Dr Ovvadias Namias > OVVADIAS S NAMIAS LAW FIRM > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile

OVVADIAS S NAMIAS LAW FIRM
16,Voukourestiou Street
Athens 106 71
Greece

Work Department

Criminal Litigation, White Collar Crime

Position

Managing Partner of OVVADIAS S NAMIAS LAW FIRM

Career

Ovvadias S. Namias, the Managing Partner of “OVVADIAS S. NAMIAS LAW FIRM”, was born in Athens in 1964.

He lectured Penal Law at the Law School of the University of Athens as a Special Scientific Associate (2002-2006). Ovvadias was an Attorney at Law of the National Bank of Greece specialising in financial penal issues from 1999 to 2006.

He was awarded the Babakos Prize by the Hellenic Criminal Bar Association in 2001.

Ovvadias has provided consulting services and in-court assistance in criminal cases of fraud (breach of trust, corruption), bribery, tax evasion, white collar crimes, corruption practices, bribery, customs office offenses, stock exchange offences, insider trading, market abuse, legalization of profits from illegal activities (money laundering), securities fraud, banking offences, medical negligence, corporate internal investigation, criminal aspects of environmental offences, personal data as well as in cases of European and International criminal law, extradition and mutual legal assistance.

Ovvadias has published his thesis and numerous articles in legal journals. He lectures regularly at conferences on criminal law and criminal procedure.

Languages

Ovvadias is fluent in English, German and French.

Memberships

Ovvadias has been a member of the Athens Bar Association since 1993 and a member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Criminal Bar Association since 2004. He is also the President of the General Assembly of the Jewish Community of Athens.

Education

He graduated from the Law School of the University of Athens in 1987 and concluded his thesis in Penal Law at the University of Bonn in Germany, with a grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (1992).

Lawyer Rankings

Greece > White-collar crime

Being a boutique law firm specialising in financial criminal law, OVVADIAS S NAMIAS LAW FIRM is highly regarded for its contentious and consulting work. Operating out of Athens, Ovvadias Namias leads the practice, advising domestic and international clients in criminal cases of fraud and tax evasion, whilst Vassilios Petropoulos is an expert in capital markets law. Senior associate Ilias Spyropoulos focuses on breach of trust and extradition matters.