Dr Nikolaos Katiforis > Sioufas & Associates Law Firm > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile
Sioufas & Associates Law Firm Offices
6A, NEOU FALIROU STREET
AGIOS IOANNIS RENTIS
182 33 ATHENS
Greece
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Dr Nikolaos Katiforis
Work Department
Banking and Finance
Position
General Counsel
Career
Professor Nikolaos Katiforis has an extensive experience in Administrative, Arbitration Law and Litigation, having handled high-profile and complex cases before national courts of all degrees. Mr. Katiforis’ focus lies as well in the field of Public Procurement, in particular in advising clients and dealing with the entire process of public tender, from preparing an offer to handling any legal claim that might arise, before court. Finally, he handles significant projects which are related to compliance on miscellaneous regulatory issues, more specifically related to data privacy.
Mr. Katiforis is an Assistant Professor at the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens since 30.12.2014 (Lecturer since 7.9.2009), in the field of Civil Procedural Law. He has 30 years of experience as an attorney, mainly on civil law disputes, business disputes, and unfair competition matters. During his career he has been employed in the Legal Departments of Alpha Bank (Enforcement Proceedings Division, 1996-2000), Millennium Bank (Head of Legal Division, 2000-2002) and Eurobank Ergasias (Head of Retail Banking Division, 2003 -2016). He practices law before the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece (Areios Pagos) since 1995. He speaks Greek, English and German.
Languages
Greek, English and German.
Memberships
Athens Bar Association
Education
Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B.), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Law (1983-1988),
Doctorate (Ph. D.), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Law (1989-1993)
Thesis title: “Stay of Enforcement Proceedings”.
Lawyer Rankings
Greece > Intellectual property
Trade marks, designs and trade secret matters are at the core of Sioufas & Associates Law Firm
’s IP offering, with the firm frequently advising companies from across the education, technology and agriculture sectors. From Athens, Marios Sioufas oversees the practice, specialising in handling cases of registration and protection of European and international trade marks. Nikolaos Katiforis concentrates on data privacy. Dimitrios Frantzidis is also noted.
Greece > Dispute resolution
With extensive experience of handling employment, IP, and banking litigation (particularly defending Greek banks in court proceedings), the Sioufas & Associates Law Firm practice displays an ‘inherent disposition for constructive cooperation’. Based out of Athens, deputy managing partner Marios Sioufas specialises in complex IP and corporate disputes, Olga Eftychidou is an expert in enforcement and insolvency cases, and Nikolaos Katiforis focuses on administrative disputes and arbitration. Theodora Antonopoulou is also highlighted.