Themistoklis Sofos

Themis Sofos was born in 1970 in Athens and has been a member of the Athens Bar Association since 1995. He is a graduate of the Law School of the University of Athens (1993). Lawyer, Doctor of Criminal Law at the University of Bonn, Germany and The Vice President of the Athens Bar Association for three years (2018 – 2020). At the present, he is honored to be the Secretary General of the Institute of European & International Criminal Law.

Areas of Activity: Criminal & Corporate Law, Company Restructuring & Rehabilitation, Civil Law, Commercial Law, Administrative Law.

January 1993: Law Degree from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens

September 1994 – September 1995: Postgraduate Department of Criminal Sciences, University of Bonn, Germany (MAGNA CUM LAUDE Degree)

September 1995 – January 1998: Doctoral Dissertation in the Department of Criminal Sciences of the University of Bonn, Professors Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Puppe, Prof. Dr.Urs Kindhäuser, Prof. Dr. Günther Jakobs on “MULTIPLE CAUSE IN ACTION AND OMISSION” (“Mehrfachkausalität beim Tun und Unterlassen”) (MAGNA CUM LAUDE)

1995: Seminar Paper in the Department of Criminal Science, University of Bonn: The Concept of Deception in Fraud (Grade Excellent)

1996: Seminar Paper in the Department of Criminology, University of Bonn: War Crimes and International Reactions with Particular Reference to the United Nations Security Council (Grade Excellent)

1997: Seminar Paper in the Department of Criminal Sciences of the University of Bonn: Cause and effect in Criminal Law (Grade Excellent)

January 1998: Doctorate of the University of Bonn

September 1998: Spontaneous translation from German of lectures by Professor Ingeborg Puppe in the Department of Criminal Sciences of the University of Athens, Thessaloniki and Komotini

1998: Publication of a translation of Professor Ingeborg Puppe’s article “Mistake of fact”, Journal Defense 1998, 1009

2001: Publication of the Criminal Case of Foreign Courts in the Journal Penal Speech 2001, 291, 714-719

2002: Publication of a study on “Causation for an offense due to unconscious negligence”, in Volume 1 (1) of the Hellenic Society for Legal, Philosophical and Legal History, edited by I. Stragga / I. Gravari / Ant.Hanos), Publisher Bag, Nomos, L’Hartman, p. 237

2003: Publication in the series CRIMINAL (ANTI-CRIMINAL POLICY III) under the supervision of Professor N. Kourakis on “Legal causation in the context of anti-crime policy”

2004: Publication of a study on “Freedom of Special Knowledge and Attribution”, in Volume of Works (3), 2004, p. 599

2005: Systematic Interpretation of the Penal Code, General Part, and special commentary on articles 28 (Negligence) and 29 (Crimes distinguished from the result), pages 348 to 458, under the supervision of professors D. Spinelli, N. Androulaki, G.-A. Magaki, I. Manoledaki, K. Stamati, A. Psarouda-Benaki

2007: Publication of an article in the magazine Penal Speech on: “The procedural function of expertise in the case of cybercrime”, Issue 2/2007

2008: Monograph on “Dolus Eventualis and Negligence. The evaluative relation of classification of the two forms of the tort”, Monograph Ed. Ant. Bag, 2008

2009: Study in the Honorary Volume of Anna Psaroudas – Benaki, 2009 on “From the causal to the finalist theory of action”, p. 569

2010: Study in the Honorary Volume of Argyrios Karras (2010) on “Detachment of the ministerial criminal responsibility from the Parliament”, p. 171

2010: “Critical review of Welzel’s theory of action as intentional action”, in Volume Proceedings (4), 2010, p. 731

2010: Publication of a Translation of an article by Professor Ingeborg Puppe “Conceptual forms of possible deceit” in an Honorary Volume I. Manoledaki

2010: “The lack of direct power to exercise a right as a condition for the substantiation of tort on the act of extortion (art. 385 of the Penal Code)”, CRIMINAL CHRONICLES (PC) X, 362 et seq. 2010

2010: “The necessity of punishment as a means of social protection “, in Volume 1 (5), Ed. Bag, Nomos, L’Hartman, 2010

2011: Book “GUILTY WITHOUT GOOD”, (Interpretation of terms of the Law on money laundering with the help of the Theory of Rules), (2011, Law & Economy, PN SAKKOULAS)

2012: SPECIAL CRIMINAL LAWS, Money Laundering I, Introductory Remarks and No. 1 – 5 L. 3691/2008, TH. SOFOS, Law & Economy, P.N. SΑΚΚΟULΑS

2012: SPECIAL CRIMINAL LAWS, Money Laundering II, No. 6 – 7C, 45 – 52 Law 3691/2008, TH. SOFOS, Law & Economy, P.N. SΑΚΚΟULΑS,

