Emmanouil V. Apostolakis
Biography
Emmanouil V. Apostolakis is a Senior Associate at Ovvadias S. Namias Law Firm, and he has experience in cases relating to fraud, breach of trust, bribery, money laundering, extradition, mutual legal assistance and criminal internal investigations.
He holds a PhD in Criminal Law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, funded by a scholarship awarded by the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). He pursued postgraduate studies in International Criminal Law and Criminology at the University of Cologne and in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he also completed his undergraduate degree. He has served as an appointed lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and he is currently lecturing at the Open University of Cyprus in the postgraduate program “Criminal Justice,” in the module “Economic Crimes.”
Emmanouil has been a member of the Athens Bar Association since 2018. He is also a member of the Hellenic Association of Penal Law and of the Hellenic Criminal Bar Association.
Education
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (PhD in Criminal Law)
- University of Cologne (LLM)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Criminal Law (LLM)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (LLB)
Languages
- English
- German
- French
Lectures
“The Criminal Dimension of internal investigations and whistleblowing, Strategic use of internal investigations by legal entities”, Educational Seminar conducted on December 16-18th, 2024 in cooperation with Nomiki Vivliothiki.
“Criminal Liability of Legal Entities: Substantive and Procedural Aspects”, delivered as part of a lecture series organized by the Hellenic Association of Penal Law on January 8, 2024.
Publications
Monograph
Criminal neglect of supervision by managers to prevent criminal acts by their subordinates, 2023 (Doctoral thesis – in press).
Articles
Asset Declarations I, Introductory remarks, Art. 1-6A Law 3213/2003, in: Pavlou/Samios (Eds.), Supplementary penal provisions, 6th Ed., January 2020.
Asset Declarations II, Art. 7-14, 19 Law 3213/2003, in: Pavlou/Samios (Eds.), Supplementary penal provisions, 6th Ed., January 2020.
International Fraud & Asset Tracing, Trends and Developments (with Ovvadias Namias, Vasileios Petropoulos and Ilias Spyropoulos), Chambers and Partners, 2024, 2025, https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/anti-corruption-2025/greece
Anti-Corruption, Trends and Developments (with Ovvadias Namias, Vasileios Petropoulos and Ilias Spyropoulos), Chambers and Partners, 2024-2025, https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/anti-corruption-2025/greece/trends-and-developments
General introduction to Anti-money Laundering in Greece, focusing on practical implications and commercial impacts (with Ovvadias Namias, Vasileios Petropoulos and Ilias Spyropoulos), Lexology, 2024, https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=69b76fa4-8000-4439-8ed1-f79eed67955f
The criminal procedural importance of the Competition Commission’s investigations, The Art of Crime (www.theartofcrime.gr), issue November 2022.
The general principle of good faith as source of a special legal obligation. Thoughts in relation to the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeals No 1514/2019, Penal Chronicles 2020 (Poinika Chronika), 754 et. seq.
Commentary on the ruling No 1224/2020 of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Penal Chronicles 2021 (Poinika Chronika), 662 et. seq.
Commentary on the ruling No 4/2021 of the Plenary Session of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Penal Chronicles 2021 (Poinika Chronika), 357 et. seq.
Commentary on the ruling No 1728/2018 of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Penal Chronicles 2020 (Poinika Chronika), 357 et. seq.
Commentary on the rulings No 688/2019 and 1273/2019 of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Penal Chronicles 2020 (Poinika Chronika), 106 et. seq.
Obstruction of competition according to art. 395 (1) Penal Code, The Art of Crime (www.theartofcrime.gr), issue November 2020.
Commentary on the ruling No 528/2019 of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Penal Chronicles 2019 (Poinika Chronika), 685 et. seq.
Commentary on the ruling No 1580/2017 of the Supreme Court of Appeals, Penal Chronicles 2019 (Poinika Chronika), 180 et. seq.
Participation in illegal street races, The Art of Crime (www.theartofcrime.gr), issue November 2019.
Translation and Commentary on the Judgement BGH 4 StR 399/17, The Art of Crime (www.theartofcrime.gr), issue May 2018.