Mrs Elena Nikolarea > A. & K. Metaxopoulos & Partners Law Firm > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile
A. & K. Metaxopoulos & Partners Law Firm Offices
54 VASILISSIS SOPHIAS AVENUE
115 28 ATHENS
Greece
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Mrs Elena Nikolarea
Work Department
Dispute Resolution, Civil Law, TMT
Position
Elena is an Associate at A. & K. Metaxopoulos and Partners Law Firm. She mostly deals with cases related to Civil Law, Dispute Resolution, Data Protection Law and Intellectual and Industrial Property Law.
In addition, she contributes regularly to the online publication “ILN IP Insider” of the International Lawyers Network, with articles concerning, mainly, Intellectual Property matters.
Career
Elena is an Associate at A. & K. Metaxopoulos and Partners. She has worked in the past, as a trainee, at the at the Scientific Service of the Hellenic Parliament in Athens, as well as at the European External Action Service (EEAS) of the European Union in Brussels (through the very well-known and competitive “Blue Book” traineeship program of the European Commission).
Languages
Greek, English, French and Polish
Memberships
Athens Bar Association
Education
Elena holds a Degree in Law from the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, graduating with “excellent”/first-class honors (2016).
She is also a holder of a Master of Laws Degree in Civil Law from the Law School of the University of Athens, in the Specialization “Civil Law and New Technologies”, graduating with “excellent”/first-class honors and with the Highest Distinction in her specialization (2019). Her postgraduate studies mainly focused on matters of civil law, intellectual property law, electronic commerce and data protection law.
She attended a semester of her undergraduate studies at the Law School of the University of Sheffield in England, in the framework of the Erasmus program, and she has also participated in summer programs of interdisciplinary courses at the University of Cambridge, England and of polish language courses at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
She has participated successfully in an intensive seminars program organized by the Athens Bar Association and the Greek DPA, in relation to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as well as to many other legal conferences and seminars.
Lawyer Rankings
Greece > Intellectual property
Displaying a ‘very good understanding’ of corporate IP matters and soft IP litigation, the intellectual property practice at A. & K. Metaxopoulos & Partners Law Firm routinely represents Greek and foreign corporations. The firm has multiple specialists to handle the registration, protection and defence of trade marks and patents in Greek and EU courts, and its expertise spans across the software, music and film industries. Based in Athens, Irini Daroussou and Kriton Metaxopoulos
co-head the team, specialising in corporate fraud prosecution, copyright law and unfair competition issues. Marilena Nikolaraki is an expert in trade mark infringement, and Elena Nikolarea focuses on media law.
Greece > TMT
(Rising stars)Demonstrating broad strength across the advertising, media and publishing fields, the A. & K. Metaxopoulos & Partners Law Firm TMT practice is well equipped to handle complex IP and privacy law matters. With an offering covering both litigation and advisory services, the team specialises in dealing with copyright infringement claims, data protection issues and non-disclosure agreements, among other areas. Based out of Athens, Kriton Metaxopoulos and Asterios Syssilas jointly lead the team, bringing vast experience in multinational litigation proceedings and unfair competition law issues to the firm. Irini Daroussou is an anti-piracy and industrial law expert, while Elena Nikolarea focuses on e-commerce and civil law matters.