Venia is a member of the Civil and Criminal Litigation and Arbitration practice group. She represents clients in a wide variety of Dispute Resolution matters, including tort, breach of contract, intellectual property and trademark infringement, unfair competition, defamation, and securities litigation. She has also represented clients before administrative courts and authorities in cases regarding breach of financial regulation.
Venia also advises and represents clients in criminal proceedings, focusing on white-collar crimes, particularly tax evasion, market manipulation, and breach of trust.
She represents banks, investment firms, corporations and individuals in complex litigation matters, utilizing both court proceedings before trial and appellate courts and alternative methods, including mediation for an early resolution.
Venia also maintains an active pro-bono practice.

I greatly value the collaborative environment at PotamitisVekris, where every team member's input is valued, and the shared commitment to excellence makes tackling complex legal challenges both enjoyable and rewarding.
Civil & Criminal Litigation and Arbitration|Apr 2023

Successfully defending a charity and a jewelry designer against 500k claim for IP rights infringements.

Konstantinos Papadiamantis and Evgenia Kordou, successfully represented a charity, a jewelry manufacture company, and a jewelry designer in litigation proceedings before Athens Single and Multi – Member Courts regarding an application of interim measures and a lawsuit against our clients, requesting the Court to order cessation of production and distribution of a certain object and 500k € as indemnity. The Court issued a judgment in favor of our clients, rejecting in substance the application of interim measures of the plaintiffs. Subsequently, the lawsuit was withdrawn and the trial was dismissed.

Civil & Criminal Litigation and Arbitration|Apr 2023

Successfully defending investigation journalism.

Head of Litigation Konstantinos Papadiamantis and associate Evgenia Kordou, successfully represented, in a pro bono case, before the Athens Multi-member Court, the editor and a journalist of an investigation journalism site against claim for defamation by an investigated party.

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Admissions

Athens, 2019

Languages

Greek
English
Italian

Education

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, LLM Financial Regulation, 2021
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, LLM Program in Public Law, 2019
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, LLB, 2016 (Scholarship from the A. Papadakis Trust)