XENIA D. KARANIKOLOPOULOU

XENIA D. KARANIKOLOPOULOU

Lawyer, LL.M.

Lawyer at the Supreme Court of Greece, Born in Marousi, Attica in 1983. Member of the Athens Bar Association since 2008.

Education

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Public Law from the Law School of the Kapodistrian University of Athens (2021-2022)
  • Postgraduate degree in Tax Law Athens University of Economics and Business (2010)
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty l of Law (Law Degree, LL.B.2008)

Author

  • Master thesis “The Strategic Use of Public Contracts and Concession Contracts” within the framework of the Postgraduate Program in Public Law of the Law School of the University of Athens (2021-2022)
  • Participation in the legislative drafting committee and drafting of the explanatory report, the report of consequences and the draft law of Law No. 4027/2011 of the law “Greek-language education abroad and other provisions” (April 2011- January 2012)
  • Drafting and processing of Ministerial Decisions under the responsibility of the Deputy Minister of Education (February 2011- January 2012)
  • Work within the framework of the course “Applications of Public Law” at the undergraduate level of the Law School of the University of Athens entitled: “The constitutional protection of property – Property under the light of Community Law”, 2008.
  • Work within the framework of the course “Criminology” at the undergraduate level of the Law School of the University of Athens entitled: “The criminological approach to rape”, 2003.

Professional experience

  • Legal advisor to the Managing Director of the public limited company “Building Infrastructure S.A.”, a public limited company, an entity of the General Government, which operates in the public interest (December 2019 to date)
    Indicative work:
    • Associate of the law firm “Nicolas Kanellopoulos- Chara Zerva” (2012-2019)
    • Advisor to small and medium-sized enterprises on commercial, corporate and tax law issues.
    • Legal support in procedures for the establishment of legal entities.
    • Drafting contracts
    • Legal advisor to the Secretary General of Migration Policy and Social Cohesion (January 2012- August 2012)
    • Providing legal support on issues of foreigners’ and immigrants’ rights, citizenship
  • Special Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Education (February 2011-January 2012).
    Indicative work:
    • Participation in the central legislative drafting committee of the Hellenic Parliament for the support of law no. 4027/2011
    • Participation in the legislative drafting committee and drafting of the explanatory report, the report of consequences and the draft law of law no. 4027/2011 of Law “Greek-language education abroad and other provisions” (April 2011- January 2012)
    • Preparation and processing of amendments to draft laws concerning issues of competence of the Deputy Minister of Education.
    • Drafting and processing of Ministerial Decisions of competence of the Deputy Minister of Education (February 2011- January 2012)
    • Provision of legal support on issues of education, post-secondary education, lifelong learning, minorities, civil service law, disciplinary law, general administrative law, public law in general.
  • Appearance before the Council of State, the Supreme Court, the Court of Audit and Administrative and Civil Courts of First Instance and Courts of Appeal.
  • Trainee lawyer and attorney at the law firm Nikolas Kanellopoulos and Associates (2008-2011)

Seminars

  • Seminar “Public Procurement in Practice” organized by the Law Library in November-December 2020.
  • Special seminars in the field of Constitutional, Fiscal, Administrative, Social Security, Migration and foreigners’ Law, Public-Civil Service and Tax Law (2014-2018)
  • Seminar “Current Issues in Tax Law and Tax Procedure” Law Library, 2015

Languages

Greek, English, French, Spanish

Practice areas

Public Law, Public Procurement Law, Public Works Law, Procurement Law, Public-Private Partnerships, Civil service Law, Administrative Law, Tax Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Fiscal Law, Constitutional Law, Aliens Law, Intellectual Property Law, Family Law.

  • 210 361 1225
  • 210 361 1236
  • 210 361 0227
  • x.karanikolopoulou@kanell.gr