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 > Banking, finance and capital markets
The ‘very knowledgeable, well resourced and responsive’ team at Sioufas & Associates Law Firm
delivers ‘a results-oriented and cost-effective service’ to funds and servicers, in particular, in relation to NPL-related work. Here, under the guidance of George Sioufas, the team is able to ‘provide end-to-end solutions’ for funds and servicers, including on due diligence, restructuring and related litigation. Olga Eftychidou and Nikolaos Katiforis co-head the team alongside Sioufas.
Greece > Dispute resolution
Sioufas & Associates Law Firm manages a range of case assignments in the fields of employment, IP and immigration law, frequently providing bespoke advice to individual and corporate clients. Operating out of Athens, the trio of Olga Eftychidou, Olga Eftychidou and Theodora Antonopoulou have in-depth insight into judicial enforcement and commercial law issues. Marios Sioufas acts for Greek banks and other financial institutions in disputes, Nikolaos Katiforis assists clients in arbitration, while Marios-Panagiotis Skouras focuses on financial law cases.