Mrs Marilena Nikolaraki > A. & K. Metaxopoulos & Partners Law Firm > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile

A. & K. Metaxopoulos & Partners Law Firm
54 VASILISSIS SOPHIAS AVENUE
115 28 ATHENS
Greece

Work Department

TMT, Real Estate, Civil

Position

Marilena became an associate in A. & K. Metaxopoulos and Partners Law firm in 2004 and she is currently a Senior Associate and Head of Industrial Property Department and Real Estate Department.

Career

Marilena specializes in registration of TMs, TM infringement, proceedings before the EUIPO and the Greek TM Authorities, litigation before the TM Courts, consulting on TM law, Patents, Utility Models, Designs, Civil law and Litigation, Real estate and Constructions law.

She speaks English (fluently) and Italian and contributes regularly on the developments of the Greek TM Law, to renounced magazines such as “World Trademark Review”, “Finance Monthly” etc.

She has been representing major Greek and foreign multinational entities in protecting their IP rights in Greece. In this framework, she has been very active in the legal “battle” against the so-called “pirated” and counterfeit goods. Her experience on this field allows her to cooperate effectively and fruitfully with the competent official Authorities and she has many times achieved to “clean” the market from pirated goods.

Being the head of Industrial Property Department and Real Estate Department in A. & K. Metaxopoulos & Partners Law Firm, Marilena Nikolaraki is the one to make decisions when it comes to IP rights enforcement and Real Estate/Construction Law.

Her experience enables her to decide the most appropriate way to protect and enforce the client’s industrial property rights, aiming to succeed immediate results depending on the circumstances of each case. She is also known to the Greek Authorities protecting IP rights and acting against illegal trading, the Officers of which value her opinion.

Finally, when it comes to Real Estate/Construction Law, she is the one to decide the most appropriate way to act, providing advice and guidance also to junior associates of A. & K. Metaxopoulos & Partners Law Firm.

Languages

Greek, English, Italian

Memberships

Athens Bar Association

Education

Marilena is a graduate of the Faculty of Law, Democritus University of Thrace (2003).

Lawyer Rankings

Greece > Intellectual property

With some 65 years of experience in IP, A. & K. Metaxopoulos & Partners Law Firm ‘stands out from the crowd’ for the breadth of its expertise. The firm handles work in diverse industry sectors, such as film, gaming, software and consumer products. The team represents well-known international and domestic clients in respect of the protection of brands, copyright infringement and broader industrial rights – often in high-profile cases. Kriton Metaxopoulos has a reputation for representing clients from film and music through to the pharma industry, in complex multinational litigation cases. Irini Daroussou  who co-heads the group with Metaxopoulo, also has broad expertise; copyright infringement, antipiracy and IP litigation. Marilena Nikolaraki  specialises in brand registration and enforcement.