LAWYERS

Nationality: Greek.

1975:  Graduated from Athens University, Faculty of Law.

1977: Barrister 

1991: Promoted to a barrister standing before the Hellenic Administrative  Supreme Court (Council of State).

 

Angeliki Charokopou (Harocopou) specializes in issues of administrative law, license administration, environmental issues, waste management, local government issues, urban planning and archaeological legislation and public procurement and has a wide range of practice in courts. (See  Supreme Court decisions).

She has attended a post-graduate course in Constitutional Law, at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Faculty of Law, University of Athens (Prof. G.Papadimitriou) (1988-1991).

She has been teaching Environmental Law in Athens University, Faculty of Law as an associate lecturer at the following courses: a) Environmental law under a constitutional, civil, penal and administrative point of view, b) European environmental law, “Jean Monnet” program (1991-1996).

She has been teaching Environmental Law as an external lecturer at the postgraduate course “Science and Environmental Engineering” leading to a Master of Science, at the Department of Chemistry, University of Crete (1999-2010).

She has been teaching Administrative Law for Trainee Lawyers at Piraeus Bar Association. She has also examined trainee lawyers to get the lawyers' licence.

She has also taught the Law on Waste and Environmental Impact Assessment in the relevant seminars.

She has given lectures on the above mentioned matters in a program of  the Medical School of Athens University.

She was in charge of the project “Legal assistance to the Cypriot Environmental Commission regarding the approximation of Cypriot National Legislation with the European Environmental Acquis” financed by the European Union (1998).

She was in charge of the legal part of the projects assigned by the Greek Ministry of Public Works and the Environment, both included reviewing the legal framework and drafting new legislation:

a) Study on the “Reform of the existing legal frame on the issues of dangerous waste management” and in the elaboration of the draft of the Joint Ministerial Decision 13588/2006 on dangerous waste management (2005).

b) “Elaboration of a study regarding the implementation of the Directive 2006/21/EC on the management of waste originating from the extractive industry as well as the elaboration of the technical specifications of their management” (2009).

 

She took part as an evaluator in the project “Elaboration of the Material for the Certification of Knowledge and Prowess regarding Continuing Education Programs”, undertaken by the National Center of Public Administration and Local Government, Institute of Continuing Education, on the issue of “Application of International and European Environmental Law” (2009).

She speaks English, French and German.

 

 

Contribution on «The crucial issues of waste in the case law of the Council of State»  at the Conference of the Center for International and European Law on "Waste Management and Current Legal Issues".

Publication of the collaborative work «GREEK LAW DIGEST – The Official Guide to Greek Law», Nomiki Bibliothiki 2019. Participation of A. Charokopou with the following articles: «Tourism», pp. 442-450, «Mining Industry», pp. 507-515, «Waste», pp. 523-529.

Publication of the collaborative work «MODELS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW», 1st volume, Nomiki Bibliothiki 2017. Participation (models, legislation, case law, bibliography and commentary/Comments) A. Charokopou, in the chapter «Environment-Urban Planning- Forests»

 -Petition of annulment regarding the environmental license

- Petition of annulment regarding forest regulation.

-Petition of annulment regarding  archaeological legislation

-Petition of annulment regarding urban planning

-Petition of annulment of environmental fines

Publication of the collaborative work « GREEK LAW DIGEST – The Official Guide to Greek Law», Nomiki Bibliothiki 2016. Articles written by A. Charokopou: «Tourism», pp. 558-564, «Mining Industry», pp. 630-635, «Waste», pp. 682-687.

Important clarifications on waste based on the recent case law of the Council of State and the European Court Of Justice, in the collaborative work "ENVIRONMENT - PUBLIC PROCUREMENT", pp. 269-296.

-“Τhe recent case law of the Court of Justice of the E.U and the Conseil d’ Etat in the waste management sector in the law review "Theory and Practice of Administrative Law, 05/2015, p. 406.

