Virginia Kokiou
Legal counsel to the Special Secretary of Foresight, Senior Associate at APLegla Law firm, Member of AI Catalyst
Virginia is a lawyer at the Supreme Court, the Chief of Staff and Legal Counsel to the Special Secretary of Foresight in the Presidency of the Hellenic Government and Senior Associate of APLegal Law Firm.
She has been the legal counsel to the Secretary General of Communication and Media where she participated in the committee for the transposition of the AVMS Directive into Greek law and an in- house lawyer at Universal Music Publishing Greece for 7 years participating in many aspects of the publishing industry i.e authors rights, royalty statements, relations with CMO’s etc.
Her law practice focuses on media, artificial intelligence and intellectual property law advising clients on press issues, authors’/ publishers’ rights and on matters concerning collective management organizations. She has detailed knowledge of corporate law advising both national and international clients on compliance issues, GDPR /personal data, e-commerce, advertising, commercial practices, competition law and implementation of related EU directives.
She studied law at the Democritus University of Thrace and obtained a Master’s Degree in Law of Telecommunications and Media from the University of Paul Cezanne in Aix En Provence, France.
She is fluent in English and French.
She has been a member of the Athens Bar Association since 2011.