Rokas Law Firm

Insurance Law, Banking Law, General Commercial Law, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Environmental Law, Central and Eastern European Law.

Senior Partner

Born in Athens, Greece; admitted 1971, Athens; authorized to appear before the Greek Courts of all instances; Em. Professor of Commercial and Business Law, Athens University of Economics and Business; Judge, Court of Appeal for Trademarks, 1987-1990.

Founder of Rokas Law Firm, he leads the insurance law team at Rokas (Athens). Long experience as a lawyer in sophisticated cases of mergers & acquisitions, privatizations, banking & finance, admiralty & maritime, Central and SE European law. His dispute resolution practice spans over forty years and mainly focuses on complex conflicts in the insurance sector; advises on regulatory, corporate and contract matters primarily of insurance undertakings; has chaired a number of law drafting committees.

Honorary President of AIDA (International Insurance Law Association)

Greek, German, English, French.

International Insurance Law Association (AIDA), consisting of 57 national scientific sections with over ten thousand members/insurance specialists: Honorary President; President of the Hellenic Insurance Law Association; Member of the Project Group “Restatement of European Insurance Contract Law” which produced the “Principles of European Insurance Contract Law” (PEICL) and joined the European Network of Excellence on European Contract Law; Member of the Greek Arbitration Association; Member of the Piraeus Association for Maritime Arbitration; Comite Maritime Internationale: former General Secretary of the Greek Section; Mediterranean Maritime Arbitration Association: former Chairman; Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Italian book series 'Insurance Science', Esi publishing; Member of the Editorial Board of the European Insurance Law Review, AIDA Serbia Chapter; Chairman of Legislation and Drafting Committees for the Greek Commercial Code, Insurance Law, Patent Law and member of Drafting Committees of numerous other Acts.

University of Berlin (Dr. Jur., 1975); University of Athens Law School (Diploma, 1968).