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.
Pro bono legal representation to eight minors who were victims of abuse, coercion, and endangerment
As part of our firm’s commitment to ESG principles, the POTAMITISVEKRIS criminal law team provided pro bono legal representation before the First-Instance Criminal Court of Athens to eight minors who were victims of abuse, duress and endangerment. These minors were former residents of the renowned child protection foundation “Ark of the World” (“Kivotos”).
On November 14, 2024, after an extensive judicial process, five individuals—including the foundation’s prominent founder—were convicted on multiple charges. This outcome marks a pivotal judgment in the realm of child protection and the oversight of institutions tasked with caring for vulnerable minors.
Our team included Konstantinos Papadiamantis (Partner), Natalia Chrisagi (Senior Associate), Andreas Matsakas (Associate), and Evgenia Kordou (Associate).
This decision underscores the importance of safeguarding children’s rights and ensuring accountability within institutions designed to provide care and protection.
Significant win for our criminal litigation team!
Our criminal litigation team has successfully represented and acquitted an executive of Credit Suisse against the accusation of fraud during the sale of structured products of a total value of 32 million euros. After 6 months of trial, the client was unanimously acquitted by the Piraeus Court of Appeal for felonies.
Our team was led by the head of our Civil & Criminal Litigation and Arbitration practice, Konstantinos Papadiamantis (Partner), with the assistance of Natalie Chrisagi (Senior Associate) and Evgenia Kordou (Associate).
Acquittal for illegal copying, by computer, of the design of a subsequently registered trademark
Konstantinos Papadiamantis, Evgenia Kordou and Andreas Matsakas, members of our White-Collar Crime Team, successfully represented, achieving their acquittal, the founding members of a company, who had been accused of and at first instance (represented by another defense counsel) convicted of illegal copying, by computer, of the design of a subsequently registered trademark from the electronic file of the opposing company, which (design) was considered a professional secret, as well as of usurping a false certificate due to the submission of this design to the competent Trademark Service for its registration as a trademark.
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.
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.
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)