Alexandra Mikroulea, born in 1968, is an As. Professor of Intellectual Property and Antitrust Law, Banking and Insurance Law in the Law Faculty of the University of Athens and a member of the Athens Bar Association (admitted 1992).

She graduated from the Law School of Athens in 1991 and was awarded her doctoral thesis on Antitrust Law from the University of Munich in 1994 (summa cum laude).

She has been an associate of the legal department of the Hellenic Competition Committee from 1997 to 2001 and a full member of the Board of Hellenic Competition Committee, from September 2001 to October 2003, where she handled cases of concerted practices, abuse of dominant position and concentrations).

She has been a member of Max-Planck Institute of Munich for International Patent Law, Industrial Property and Competition from 1991 to 1994 and from August 1998 to December 1998. In her multiple activities she has also been a member of the law-making committees on issues pertaining to signs, consumer protection and insurance laws, a member of ASCOLA (Academic Society for Competition Law), a regular collaborator of: the monthly law review "Company and Business Law" (in Greek) and the quarterly law review "Commercial Law Review" (in Greek), a member of the editing board of the law review "Private Insurance Law Review" (in Greek) and a member of the Association of Commercial Law Attorneys.

Alexandra Mikroulea is the author of numerous papers and books on Antitrust Law, Unfair Competition Law, Patent Law, Industrial Property, Trade Mark Law and Banking Law and has many remarks on decisions regarding antitrust law in Greek law reviews.

She serves as a counsel at the Legal Service of the National Bank of Greece and a senior partner in Mikroulea-Chrissanthis law firm in Athens.

Areas of expertise: Antitrust Law, Unfair Competition Law, Patent Law, Industrial Property, Trade Mark Law and Banking Law.

Languages: Greek, German, English and French.

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Personal details
Surname:          CHRISSANTHIS
Name:              CHRISTOS
Father’s name:  Spiridon
Date of birth:  11.07.1968
Address:          12 Solonos street, Athens 10673, Greece.
Tel.:                 +30 210 36 20 051
Fax.:                +30 210 36 20 086
Mobile:           +30 6937 25 23 22
E mail:             chrissan@otenet.gr

Academic positions
Lecturer of Commercial Law at the Univ. of Athens, Faculty of Laws (2006 -).
Reader of Commercial Law at the Univ. of Athens, Faculty of Laws (2000-2006).
Reader of Commercial Law at the Athens University of Economics & Business (2000-2006)
Member of the Editing Board of Commercial Law Review (a Greek legal periodical published since 1950) since 2000 -.

Professional positions
Attorney at Law, member of the Athens Bar (Greece) since 1994.
Managing partner of Chrissanthis & Partners Law Firm since 2006.
Director of the Legal Department of Star Investments SA, one of Greece’s larger investment and private equity funds, since 2008.

Academic records
Athens College high school, cum max. laude (1987).
University of Athens, Faculty of Laws, Undergraduate degree in Law, cum max. laude (1991).
University of London (QMC), LL.M. in Int’l Business Transactions (1992).
University of Athens, Faculty of Laws, Doctorate degree in Law, cum max. laude (1996).

Publications on Trademark and IP Law
1.  A commentary of articles 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 21 of Greek law 2239/1994 on trademarks, in Prof. N.K. Rokas (ed.), Law of Trademarks, 1996, in     cooperation with Aikaterini Delouka [in Greek].
2.  Reflections on legal aspects of trademark protection before civil courts, 2002 [in English].
3.  Likelihood of confusion in the law of trademarks and distinctive signs, Business Law Review, 2003, 339 [in Greek].
4. The binding effects of the judgments of the Trademark Committee upon administrative and civil courts in trademark cases, Papers     submitted during the 2004 Congress of the Association of Greek Commercial Law Lawyers, 2004, 374 [in Greek].
5.  Freedom of competition, the origin function and likelihood of confusion in trademark law, Business Law Review, 2007, 33 [in Greek].
6.  Modern types of likelihood of confusion in trademark law (likelihood of association, initial interest confusion, reverse confusion, after sales      confusion), Business Law Review 2007, 359 [in Greek].
7.  Lack of distinctiveness, descriptiveness and commonly used terms in trademark law, Commercial Law Review, 2008, 469 [in Greek].
8.  Legal aspects of general trademark law theory, Commercial & Company Law Review, 2008, 943 [in Greek].
9.  Legal aspects of international protection of intellectual property, in Prof. Ch. Pamboukis (ed.), Law of International Business Transactions,      2010 [in Greek].
10. Swiss type claims, the reservation of Grece against patentability of pharmaceutical products in the context of the EPC and retrospective       effects of TRIPS, in Paper In Memoriam of Prof. St. Kousoulis, to be published in 2010 [in Greek].

