel, Texaco Greek Petroleum Company, 1983-2000; Legal Counsel, Athenian Hotel and Commercial Enterprises. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B.); Oxford University (Special Diploma in Social Studies, 1973, Doctor of Philosophy, 1977). Publications: "The Emergence of the Greek Right", 1980; "The Ideology of the Metaxas Regime" in "Aspects Of Greece", ELIAMEP, 1993.
Languages: Greek, English, French, Spanish and Italian.
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Athina A. Skolarikou, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1998, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1995; LL.M., European Community Law, 1996); University of London, University College London (LL.M., Banking & Finance Law, 1997). Dissertation: "National Community and International Trademark: Their Operation Relationship".
Languages: Greek, English, French and German.
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Helen D. Skoufari, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 2007, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 2005; LL.M., Commercial Law, 2007). Authorship: “The liability of the Board of Directors for the ensuing insolvency under the new Greek Bankruptcy Code. Comparative review of the wrongful trading and the Konkursverschleppungshaftung”.
Languages: Greek, German, English and Spanish.
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Myrto D. Stavrinou, Tax Attorney, born Mytilini, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1998, Court of Appeals. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1994); University of Sussex (LL.M., International Commercial Law, 1996); New York University School of Law (LL.M., Corporate Law, 1997); Athens University of Economics and Business (PG Cert, Tax Law, 2001).
Languages: Greek, English, French and Italian.
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Hariklia V. Strati, Tax Attorney, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 2007, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 2004); Athens University of Economics and Business (PG Cert, Tax Law, 2006).
Languages: Greek, English.
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George M. Venieris, Tax Attorney, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 2006, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 2003); University of Leiden, (LL.M., International Taxation, 2004); Athens University of Economics and Business (PG Cert, Tax Law, 2005).
Languages: Greek, English, German.
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Sotirios D. Vlachos, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 2006, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law, (LL.B., 2004); University of Athens, Professional Development Centre, (Certificate of Training, Economy and Law, 2005); ALBA Graduate Business School (MSc, Business Studies for Law Practitioners, 2007).
Languages: Greek, English and German.
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Charikleia I. Vlastou, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 2006, Court of First Instance. Education: Catholic University of Leuven, Faculty of Law, (Erasmus Scholarship, 2002), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law, (LL.B., 2003); University of Maastricht, Faculty of Law, (LL.M., Magister Iuris Communis: European Social and Economic Regulation, 2003). Dissertation: “The Generalised System of Preferences in International Trade Law: The EC-Tariff Preferences Case and possible repercussions for Trade and Development”.
Languages: Greek, English, French and Dutch
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Constantine Y. Yannopoulos, Tax Attorney, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1958, Supreme Court. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1955). Author of numerous articles, book reviews and commentaries on Court decisions. Member: International Fiscal Association (IFA), National Reporter in the IFA Congress of 1981, Berlin; Greek Society of Tax Law and Public Finance (Secretary General, 1990-1992; Vice President, 1992-1995); American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce. Practice Areas: Fiscal Law; Tax Litigation; Commercial Tax.
Languages: Greek and French.
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Yerassimos C. Yannopoulos, Tax Attorney, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1991, Court of Appeals. Lecturer in International Tax Law, Faculty of Law, University of Athens (Post-Graduate programme of Public Law). Education: University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1988); University of Paris 2, Faculty of Law (D.E.A., Public Finance and Taxation, 1990). Publications: "Interpretation of International Tax Conventions", Public and Administrative Law Review, 1995; "Taxation of Mutual Funds", Accountant's Review (Logistis), 1995; "Tax treatment of inter-company charges within a multinational group of companies", Accountant's Review, 1996; "Tax treatment of emerging financial instruments", Accountant's Review, 1996; "Contradictions in Greek Tax Legislation regarding Silent Partnerships", Company Law Survey, 1996; "Taxation of Principal and Accessory Contracts", Athens Bar Law Review (Nomiko Vima), 1997; Co-author of the section on Greece of the "International Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions" published by the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation. Member: International Bar Association (Member, Tax Committee); International Fiscal Association (Executive Committee Member, Greek Branch); American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce.
Languages: Greek, English and French.
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Manolis C. Zacharakis, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 2003, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Thrace, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 2001); University of Bristol, Faculty of Law (LL.M., Commercial Law, 2002).
Languages: Greek, English.
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Dimitrios J. Zepos, Attorney-at-law, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1992, Court of Appeals. Education: Connecticut College (B.A., Economics, Political Science); Université de Lausanne (LL.B.). Co-author: "Environmental Liabilities and Regulation in Europe," IBPL, 1993; "European Environmental Markets", D.T.I., 1995; "Acquiring a Business Entity", Doing Business in Greece, published in New York, 1995; "Environmental Law in Europe", Kluwer Law, 1999.
Languages: Greek, English, French and Italian.
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Maria C. Zoupa, Tax Attorney, born Athens, Greece, admitted to Athens Bar Association, 1999, Court of First Instance. Education: University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 1996; LL.M, Public Law, 1998). Publications: Co-author: "Taxation of Non-residents for Income deriving from Currency Swap Transactions" and "Tax Treatment of Credit Default Swap Proceeds", Derivatives & Financial Instruments published by the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, 1999.
Languages: Greek, English, French and German.
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