Marina Androulakakis

Practice Areas

Data Protection, Privacy & Security, EU, Competition & Antitrust, Telecommunications, Media & Technology.

Career

Marina is an expert in EU, competition and antitrust law. She joined the Firm in 1997 and advises national and international clients on antitrust, merger control and State aid issues, with substantial experience in cross-border and cross-section transactions, risk and strategy assessment and regulatory compliance.

Professional Memberships

Athens Bar, Athens Court of Appeals.

Publications

Co-author of the Greece Chapter to The Merger Control Review published by The Law Reviews and edited by Ilene Knable Gotts of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Τhe Dominance and Monopolies Review published by Law Business Research and edited by Maurits Dolmans, Henry Mostyn and Patrick Todd of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.

Experience

Marina has extensive experience in successfully representing clients across various industries in alleged cartel and abuse of dominance cases before the Hellenic Competition Commission. She also has considerable expertise in merger cases and has effectively coordinated multi-jurisdictional filings and obtained clearance for high-profile M&A transactions from the Hellenic Competition Commission and the European Commission in a wide range of industry specialisations.

Marina has an expertise in assessing commercial agreements and policies for their compliance with competition law and also provides on-site assistance and practical guidance in dealing with dawn raids. She advises on the national and EU legislation governing public procurement and has undertaken complaints to the European Commission concerning alleged violations of EU rules.

Marina has significant experience in advising clients on emerging and existing data protection requirements, including identifying gaps and areas of potential infringement of data protection laws, designing, drafting, reviewing and updating data protection policies and privacy statements for online activities as well as advising on internal investigation procedures and data breach incidents.

Marina represents clients in procedures before the Hellenic Data Protection Authority and actively advises on GDPR compliance. She is also experienced in advising on employment related privacy issues as well as on the application of data privacy rules in the context of electronic communications and the operation of CCTV networks.

Marina also supports clients in relation to compliance with international sanctions regimes. Her work includes advising on sanctions monitoring and reporting requirements and the design and implementation of compliance programs, as well as assisting clients to obtain authorization from national authorities and liaising with the regulators.

Prior to joining the Firm, Marina worked as a trainee at the Commission of the European Communities Directorate-General IA-External Relations in Brussels. Marina holds a BSc Econ in Government and Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an LLM in European Community Law from King's College London. She is admitted to the Athens Bar (1999) and the Athens Court of Appeals (2004).

Work Highlights

Recent experience includes advising Attica Group and ANEK in the clearance procedure before the Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC) in relation to the merger by absorption of ANEK by Attica Group and the repayment by the post-merger entity of ANEK's loan obligations to its creditors, the first case to be approved under the failing firm by the HCC.

She was also part of the team representing Motor Oil, a leader in the Greek and Balkan energy market, in obtaining Phase 1 merger clearance from the Hellenic Competition Commission in relation to the acquisition of 100% of Thalis ES SA, a company active in the waste management and electricity sector, as well as in relation to the acquisition of 100% of ELIN VERD, a company active in the Greek biodiesel sector.

Marina also assisted an international investor in obtaining the necessary merger clearance from the Hellenic Competition Commission, for their participation in the acquisition of Med Frigo Group, which operates and provides integrated services in national and international transportation and cold chain logistics.