Maria G. Sinanidou, Int. IP LL.M., is a Certified Mediation Advocate, an Accredited Mediator and since 2005 Counselor at Law and Scientific Associate at the Hellenic Copyright Organization (HCO). As a lawyer she has also worked in Germany, where she holds a law degree from, mainly dealing with copyright cases. She represents Greece in numerous EU Committees and international fora on IP. During the Greek Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2014, she served as Vice-Chairman of the European Council Working Party on Copyright and as Liaison for Greece on copyright issues. She participates as a member in Law Drafting Committees on copyright and as an IP Expert in EU Twinning Programs. She gives speeches at conferences on IP law and is the author of many articles and contributions both in Greece and abroad, in legal journals commenting on contemporary legal issues on IP and cultural heritage.

As a copyright expert she is also working as a freelance attorney-at-law consulting on IP law in general and has a particular experience in contract law. Maria also believes in the ADR options and has experience as an accredited mediator in helping private parties to positively resolve their domestic or cross-border disputes. Maria loves art, music and the law.

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