Ms Yolanda Antoniou-Rapti > Zepos & Yannopoulos > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile

Zepos & Yannopoulos
280 KIFISSIAS AVE
HALANDRI
152 32 ATHENS
Greece
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Work Department

Commercial and Consumer Law, Data Protection & Cybersecurity, Tech, Media & Telecom

Position

Yolanda is a senior associate and focuses on Greek and EU data protection, privacy, cybersecurity, competition & antitrust, corporate and commercial law. She advises on all aspects of EU and Greek data protection compliance issues, including assisting clients in identifying compliance gaps, both in the context of GDPR compliance audits and M&A due diligence reviews, assessing and managing relevant risks, and in taking steps to ensure overall compliance, including conducting trainings and workshops. Yolanda’s practice also covers data protection litigation, as well as advisory and assistance tasks on day-to-day matters, including drafting and negotiating privacy terms in contracts, drafting privacy policies and notices, data processing agreements, consent forms, the use of new technologies, ePrivacy issues, data breach management and notification, international data transfers, and carrying out data protection impact assessments.

She also has a broad experience and assists clients on Greek and EU competition law issues, including cartels, vertical agreements, abuse of dominance, merger control, dawn raids, mock exercises, compliance audits, as well as workshops and trainings to ensure overall compliance.

Yolanda is admitted before the Court of First Instance. She was admitted to the Athens Bar in 2012 and joined our firm in 2018.

Languages

Greek and English

Education

University of  Kent, Law School (LL.B., 2008)

King’s College London, Law School (LL.M.  2010)

ALBA Graduate Business School (MSc. in Business for Lawyers, 2014)

Lawyer Rankings

Greece > TMT

With Theodore Konstantakopoulos and Athina Skolarikou at the helm, the ‘exceptional’ practice at Zepos & Yannopoulos deploys experienced experts in data protection, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance proceedings. The outfit is well versed in acting for telecoms companies, start-ups, and media service providers, routinely overseeing AI governance programs and soft IP issues. Konstantakopoulos primarily specialises in e-commerce law and content regulation matters, Skolarikou is highly knowledgeable in the IT and hotel sectors, whilst Antonis Giannakodimos predominantly concentrates on unfair terms and consumer contract affairs. Yolanda Antoniou-Rapti stands out for her GDPR insight and Iliana Papantoni is also highlighted as a key team member.

Greece > EU and competition

A ‘top expert’, Stamatis Drakakakis heads the Zepos & Yannopoulos practice, specialising in all aspects of merger cases, state aid claims and complex antitrust proceedings. The team is especially well versed in the energy, banking and beverage industries, regularly advising on merger control elements and regulatory compliance measures. Drakakakis is a competition law expert; Iraklis Tsakopoulos focuses on tax and administrative procedures; and Violeta Panagiotopoulou has experience in claims before the Hellenic Competition Commission and Greek civil courts. Yolanda Antoniou-Rapti, Maria Lampadaki and Ellie Gavriilidou are also names to note.