TMT
Marina Androulakakis
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. Her work includes FSR and FDI screening advice.
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.
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, supporting clients on employment related privacy matters and advising on internal investigation procedures and data breach incidents.
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.
Tania Patsalia
Partner
Tania is specialised in EU, competition and antitrust law, advising on all aspects of antitrust, merger control and State aid rules. She regularly assists clients with antitrust and competition law issues arising from their commercial arrangements and has been involved in high-profile cartel and merger control cases before the Hellenic Competition Commission.
Tania provides clients with on-site assistance in dealing with dawn raids, including running workshops and mock exercises. Tania also advises on the application of EU law in Greece and the regulatory requirements applicable to the telecoms, media and technology sectors, regularly liaising with regulators such as the National Telecommunications and Post Commission, the National Council for Radio and Television, the Hellenic Data Protection Authority and the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy.
She has extensive experience in advising telecoms operators on licensing requirements, compliance with their annual reporting obligations and telecoms issues relating to the use of new technologies and the launch of new products and services. Tania also has an expertise in advising on all aspects of EU and Greek data privacy rules and she routinely advises clients on the proactive identification, assessment and management of risks associated with their privacy practices. She assists clients in GDPR compliance steps, and advises extensively on how to identify compliance gaps and draft privacy policies, consent forms and data processing agreements. Tania is an expert in AI and cybersecurity law, advising on their requirements and implications on data privacy and data protection and assisting clients in understanding the legal effects of AI on their business operations.
Eleni Kyratzi
Associate
Eleni is an associate at the Firm and a member of the Data Protection, Privacy and Security & TMT team. She advises on all aspects of data privacy legislation, GDPR compliance, cybersecurity and regulatory matters.
Eleni supports organisations with end-to-end GDPR compliance projects, including data mapping, audits and drafting compliance documentation (privacy notices, RoPAS, DPIAs, data processing agreements). She regularly advises on specialised matters, such as processing of employee data, cross-border data transfers and emerging technologies.
Eleni assists clients with data breaches and cyber incident responses, including engagement with supervisory authorities. She also regularly participates in due diligence exercises in the context of M&As.
She is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) and a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM).
Nicole Markaki
Associate
She advises companies on their compliance with applicable data protection rules including audits, data breaches, and privacy policies and liaises with regulatory authorities. Nicole often acts in due diligence and EU GDPR compliance assessment projects and reviews and drafts data processing agreements. She also advises on the regulatory requirements under EU and Greek telecommunications rules.
Deals
- - Sale of Telecoms Subsidiary We are advising a telecoms company on the potential sale of its local subsidiary, providing comprehensive telecoms regulatory support, including licensing and change of control analyses, wholesale access frameworks, and next generation network considerations, to ensure compliance and transaction readiness.
- - Investment in Digital Infrastructure We advised an independent management company focusing on investments in the European infrastructure area, over a potential investment in Greece involving the setting up of a new digital infrastructure greenfield company to deploy a fiber optics network, from a Greek telecoms perspective by providing specialized legal advice on the regulatory landscape applicable to the project in Greece and identifying the required permits, licenses, consents, and other authorization requirements.
- - Data Breach in Gaming Technology We are acting as a Greek law counsel to a gaming technology company in connection with a cross-border data breach incident.
- - ESG Advice to Information, Technology and Communications Company We advised a leading global provider of information and communications technology infrastructure and smart devices, on the applicable Greek legal requirements related to environmental, social and governance issues (ESG).
Team Services
Our practice is one of the foremost in Greece. We advise all market participants on regulatory compliance, reporting requirements, licensing, data protection, commercial agreements, corporate transactions and disputes in these sectors.
- Telecommunications
- Media
- Technology