2013: Written intervention at the 6th Conference of the Association of Greek Criminologists, May 31st and June 1st, 2013 (“Aristotelis Onassis” Central Hall of the House of Letters and Arts, 107 Syggrou Ave. and extortion),

2014: “Reasoning of a criminal court decision and incorrect interpretation or application of a substantive criminal provision”, in Volume Acts (6B), p. 1241

2014: “Confluence of laws in Criminal Law”, in volume “Conflict, hostility and law”, Volume Acts (7B), 2014, p. 1369

2015: “Medical technology equipment and informed consent”, Presentation at the 6th Panhellenic Conference on Biomedical Technology

2016: “Instigation to tax evasion and tax avoidance”, Article in the Honorary Volume of Christoforos Argyropoulos, 2016

2016: “Negligence in Criminal Law”, re-editing of the book Alexandros Katsantonis “Negligence in criminal law”, 1963, NOMORAMA.ND Publications

2016: Editing the CRIMINAL CODE AND CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, after law 4356/2015, Government Gazette A 181, with a foreword by Them. Sofos, NOMORAMA Publications NT

2017: «Act of duty and Law», in Edition Ioannis Straggas, NOMOS SAKKOULAS PUBLICATIONS (In cooperation with Antonello Calore, Photios Katzouros, Jens Petersen, Otto Pfersmann, herausgegeben Dimitris Chacha), p. 231

2017: Presentation at the 8th Panhellenic Conference of the Hellenic Lawyers Association (Ε.Ε.Ν. e-Themis, 18/3/2017) on “Criminal evaluation of the ratification process of a business consolidation agreement”

2017: Presentation at the Panhellenic Conference of the Medical Association of Piraeus and the Hellenic Society of Emergency Medicine on “The pre-investigation procedure at the Emergency Department”, organized at the General Hospital of Nikaia Piraeus

2018: Foreign language publication of an article on “Informed consent by the treating health care provider”, in Volume: PATERNALISM AND CRIMINAL LAW – MODERN PROBLEMS OF AN OLD QUERY, Sakkoulas / Nomos Publications, 2018, 224 pages (together with V. Christou , N. Courakis, G. Giannoulis, J. Gkountis, F. Herzog, K. Kalliris, S. Mitas, Ch. Papacharalambous, V. Polyzoidou, T. Sofos)

2018: “Protected witnesses and ECHR”, NomikoVima 2018, p. 421

2018: “Conflict of jurisdiction in European law and forum shopping”, Nomiko Vima 2018, p. 1597

2019: “Violation of rules for diligent management in the act of breach of trust according to the new Criminal Code”, Nomiko Vima 2019, p. 1585 ff.

2019: Book review in the “Dictionary of Criminology” (Editors Kalliopi D. Spinelli, Nestor Kourakis, Maria P. Karnidioti), LEGAL STEP 2019, p. 923

2019: Lecture at the Society of Greek Writers on “Law and Ethics” (2/4/2019), Gennadiou 8, Athens

2020: SPECIAL CRIMINAL LAWS, Money Laundering II, Introductory Remarks, No. 1 – 4 Law 4557/2018, TH. SOFOS / A. OIKONOMOU, Law & Economy, P.N. ΣΑΚΚΟΥΛΑΣ

2020: SPECIAL CRIMINAL LAWS, Money Laundering II, no. 5, 39-42, 47-50 Law 4557/2018, TH. SOFOS / A. OIKONOMOU, Law & Economy, P.N. ΣΑΚΚΟΥΛΑΣ

2020: “Constitutional guarantee of the exercise of the right to vote”, 16/10/2020 Article in the newspaper “KATHIMERINI”

2001-2010: Member of the Editorial Committee of the magazine CRIMINAL SPEECH

1999-present: Permanent Participation in the Conferences of the Criminal Law Society, of which he is a member

1999-present: Permanent Participation in the Conferences of the Association of Greek Criminologists, of which he is a member

2015-present: Permanent Participation in the Institute of European and International Criminal Law, of which he is General Secretary

2015-today: Teaching in weekly seminars of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure for Lawyers at the Athens Bar Association (the last one is already being held in the current academic year)

2020: International Arbitration at JAMS ARBITRATION COURT NEW YORK

Military obligations: September 1992 – June 1994: Military service in the Air Force (Capacity Level I 1), Basic Training at the Training Center of Tripoli, 116th Battle Wing with a specialty in facility maintenance (Facility Maintenance Squadron), and in the Overflight Safety Control Service (FIR).

Professional activity: Law in substantive and appellate courts (see instead of many Supreme Court Decision 735/2019), 2014 – present: Collaboration with Marino Finley LLP, Washington D.C., USA

Personal occupation: Piano, Theory of Music, archaeological sites, gymnastics, hiking, trx, rowing.