- Commentary on the Council of State Judgement 1181/2014 (Plenum) in the law review "Theory and Practice of Administrative Law", 01/2015, p. 74,

- Commentary on the Council of State Judgment 32/2013 (Plenum) in the law review “Theory and practice of Administrative Law”,

-“Proposition of the Imposition of Fines by Environmental Inspectors” in the volume “Environmental Liability: Theoretical evolution and Issues of Application”, coll. vol. on the relevant conference organized by the Piraeus Bar Association on June 26-27 2009, in Piraeus.

- “Recent regulations regarding the administration of water and the Administrative Supreme Court’s jurisprudence”, in the volume “Environmental Protection in Law and in Practice”, of the Maragopoulos Foundation, Nomiki Vivilothiki Editions, 2008.

- Study for West Attica Local Government on the issue “The legal status on waste management” (April 2007).

- “The procedure of the Assessment of Environmental Impacts” in the Administrative Supreme Court’s jurisprudence”. Honorary volume “Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d’ Etat), 75 years”, ed. Sakkoula, 2004, p.1219-1235.

 - Participation in the research project – study titled “Identification of the urban planning, the architecture and cultural profile of the island of Tinos and investigation of the actual institutional framework of protection” (National Technical University of Athens, Department of Architecture and Ministry of the Aegean, Athens, 2003).

- “The Siting Licence and the environmental impact licence” in the law review “Applied Public Law”, 1995, part II-III, pages 265-282.

- “Civil Liability arising from Oil pollution Incidents at Sea” in the law review “Environment and Law”, Athens, 1994.

- Commentary on the Administrative Supreme Court’s judgment 89/1993, (case “Protection zones of mount Penteli”), in the law review “Law and Nature”, part 1, 1994, pages 231-241.

- “The Institution of the Environmental Impact Assessment” in the coll. Vol. “The transposition of community environmental law in Greece”, ed. Sakkoulas Bros 1994.

- “The Provisions Concerning the Environment in the Law of the Treaties, the Single European Act and the Maastricht Treaty”, in the vol. “The Environment Section in the of the Law of the Treaties”, Institute of Constitutional History and Constitutional Science, Faculty of Law, Athens University, (ed. Sakkoulas Bros, Athens 1993).

- “Legal aspects of combatting air pollution in Greece” in “Licencing procedures for industrial plants and the influence of EC-directives”, eds. Gebers B./Robesin M., 1993, p.93.

- “The evolution of the institution of the local authorities”, coll. vol. “The Greek local community”, University of Ioannina, ed. Dodoni, 1992, pp.117-132.

- “The basic protection measures on pesticides”, coll.vol. “Chemicals in the environment”, University of the Aegean, 1990, pp.591-601.

- “The Environmental Impact Assessment - EIS”, in the coll.vol. titled “Environmental impact on projects concerning water resources”, National Technical University of Athens, School of Civil Engineers, Department of Water Resources, EEDYP ed., Athens, 1992.

 

“Annulment of Administrative Acts and Interim Measures”, Part I, Pireaus Bar Association, 16-3-2009.

“Annulment of Administrative Acts and Interim Measures”, Part II, Pireaus Bar Association, 11-5-2009.

“Environmental Law”, at the Seminars for Trainee Lawyers, Pireaus Bar Association, 11-5-2009.

“Environmental Law”, at the course “Environment and Development”, 8th semester, National Technical University of Athens, Department of Civil Engineers, (2007).

“Law of Architectural Inheritance and Archaeological Legislation” at the Institute of Continuing Education, National Center of Public Administration and Local Government, 2006.

“Law of Architectural Inheritance and Archaeological Legislation” in the Institute of Continuing Education, National Center of Public Administration and Local Government, 2007.

“Environmental Law”, at the course “Environment and Development”, 8th semester, National Technical University of Athens, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, (2005).

“The legal aspect of the development of Agriculture”, at the School of Natural Resources Management, University of Ioannina, 21.03.2001.

“The Environmental Impact Assessment”, at the Faculty of Law, Department of Political Science and Public Administration”, 03.12.2000.

“The legal Aspect of Land planning and the Environment. The Jurisdiction of the Council of State”, Syros Seminars, Syros island, 07.07.1998.

“European community legislation on the protection of water”, at the post-graduate seminar of European Community Law (Prof. P. Dagtoglou), 6-4-1994.

“The pollution of the sea from ships”, at the postgraduate course of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Athens University, (Prof. G. Papadimitriou).