Other Academic Publications
11. Forfaiting; an alternative means to export trade finance, 1991 [in Greek].
12. Legal aspects of electronic funds transfers, 1997 [in Greek].
13. Court intervention in the payment of letters of guarantee and letters of credit in Greek and foreign jurisprudence, 1999. [in Greek].
14. Banking legislation, a collection of laws, decrees and other legislative instruments regarding banks and banking transactions, vol. 1 & 2,      2001, in cooperation with Emeritus Professor L.N. Georgakopoulos of the Univ. of Athens. [in Greek].
15. Default interest in eurocurrency loan agreements, Revue Hellenique de Droit International et Etranger (RHDI) vol. 48 (1995), 165-181. [in      English].
16. The interrelation of the contract of sale with the contract of carriage and the letter of credit in international trade, RHDI vol. 49 (1996),      515-532 [in English].
17. Transfer of loan assets, Business Law Review (BLR), 1996, 133-141. [in Greek].
18. The liability of banks in the context of inspection of the letter of credit documents, Commercial Law Review (CLR), 1996, 190-209 [in      Greek].
19. The liability of the freight forwarder, Business Law Quarterly Review (BLQR) 1998, 920-928 [in Greek].
20. Willful misconduct in the context of the liability of the carrier of merchandise, CLR 1999, 688-713 [in Greek].

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Xenia Chardalia, LL.B., LL.M. has studied Law in the UK. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Chardalia obtained her LL.B. (University of Leicester) as well as her LL.M (University of Bristol) and has become member of the Athens Bar Association. Hence, in addition to her law practice in Greece, she is also familiar with the English legal system and common law principles. Ms. Chardalia has extensive expertise in handling intellectual property issues that arise in different types of transactions with an emphasis on licensing, transactional matters and privacy issues. She also regularly advises on trademark patent litigation and registration matters involving disputes relating to intellectual property, licenses and commercial contracts.

Her other main fields of interest, which she has been practising in are Company Law, Mergers and Acquisitions and Insurance Law.

Ms. Chardalia has also a strong knowledge of accounting, taxation and negotiation practices.

Languages: Greek, English, French

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Ioanna Gavra, LL.M., graduated from the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (LL.B.) and obtained her LL.M. in International Business Law from the University of London (Queen Mary, C.C.L.S.). She is a member of the Athens Bar Association. Her main areas of practice are Intellectual Property Law, Company Law, Mergers and Acquisitions and Insurance Law. Ms Gavra has further knowledge on issues related to filing and protection of designs on national, Community and international level.

Languages: Greek, English, French.

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Surname: Riziotis
First Name: Dimitris
Date of Birth: 18 Jan 1978
Occupation: Attorney at Law, member of the Athens Bar

University Studies

1.10.02–28.4.08 PhD Studies (Dr. iur.) at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich in the field of EC Competition Law. Doctoral thesis on the abuse of dominant position. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Kφhler.

1.1.04–31.12.06 Scholarship holder of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law in Munich.

1.10.04–31.7.05 Tutor at the LL.M.-IP programme of the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center

1.10.00–28.7.02 Master’s in Law (Magister Legum) Programme at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. Master’s Thesis in German law of the Sale of Goods.

1.10.97–31.12.97 Erasmus Student at the Law Faculty of Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV University, Bordeaux, France.

4.10.95–31.3.00 Law Degree from the Law Faculty of the University of Athens

Publications

1. "Efficiency Defence in Art. 82 EC", in: Mackenrodt/Conde-Gallego/Enchelmaier (Eds.), "Abuse of Dominant Position: New Interpretation, New Enforcement Mechanisms?", Springer, 2008, pp. 89-115.

2. Presentation and comments on the amendments brought to the Greek Competition Act (law 703/1977) through law 3373/2005, GRUR Int. 2006, pp. 499-501.

3. Translation and comment on the decision of the Greek Competition Commission of 1.4.2005 ("Supermarkets"), GRUR Int. 2005, pp. 1034-1039.

4. Comment on ECJ, C-418/01 – "IMS Health", IIC 2004, p. 571-573 (together with Dr. Beatriz Conde-Gallego).

5. Translation and comment on the decision of the Greek Competition Commission of 14.7.2003 ("AEPI"), GRUR Int. 2004, pp. 966-969.

6. "Patent Misuse als Schnittstelle zwischen Patentrecht und Kartellrecht: eine rechtsvergleichende Darstellung" (Patent misuse as an interface between patent and antitrust law: a comparative analysis), GRUR Int. 2004, pp. 367-378.

Languages: Greek, English, German, French

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