Konstantinos Rokas

Konstantinos Rokas after his undergraduate studies in law at the University of Athens, he went on to obtain two LLM degrees from the University of Athens (in private international law and EU law) and the University of Paris II-Panthéon Assas (in international commercial law and private international law), finishing second in his class. He has defended his PhD on "Medically assisted reproduction in comparative private international law" in the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne under the supervision of Professor Étienne Pataut. He has received scholarships for his research from the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law and the Max-Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law. His Doctorate in Private International Law (Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne), along with numerous publications both in Greek and international law reviews, evidence a deep knowledge in matters of international family law and especially law of Artificial Reproductive Techniques (ART). His research interests include private international issues of intellectual property, international protection of cultural goods and artificial intelligence and private international law. He is admitted to the Athens Bar Association since 2004 and admitted to the Supreme Court of the Country. Konstantinos handles a wide range of international family law issues, focusing on international successions, matrimonial property, parentage in ART to the benefit of international clients. He has advised and represented before Greek courts several individuals and couples that had access to a cross-border surrogacy. He is a Lecturer in Private International Law at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus. He is fluent in English, French. He has a good level of German and he is learning Chinese.