 “The protection of the environment in the jurisprudence of the Conseil d’ Etat” at the High Seminar of Philosophy of Law of Pantion University, 1992 (prof. G.Strangas).

 “Environmental Law” in the Faculty of  Pedagogics, Athens University in 1993.

“The constitutional provisions on the environment”, at the postgraduate course of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Athens University, (Prof. G. Papadimitriou).

“The citizens’ right to information from the administration”, at the postgraduate course of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Athens University, (Prof. G. Papadimitriou).

 

Conferences

Angeliki Harokopou has taken part in several conferences with an original contribution.

 

 

 

 

LEGAL STUDIES

2000 – 2001: University of Athens – Faculty of Law

Post-graduate degree on International and E.U. Law

1996: University of Paris I (Pantheon – Sorbonne)

Inscription in order to prepare a Ph.D. thesis on Waste Management Law

1994 – 1995: University of Paris I (Pantheon – Sorbonne)

Post-graduate degree (D.E.A.) on Environmental Law

1987 – 1992: University of Athens – Faculty of Law

Law degree after four years of studies

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1997 - Present: Associate at “Charokopou & Associates Law Firm”

Participation in handling most of environmental cases of the Firm

August 1994: Member of the Athens Bar Association

1993 – 1994: Trainee and junior lawyer at “Flogaitis, Pamboukis, Sioutis Law Office”

1992 – 1993: Military service in the Greek army

 

DISSERTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, SEMINARS ETC.

November 2001: Dissertation on “The legal aspects of the dispute between Greece and

former Yougoslavic Republic of Macedonia”

December 2000: Paper on International Law on Foreign Investment “A case study: The

I.C.S.I.D. award in AAPL v. Sri Lanka”

July – Aug.1998: Participation in the Rhodes Academy Seminar on “The International Law of

the Sea”

January 1997: Presentation at the Piraeus Bar Association Conference on “Waste Treatment

Plants”

 

Nationality: Greek, British

LANGUAGES

Greek: native speaker

English: fluent (Proficiency – Cambridge)

French: fluent (Sorbonne 2e, studies in France)

German: fluent (Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom)

Stella Christoforidou graduated from the Faculty of Law of University of Thessaloniki in 2011. She followed a postgraduate course in International and European Energy Law Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (LLM). She continued her academic career with a PhD on the Law School of University of Athens by submitting her thesis "The constitutional protection of decent living"

 

Lampros Bakogeorgos graduates from the faculty of Law of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2019. He followed postgraduate course in Public Financial Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (LL.M) by submitting his diploma thesis "Oversight Framework for Retail Payment Systems in the EU".

He has also attended the international summer school on Public Banking and Capital Markets LAw co-organised by "Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore" and "European Banking Institute" and seminars on individual rights and constitutional issues. His main areas of practice are Administrative Law,Public Procurement, Environemental Law, and Use and Town Planning and Energy Law.

He is a Member of the Athens Bar Association.

He speaks Greek,English and French.

She was born in Thessaloniki in 1995. In 2013 she graduated from Arsakeio

Tositseio Ekalis School (Grade 19,8/20) and in 2018 she received her Law

Degree from the Faculty of Law of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens

(Grade 8/10). She also studied in the University Toulouse 1 Capitole for one

semester as an Erasmus student.

During her studies, she prepared projects for the following subjects: “The

protection of cultural goods”, “Constitutional review in education- Article 16”,

“Nationalism in the 19th century- Nationalism today”, “Alternative dispute

resolution methods; Arbitration”.

She was also member of the law review team “Efarmoges Dimosiou Dikaiou” for

the year 2018-2019.

She followed a Greek-French postgraduate course in Specialized Public Law

jointly organized by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the

Law School of the University of Bordeaux (LL.M).

She is a barrister, member of the Athens Bar Association.

She speaks Greek, English and French.

Bachelor in Economics and Management by the University of Glamorgan in Wales, 2003.

She gratuated from the Faculty of Law, Athens University in 2010. She is a member of the Athens Bar since 2012.

Konstantina Kokkinou focuses on corporate, commercial, competition and civil law. 

She speaks english and french.