Vaso Pantazi
Education
* Degrees
2000-2004 Bachelor of Law, National University of Athens
* Languages
English (fluent), French (basic), Spanish (basic)
Professional Experience
* 2014-today Manager partner at Vaso Pandazi and Partners Law Firm
* 2004-2014 Partner at Alexis Kougias and Partners Law Office, Athens
Defence criminal lawyer at over 600 trials. Prosecution Lawyer at over 100 trials.
* 2011-2014Legal Advisor at PAE PANACHAIKI G.E. 2005 F.C.
Legal representation of PANACHAIKI F.C. Legal consulting at Greek Football Association. Member of FIFA’s list of international authorised lawyers.
* 2014-2015 Legal Assistant at Hellenic Parliament
Member of legislative committees at the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Public Order and Civic Protection.
Main Trials
* Trials of General Public Interest
> Criminal Defence Lawyer of Epameinondas Korkoneas (the policeman who shot dead the 15 year old Alexis Grigoropoulos) – ongoing case.
> Criminal Defence Lawyer of Efstathios Boukouras (ex-MP of Golden Dawn, accused for leadership of criminal organization) – ongoing case.
>Criminal Defence Lawyer of Vaios Melachrinos (accused of leadership of a criminal organisation and kidnapping of five jewellers).
Criminal Defence Lawyer of Alexandros Koliveris (accused of manslaughter of an Olympiakos football fan).
> Criminal Defence Lawyer of Konstantinos Nastoulis (accused of formation and leadership of a criminal organisation, accused of multiple murders and blackmailing of entertainment enterprises).
* Terrorism Related Cases
> Criminal Defence Lawyer of StathisTheocharis (accused of membership in the terrorist organisation DHKP-C, responsible for the terrorist attack against the American Embassy in Ancara; cooperation with the Boston District Attorney; cooperation with the American Embassy in Greece) – ongoing case.
> Criminal Defence Lawyer of AnastasiosPolyzois
* Other Criminal Cases
> Criminal Defence Lawyer in cases of: drug dealing, human trafficking, armed robberies, criminal organisations.
Fotis Pantazis
Education
2008 University of Athens – School of Law (LL.B)
2012 University of Dundee – School of Law (LL.M with distinction in Law and Government)
Bar Admision
2011 Athens Bar Association
Practice Areas
B2B and B2C doubtful debts, Civil law, Administrative law
Publications
‘The Greek financial crisis and the voluntary conferral of jurisdiction to the ECJ in the light of state immunity’ [2013] 4 Journal of International Constitutional Law 521
Christina Karayianni
Education
(MSC) International Crimes and Criminology, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Subjects include: International Criminal Law, Human Rights Law in Europe, International Crimes, Research Methodology of International Crimes, Corporations and International crimes)
(LLM) Commercial Law, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK (Subjects include: International Private Law, Company Law, Banking Law, Intellectual Property Law in Europe)
(BA), Bachelor in Law, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, School of Law, Athens-Greece
Languages
English (fluent), Spanish (moderate), French (moderate), Dutch (basic)
Experience
Prior to joining our firm, she worked for Karadzic’s Defense Team practicing before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and for the Chambers of International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague. She also worked for the legal Division of Alpha Bank, Athens and the International Division of Alpha Bank, Cyprus. She worked as a lawyer in Legal firms in Cyprus and in Greece and she was involved in a number of cases concerning criminal and commercial law.
Areas of practice
International public law, human rights law, criminal law (with a specialization in international criminal law), international private law, company law (including the formation of companies under Cyprus law etc), banking law and e-commerce law.
Memberships
Athens Bar Association
Cyprus Bar Association
Affiliated Member of the Defense Counsel Practicing before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ADC-ICTY)