Dr Sofia Tzortzi > Metaxas & Associates Law Firm > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile
Metaxas & Associates Law Firm Offices
ASKLIPIOU 154 STREET
11471 ATHENS
Greece
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Dr Sofia Tzortzi
Work Department
EU/ Competition Law
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Sofia is a qualified Αttorney at Law (in Athens and Nicosia Bar), political scientist, and mediator. Her main areas of expertise encompass EU institutional law, and the internal market, namely on the following sectoral policies: environment, climate, energy, investment, and state aid law. As a legal practitioner, she has been advising clients in a wide array of areas of law, while she has also handled numerous cases before the Court of Justice of the EU and the European Court of Human Rights. Sofia also holds extensive experience from positions within the EU institutions, as well as in the private sector in Brussels. As an academic, she is a Senior Research Fellow of the Hellenic Energy Regulatory Institute, a collaborator of the European Policy Centre of Serbia and the University of Cagliari and a Visiting Professor at the Catholic University of Lille in France.
Languages
Greek, English, French, Italian, Spanish
Memberships
Hellenic Energy Regulation Institute, Senior Researcher
Hellenic Association of European Sciences, Member
Education
Ph.D. in law (with distinction), University of Cagliari
M.A., College of Europe
LL.B. (Honours), University of London
B.A., University Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris III
Lawyer Rankings
Greece > EU and competition
Under the leadership of Antonis Metaxas and Efstathios Kakounis, Metaxas & Associates Law Firm
has in-depth insight into all aspects of merger control cases, civil antitrust litigation and regulatory compliance programmes. The firm regularly represents Greek and global clients in proceedings before the Hellenic Competition Commission, covering major abuse of dominance and cartel investigations. Metaxas concentrates on state aid and EU law issues; Kakounis is highly knowledgeable in competition law; and Eirini Nikiforaki is a regulatory specialist. Sofia Tzortzi is an energy and climate expert, and Polyxeni Gkaintatzi primarily focuses on business and corporate law matters.