Ioannis Valmas

Ioannis Valmas was born in Piraeus in 1977.

EDUCATION:

He was awarded his LLB (Hons) from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1999. During the next year he successfully completed a year of studies at the International Politics Department of the University of Wales in the field of International Relations.

In 2003, the Board of Examiners in Law of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, awarded him with the Bird and Bird Prize in his law school for his work on issues of international law, jurisdiction and the Internet.

During the same year he was also awarded a scholarship and attended the i-Law program at Stanford and Harvard Law Schools.

He was awarded his LLM in International Business Law in 2004.

He has been a member of the Athens Bar Association since 2004.

He received his second Law Degree by the Hellenic Democritean University of Thrace in 2008.

He is the managing partner at Valmas & Associates - Greek Law Firm www.athenslawoffice.com since 2008.

BAR ADMISSION:

• Greece

AFFILIATIONS:

• Athens Bar Association

• International Bar Association

• International Technology Law Association

Languages: Greek, English

CARRER & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Joined Valmas and Associates - Greek Law firm (www.athenslawoffice.com) in 2008

• Ioannis has advised and represented large corporations, overseas government bodies, companies and private individuals throughout his career.

• He invests a lot of time in continuous education and is up to date with the ongoing changes in his fields of practice.

PUBLICATIONS:

• Fencing Copyrighted Content off in the Digital Age (2004)

SEMINARS:

• The new Immigration Legislation, 2014

• Legal Challenges and Legal Framework on the operation of e-shops, 2014

• Employment Law, 2014

• Laws on the protection of households in debt in Greece, 2014