Maria Kanella N. Souferi

Maria Kanella N. Souferi

Lawyer, LL.M.

Court of First Instance Lawyer. Born in Athens, Greece, in 1997. Member of Athens Bar Association since 2022.

Education

  • Postgraduate Studies Programme, LL.M. in Specialized Public Law, National Kapodistrian University of Athens and University of Bordeaux, Faculty of Law (2022).
  • Law degree from Democritus University of Thrace (L.L.B 2020).

Seminars

  • Participation in the scientific event organized by the General Commission of the Territory of Regular Administrative Courts on the subject: {Public Contracts – Critical issues and recent developments} (2021).
  • Seminar organized by ELSA KOMOTINI in collaboration with the organization EUROPE DIRECT KOMOTINI on the topic: {10 months from the implementation of the GDPR} (2019).
  • Participation in ELSA DAY in the LEGAL DEBATE on the application of Sharia to the Muslims of Thrace (2018).
  • “Cyber Crime aspects and modern solutions” ELSA Komotini and ELSA Greece (2017).

MUN & INSTITUTIONAL VISITS

  • Participation in the Institutional Visit organized by ELSA KOMOTINI to the institutions of the United Nations in The Hague (ICJ, ICC, EUROPOL) (2019).
  • Participation in the Institutional Visit organized by ELSA KOMOTINI to the institutions of the European Union in Brussels (2018).
  • Participation in the Simulation Meeting of the United Nations (MUN) of Frederick University in Nicosia, Cyprus as a member of the ECOSOC committee (2017).

Professional experience

  • Control/approval/rejection of telephone privacy removals at the request of the Greek authorities.
  • Handling legal cases and providing legal support services subject to the GDPR.
  • Drafting of legal acts (postponements, annulment requests of citizens against “A.S.E.P” ).
  • Drafting of extrajudicial foreclosures and auctions.
  • Daily communication with the Greek courts and the ministries of the country to monitor cases of State Legal Council and other public organizations.
  • Support in matters of public projects, contracts and control of government grants as well as coordination and processing of administrative court files.

Languages

Greek, English, French

Practice Areas

Data protection law, Lifting of Telephone Confidentiality, Public and Administrative Law, Procurement Law, Announcements and Public Tenders.

  • 210 361 1225
  • 210 361 1236
  • 210 361 0227
  • m.souferi@kanell.gr