Ms Marina Androulakakis > Bernitsas Law > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile

Bernitsas Law
5 LYKAVITTOU STREET
106 72 ATHENS
Greece

Work Department

Data Protection, Privacy & Security; EU, Competition & Antitrust; Telecommunications, Media & Technology.

Position

Partner

Marina is an expert in EU, competition and antitrust law. She joined the Firm in 1997 and advises national and international clients on antitrust, merger control and State aid issues, with substantial experience in cross-border and cross-section transactions, risk and strategy assessment and regulatory compliance.

Marina has extensive experience in successfully representing clients across various industries in alleged cartel and abuse of dominance cases before the Hellenic Competition Commission. She also has considerable expertise in merger cases and has effectively coordinated multi-jurisdictional filings and obtained clearance for high-profile M&A transactions from the Hellenic Competition Commission and the European Commission in a wide range of industry specialisations.

Marina has an expertise in assessing commercial agreements and policies for their compliance with competition law and also provides on-site assistance and practical guidance in dealing with dawn raids. She advises on the national and EU legislation governing public procurement and has undertaken complaints to the European Commission concerning alleged violations of EU rules.

Marina has significant experience in advising clients on emerging and existing data protection requirements, including identifying gaps and areas of potential infringement of data protection laws, designing, drafting, reviewing and updating data protection policies and privacy statements for online activities as well as advising on internal investigation procedures and data breach incidents.

Marina represents clients in procedures before the Hellenic Data Protection Authority and actively advises on GDPR compliance. She is also experienced in advising on employment related privacy issues as well as on the application of data privacy rules in the context of electronic communications and the operation of CCTV networks.

Marina also supports clients in relation to compliance with international sanctions regimes. Her work includes advising on sanctions monitoring and reporting requirements and the design and implementation of compliance programs, as well as assisting clients to obtain authorization from national authorities and liaising with the regulators.

Prior to joining the Firm, Marina worked as a trainee at the Commission of the European Communities Directorate-General IA-External Relations in Brussels

Career

Marina is admitted to the Athens Bar (1999) and the Athens Court of Appeals (2004).

Languages

Greek, English, French and Spanish.

Education

Marina holds a BSc Econ in Government and Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an LLM in European Community Law from King’s College London.

Lawyer Rankings

Greece > EU and competition

(Leading individuals)

Marina AndroulakakisBernitsas Law

Greece > TMT

(Leading individuals)

Marina AndroulakakisBernitsas Law

Acting on behalf of international technology corporations and telecoms providers, Bernitsas Law displays ‘excellent technical skills’ when handling complex M&A and strategic partnership transactions in the TMT sector. The team shows considerable strength in the data privacy and cybersecurity spheres, with Athens-based practice head Marina Androulakakis being an expert in EU, competition and regulatory law matters. Highlighted as ‘very committed and technically great’, Tania Patsalia regularly assists clients with antitrust and competition law issues, while Aristeidis Papathanasiou focuses on data protection and intellectual property matters.