About Ovvadias S. Namias

Ovvadias S. Namias is the managing partner of Ovvadias S. Namias Law Firm. He was an Attorney at Law of the National Bank of Greece from 1999 to 2006, specialising in financial criminal issues. Ovvadias has provided consulting services and in-court assistance in criminal cases of fraud (breach of trust, corruption), bribery, tax evasion, customs office offences, stock-exchange offences, insider trading, market abuse, legalisation of profits from illegal activities (money laundering), and personal data, as well as in cases relating to European criminal law, extradition and mutual legal assistance. Active in the field of criminal internal investigations, Ovvadias also lectures regularly and is widely published. He is fluent in English, German and French. A member of the board of directors of the Hellenic Criminal Bar Association from 2004 to 2022, Ovvadias is President of the General Assembly of the Jewish Community of Athens and has been a member of the Athens Bar Association since 1993.


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