GEORGIA P. FOTOPOULOU

GEORGIA P. FOTOPOULOU

Lawyer LL.M.

Court of First Instance Lawyer. Born in Athens, Greece, in 1995. Member of Athens Bar Association since 2021.

Education

  • Postgraduate Studies Programme, Joint Greek-French Master, LL.M. in Specialized Public Law, National Kapodistrian University of Athens and University of Bordeaux, Faculty of Law (2021-2022).
  • Postgraduate Studies Programme, LL.M. in International and European Law, with specialization in Public International Law, National Kapodistrian University of Athens and University of Bordeaux, Faculty of Law (2019-2020)
  • Law degree, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B. 2018).

Author

  • La notion de consentement en matière de bioéthique dans la jurisprudence de la CourEDH (Master Thesis in the framework of Postgraduate Studies Programme in Specialized Public Law), 2022.
  • “Safeguarding Media Freedom: Challenges for International Law” (Master Thesis in the framework of Postgraduate Studies Programme in Public International Law), 2020

Professional experience

Handling of legal cases and legal support concerning:

  • Public and Administrative Law (disputes of full jurisdiction), Public Procurement Law
  • European and International Law
  • Civil Law (control of property titles, registrations in mortgage offices and land registry records, road traffic accident cases)
  • Legal research and daily communication with the Greek courts, legal services and ministries to monitor cases of the Legal Council of the State
  • English, French and Spanish Legal Translations

Seminars

  • Greek-French Conference of Administrative Law, Athens Law School and the Council of State in collaboration with Conseil d’État and Université de Tours of France (2023)
  • Conference “UNCLOS@40: the next 40 years”, Hellenic Branch of the International Law Association (2022)
  • Conference “Greek-Turkish Relations”, Hellenic Society of International Law and International Relations (2022)
  • Conference “International negotiations in the era of the pandemic. International, european and national aspects: yesterday, today, tomorrow”, Hellenic Society of International Law and International Relations (2021)
  • Conference “EU Responsibility in the International System: Setting the Stage”, EURIS Jean Monnet Project in collaboration with the Hellenic Branch of the International Law Association and with the support of the Faculty of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2021)
  • Conference “Data, online advertisement & digital economy”, InfoLaw Conference, ELSA Athens (2021)
  • Scientific discussion “Journalists’ Protection- Freedom of expression and Speech”, Open Discussion Club, The Law Project (2021)
  • Open Webinar on International Law matters: “The demarcation in Easter Mediterranean: dispute settlement between States”, The Law Project (2021)
  • Scientific discussion “Greek cases before the European Court of Human Rights”, Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (2021)
  • Conference “Covid 19-Legal Aspects and Prospects”, Union of Greek Legals E-themis (2020)
  • Scientific discussion “Human Rights and the pandemic», Student Political Magazine “Nomikos Palmos”
  • Conference “Enforcement of ECtHR decisions: Recent issues, with an emphasis on legislative and executive power”, Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (2020)
  • Workshop on “Maritime Zones in the Eastern Mediterranean”, Athens PIL (2020)
  • Conference” Human Rights: From the proclamation to the claim-70 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, Hellenic Society of International Law and International Relations (2018)
  • Scientific discussion “The new television context: The legal, political and social aspects of the licensing contest”, Student Political Magazine “Nomikos Palmos” (2016)
  • Seminar “Ethical and Legal Hacking”, EESTEC LC Athens (2016)

Certifications

  • Legal French Certificate (DFP Juridique), Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Institut français de Grèce (2019)

Traineeship - Educational programmes

  • Traineeship as a lawyer-linguist in the Court of Justice of the European Union, Directorate for Legal Translation, Greek Unit (2023)
  • Legal French Programme, Institut français de Grèce (2019)
  • Member of the European Parliament in the simulation programme of Europa. S. Conference, Institute of Research & Training on European Affairs – I.R.T.E.A (2018)

Languages

Greek, English, French, Spanish, Turkish

Practice Areas

Public Law, Administrative Law, Public Procurement Law, Public International Law, Human Rights Law, European Law, Civil Law

  • 210 361 1225
  • 210 361 1236
  • 210 361 0227
  • g.fotopoulou@kanell.gr