Yannis Chryssospathis

Yannis has over 35 years of experience in advising on pharmaceutical products, medical devices, food and beverages and intellectual property law.He joined the Firm in 1983 and advises some of the largest manufacturers and distributors in Greece on parallel trade issues, clinical trial procedures, labelling and packaging and the market regulation of food and beverages. Yannis has extensive experience in advising on the protection and enforceability of intellectual and industrial property rights including copyright, licenses, trademarks and brands. From 1982 to 2015 he served as Legal Counsel to the Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (SFEE), cooperating directly with the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA).Yannis lectures at national and international conferences on a wide range of issues which arise in his area of practice, including experiences after the transposition of EU pharmaceutical law to Greek legislation.Yannis holds a Degree in Law from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and a Diplôme from the Faculty for Comparative Law of the University of Strasbourg. He is admitted to the Athens Bar (1972), the Athens Court of Appeals (1978) and the Supreme Court of Greece (1988).

Key appointments include: Co-managing partner of Conference Bleue, a network of European firms specialized in pharmaceutical healthcare and medical law, 2005-2016; Legal Counsel of the Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (SFEE), 1985–2015; Member of the Compliance Committee of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries’ Association (EFPIA), 2002–2015; Representative of the Association of Greek Industrialists (SEV) to the Standing Advisory Committee before the European Patent Office (SACEPO) in Munich, 1990-2006.