Prof Dr Ioannis Rokas > Rokas Law Firm > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile
Rokas Law Firm Offices
25, 25A BOUKOURESTIOU STREET
106 71 ATHENS
Greece
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Prof Dr Ioannis Rokas
Work Department
Insurance Law, Banking Law, General Commercial Law, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Environmental Law, Central and Eastern European Law.
Position
Senior Partner
Career
Born in Athens, Greece; admitted 1971, Athens; authorized to appear before the Greek Courts of all instances; Em. Professor of Commercial and Business Law, Athens University of Economics and Business; Judge, Court of Appeal for Trademarks, 1987-1990.
Founder of Rokas Law Firm, he leads the insurance law team at Rokas (Athens). Long experience as a lawyer in sophisticated cases of mergers & acquisitions, privatizations, banking & finance, admiralty & maritime, Central and SE European law. His dispute resolution practice spans over forty years and mainly focuses on complex conflicts in the insurance sector; advises on regulatory, corporate and contract matters primarily of insurance undertakings; has chaired a number of law drafting committees.
Honorary President of AIDA (International Insurance Law Association)
Languages
Greek, German, English, French.
Memberships
International Insurance Law Association (AIDA), consisting of 57 national scientific sections with over ten thousand members/insurance specialists: Honorary President;
President of the Hellenic Insurance Law Association;
Member of the Project Group “Restatement of European Insurance Contract Law” which produced the “Principles of European Insurance Contract Law” (PEICL) and joined the European Network of Excellence on European Contract Law;
Member of the Greek Arbitration Association;
Member of the Piraeus Association for Maritime Arbitration;
Comite Maritime Internationale: former General Secretary of the Greek Section;
Mediterranean Maritime Arbitration Association: former Chairman;
Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Italian book series ‘Insurance Science’, Esi publishing;
Member of the Editorial Board of the European Insurance Law Review, AIDA Serbia Chapter;
Chairman of Legislation and Drafting Committees for the Greek Commercial Code, Insurance Law, Patent Law and member of Drafting Committees of numerous other Acts.
Education
University of Berlin (Dr. Jur., 1975); University of Athens Law School (Diploma, 1968).
Lawyer Rankings
Greece > Insurance
(Hall of Fame)Drawing upon its extensive contentious expertise, Rokas Law Firm
has a specific focus on insurance claims, misappropriation of bank deposit issues and the reservation of insurer’s rights of cancellation cases. It can regularly be found representing energy companies and financial institutions. The firm has a strong track record in regulated markets, often handling M&A transactions, regulatory compliance and winding-up proceedings. Based out of Athens, founding partner Ioannis Rokas
specialises in complex insurance litigation and arbitration cases. Alkistis Christofilou primarily focuses on the finance, telecoms and pharmaceutical sectors, and Christos Theodorou is knowledgeable in IPOs and financial law matters. Antonios Tsavdaridis is experienced in advising on major European disputes, and Nikolaos Boutsikos is an expert litigator.