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SCHOOL OF LAW

CHRISTOS CHRISSANTHIS

 

Academic Title: Associate Professor in Commercial Law

Address: Akadimias 45, 4th Floor, Room 8            

Email: chchris@law.uoa.gr 

Office Hours: Wednesday, 12:00 - 13:00     

 

PROFILE

Christos Chrissanthis is a fully practicing attorney at law since 1994 and an associate professor of commercial law at the University of Athens, Faculty of Law. His practice concentrates on intellectual property, insurance and reinsurance, mergers and acquisitions and commercial litigation. He holds an LL.B. and a PhD. degree from the University of Athens, as well as two LL.M. degrees from the University of London. He has published extensively on commercial law matters in most eminent academic law journals and has successfully led many complex litigation cases that have developed innovative and influential precedents and judicial authorities in Greece in matters like look alike products, parallel trade, famous marks, professional liability insurance policies, constructions all risks policies and reinsurance. He has also worked closely with foreign equity funds in aspects relating to business acquisitions and reorganization of major local enterprises. In addition to law, he has a strong background in economics, accounting, management and negotiation strategies.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Philosophic and economic analysis of intellectual property law, 2022 [in Greek].
  • The new law on trademarks, 2020 [in Greek].
  • Exhaustion of intellectual property rights, 2012 [in Greek].
  • Parallel trade and exhaustion of intellectual property rights 2012 [in Greek].
  • Legal aspects of electronic fund transfers 1996 [in Greek].

ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES

Christos Chrissanthis was the vice president and major reporter in the legislative committee for the recent Greek law on trademarks (No. 4679/2020) implementing Directive 2015/2436.