Victoria Chatzara

Phone (+30) 210 3616816

practice areas

  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Data Protection, Internet & Privacy
  • Insurance Regulatory
  • Telecommunications Law

Languages

  • Greek
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish

Biography

Born in Naousa, Greece; member of the Athens Bar since 2013; authorized to appear before all Greek Courts of Appeal.

She specializes in the provision of legal services mainly on issues of insurance law (regulatory advice and insurance policies localization), data protection law, EU law (particularly competition and state aid law), intellectual property law, general commercial and contract law, and specialized regulatory matters, including telecommunications law, packaging, and battery and WEEE schemes. Her work includes the review of contracts as per their compatibility with private insurance law, competition law, data protection law and, in general, civil, corporate and commercial law; the preparation and processing of necessary regulatory filings before any competent Authorities; drafting and implementation of compliance projects for clients. She also participates as speaker in conferences and forums, and is the author of various publications.

Next Generation Partner in Commercial, Corporate and M&A, and in Insurance according to Legal 500, https://www.legal500.com/c/greece/commercial-corporate-and-ma/ / https://www.legal500.com/c/greece/insurance/

 

Education:

National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Law School (Law Degree 2011, LL.M. in European Law). Dissertation in the context of post-graduate studies: “The Fiscal Compact as a pre-Union form of cooperation”

Author:

  • “COVID-19 Treatment Refusal: Medical Liability Insurance in Greece in Light of the Oviedo Convention” in Paredes/ Tarasiuk (editors) “COVID-19 and Insurance”, Springer International Publishing 2023
  • “The Interplay between the GDPR and the IDD” in Marano/Noussia (editors) “Insurance Distribution Directive”, Springer International Publishing 2021 (for which she was awarded the “AIDA Europe Young Authors Awards 2019” in the context of the 8th AIDA Europe Conference);
  • “The Internet of Things and Insurance” (co-author with Alkistis Christofilou) and “FinTech, InsurTech and the Regulators” in Marano/Noussia (editors) “A Legal and Regulatory View on InsurTech” by Springer International Publishing 2020
  • “Legal issues and practical aspects arising from the GDPR and the Greek Law on IDD” in AIDA Serbia Proceedings of the 20th Conference (April 2019) “Insurance Law and Practice – Current Trends, Future Challenges”
  • “Private Insurance, Insurance Undertakings, (Re)Insurers, (Re)Insurance Intermediaries” (co-author with Alkistis Christofilou) in Greek Law Digest (Nomiki Bibliothiki) 2019