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Provided by Ilias Anagnostopoulos
Ilias Anagnostopoulos heads the Athens-based law firm Anagnostopoulos focusing on criminal and regulatory risk management and all aspects of business crime defence.
He has appeared as lead counsel in most significant cases in Greece during the past 35 years, including business and financial fraud, procurement fraud, EU Fraud, healthcare fraud, insider dealing, tax and customs fraud, money
laundering, asset recovery, anti-competitive practices, corrupt practices, criminal corporate liability, anti-terrorism, product criminal liability, environmental offences, health and safety offences, medical malpractice, art crimes, mutual assistance, extradition and surrender procedures.
He is regularly instructed to advise and represent leading corporations from the energy, defence, aviation, shipping, automotive, construction, financial services, insurance, raw materials, pharmaceuticals, food, health care, tobacco, telecommunications, information technology, travel and leisure, and media sectors, as well as foreign governments and governmental or public organisations.
Ilias is a regular commentator on case law and offers expert opinions in domestic and cross-border proceedings.
Ilias chairs the Hellenic Criminal Bar Association (2013-), a nationwide organisation of criminal practitioners. From 2006 to 2013 he chaired the Criminal Law Committee of the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE). He was a member of the Law Commission on the new Greek Criminal Code (2015-2019), which entered into force in July 2019.
Ilias received his education at the School of Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (LLM,1978), and the J.W. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Dr. juris, 1982), with a dissertation on pre-trial detention.
He is a Professor emeritus of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, School of Law, National University of Athens.
Ilias started his academic career at the same School of Law as a Lecturer (1989) and continued as an Assistant Professor (1996), Associate Professor (2009), and Professor (2018).
Hellenic Criminal Bar Association (Chair, 2013-); Hellenic Ministry of Justice Experts Committee (2015-2020); High-Legal Council, Bank of Greece (2014-); European Criminal Bar Association (founder member); International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators (fellow); Cambridge Global Forum on Corporate Criminal Liability (Steering Committee); European Criminal Law Academic Network; European Law Institute; International Bar Association; American Bar Association (associate); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (international); International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law; World Justice Project.
Ilias has published extensively in Greek, English, and German on matters of criminal law, criminal procedure, European criminal law, criminal justice policy, and fundamental rights.
Some of his publications are:
“Criminal Law in Greece” (with Konstantinos Magliveras), Wolters Kluwer, The Hague/London/Boston, 2nd ed., 2023, 282 pp; "Proportionality issues in European arrest warrant proceedings: Three stories from the field, in: Em. Billis et al, 'The Principle of Proportionality in Crime Control and Criminal Justice', Hart Publishing, 2021, p. 337-358; "One Act, Multiple Prosecutions Unlimited Sanctions?” American Bar Association, 31st National Institute on White Collar Crime, 2017, U11-15; “The right of access to a lawyer in Europe: A long road ahead?”, European Criminal Law Review 2014, p. 3-18; “Criminal justice cooperation in the European Union after the first few ‘steps’: A defence view”, ERA Forum 2014, p. 9-24; “Untersuchungshaft und Verfahrensbeschleunigung: Das Beispiel Griechenlands”, StrafverteidigerForum 2013, p. 453-457; “Contra Socratem”, Onasis Foundation, Athens 25.5.2012, (watch Socrates’ re-trial at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPN7EVtvAto); “Ne bis in idem in der Europäischen Union: Offene Fragen”, Festschrift für Winfried Hassemer, C.F. Müller Verlag, Heidelberg, 2010, p. 1121-1140.
Ilias lives in Athens with his wife, Persa Lampropoulou, and their sons, Kimon (22) and Aris (21), who are studying.
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Tsirimokos Prize
Hellenic Criminal Bar Association
1987
- Successfully represented Helleniq Energy's former CEO in appellate proceedings in relation to environmental offences while operating the company’s oil refinery in Thessaloniki. The Court of Appeal Thessaloniki quashed the conviction by the first instance court and acquitted the defendant on all charges (with partner Jerina Zapanti).
-Advising Novartis Hellas SA in connection with regulatory, civil, and criminal proceedings involving allegations of corrupt practices to healthcare professionals in Greek public hospitals, false accounting, money laundering, and anti-competitive practices (with partner Alexandros Tsagkalidis).
-Representing in appellate proceedings before the Three Member Court of Appeal Athens GK, ex-CEO of Folli Follie Group, on charges of fraud, market manipulation, accounts rigging, and money laundering sitting in respect of the Group’s false financial statements (with partner Jerina Zapanti).
-Represented the Government of Venezuela in extradition proceedings in Athens against an Italian citizen on charges of aggravated fraud, embezzlement, contraband, and money laundering committed by a criminal organisation involving government officials in relation to multiple oil cargos owned by Venezuela (with Partner Alexandros Tsagkalidis).
-Representing ZA, a former Julius Baer high-ranking officer, in ongoing trial proceedings before the Court of Appeal Athens sitting as a first instance court on charges of bribery and money laundering in connection with the purchase of military equipment by the Hellenic Ministry of Defence (with partner Ioannis Tsakalis).
-Advising and representing NK, a prominent media producer and publisher, in an ongoing investigation by the Athens Prosecutor for Economic Crimes on allegations of tax fraud and money laundering (with junior partner Alexandros Mezari).
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The "Orphans" of DPAs: What Fate Awaits Individuals After a "Sucessful" DPA?
A discussion of the promises and perils of deferred prosecution agreements and their repercussions for individuals.
The "Orphans" of DPAs: What Fate Awaits Individuals After a "Sucessful" DPA?
A discussion of the promises and perils of deferred prosecution agreements and their repercussions for individuals.