Aristides Chiotellis

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution | Corporate, Commercial and M&A | Intellectual Property | Privatisations and Concessions

Career

Ludwig Maximilian Universität München (Germany): Dr. Jur.

Academic Councillor of the Law School at the University of Munich (teaching Law of Obligations, Copyright and Intellectual Property Law (1976-1986).

Deputy Director of the Greek Institute of International and Foreign Law (a public law legal entity of the Greek Ministry of Justice, 1987-2003).

Ass. Professor in Private Law. Athens University Law School, Greece (1988-2019).

Supervisor Professor for Banking Law at the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation (1992-2024).

Member of the Legislative Committee for the Greek Law no. 2121/1993 on Copyright and Intellectual Property (1991-1993).

Member of the Legislative Committee for the amendment of the legislation on the Sale of goods, Law no. 3043/2002 (2000-2002).

Professional Memberships

Member of the Scientific Association of the Academic Teachers of the Institute of European and International Economic Law of the University of Munich

Member of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Society (German Sector)

Member of the International Association for the Methodology of Law (Aix-en-Provence)

Member of the German-Greek Lawyers Association (Hamburg)

Founding member of the Greek-German Lawyers Association (Athens)

Founding member of the Greek Association of Private Law Lawyers (Athens)

Member of the Judicial Studies Company (Athens)

Member of the Association for Banking Law (Athens)

Languages Spoken

Greek, German, English, French, Italian

Experience

Aristides Chiotellis is one of the Founding Partners and President of KLC Law. He leads both the Litigation and Arbitration sector and the IP practice sector of KLC.

He has successfully represented major Commercial entities (including companies engaged in e-commerce), Industrial companies (Steel Industry, Shipyards, Food Industry, Pharmaceutical Companies, etc.), Telecom, Mass Media and Publishing companies, Information Technology, Construction and Aviation companies in litigation proceedings before Greek Courts, as well as in numerous international (mainly before ICC and LCIA) and domestic arbitrations.

Furthermore, he has acted as an arbitrator in numerous ICC as well as domestic arbitrations.

He is also active in the consulting field, having extensive experience in the negotiation and drafting of Contracts (including Corporate, Banking, Intellectual Property, M&A contracts etc.), as well as in the fields of Public Procurement, Concession Contracts, Privatisation and Real Estate transactions.

Chambers & Partners Europe describe him as “well respected among peers for his ability to ‘combine the academic and practical aspects’ of disputes. His broad practice includes arbitrational advice” (2017 ed.) and he is noted “for his talents as an arbitrator” (2012 ed.) and his “additional experience in international arbitration” (2024 ed.).