Member Profiles

Massias & Partners strive to deliver a high quality service and in this way, develop long term client relationships. An understanding of our clients business goals allows us to develop the strategy to achieve them. The Massias Family has been in Gibraltar for several hundred years. Traditionally the name has been historically respected, trustworthy and solid. We have continued this tradition and taken it into the current generation. We have both national and international clients While we are based in Gibraltar, like our clients, our reach is global. For a brief resume of what we do click through each practice area page. We are here to help you. PRACTICAL AND RELEVANT ADVICE Our clients value our approachable, astute and commercial-minded advice. We have a reputation for managing and delivering successful outcomes for our clients. Our goal is simple. To offer legal advice that is relevant, affordable and of the highest quality.

Stelios Stylianou, senior partner of Stylianou & Stylianou, has been practising aviation law for the past 42 years. His firm has acted for major airlines and aviation insurers in all fields of aviation including, but not limited to, air accidents, passenger and cargo claims, litigation of aviation disputes and settlement negotiations. Among other matters, the firm has been involved in litigation and settlement negotiations in respect of claims arising from: the Swissair accident at Athens airport (1979); the EgyptAir aircraft hijacking on a flight from Athens (1985); the Olympic Airways accident at Samos Island (1989); the Greek Dassault Falcon 900 accident near Bucharest (1999); the EKAB/Helitalia helicopter accidents (2001 and 2002); the fatal air accident of Helios B737-300 near Athens (14 August 2005); the fatal accident of a Greek Army Chinook helicopter (11 September 2004); the crash of an Olympic Aviation Schweizer helicopter near Athens (22 April 2008); the crash of a Bell 206B helicopter in the area of Crete Island (5 August 2010), the crash of an Apache military helicopter near Athens (30 July 2010); the Tatarstan Airlines accident of B737-53A in Kazan, Russia (17 November 2013); and the fatal accident to military NATO F-16 aircraft in Albacete, Spain (25 January 2015). Stelios Stylianou has been a member of the Bar Association of Piraeus since 1972 and is admitted before all courts of Greece, including the Greek Supreme Court (Areopagus) and the Council of State (the supreme administrative court of Greece). The firm's aviation law team comprises Dina Dousca-Stylianou, Mara Stylianou, Ariana Stylianou and Petros Blessios. Stylianou & Stylianou have legal correspondents in all major Greek cities and in the Republic of Cyprus. They are also liaising with several well-known aviation law firms worldwide.

Dr Nikolaos Lyberis is attorney and Managing Partner of VAYANOS KOSTOPOULOS Law Firm (1900), specializing in Intellectual Property Law in Greece and abroad. Being a litigator, he is admitted before the Supreme Courts for civil and administrative matters. Nikolaos represents prestigious clients in trademark, patent and other IP rights conflicts from all branches of industry and commerce, such as pharma and cosmoceuticals, consumer goods, automobile manufacturing, food and beverages, engineering, and others. Nikolaos graduated from the Athens University Law School, worked as an assistant at the European Law Section of the Law School of the Democritus University and holds a PhD in European Economic Law of the Law School of Hamburg University, where he also worked as an assistant responsible for the European Documentation Center. Nikolaos served as legal advisor (Referent) at the Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and Private International Law in Hamburg for seven years delivering legal advices to inquiring German courts. Nikolaos is a member of numerous international associations focusing on IP law. He currently serves as a Council Member of ECTA and as member of the ECTA’s Anti-Counterfeiting Committee. He is also Secretary of the Hellenic Group of AIPPI. In the years 2005-2010 he worked as an active member of the Legislative Committee for the new Greek Trademarks Law 4072/2012, resp. Law 4155/2013 for the implementation of the Enforcement Directive 48/2004 in the Greek legal order. Since January 2014 he was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the Greek Patent Office. He is the author of various contributions inter alia on aspects of Community Trademarks Law, Unfair Competition, Patent and Design Law. He has conducted seminars on trademarks case law in the frame of educational programs for Examiners of the Greek Trademarks Office.

Yanos Gramatidis is leading the Firm's Government & Privatization practice. He is extensively involved in complex M&A and privatization projects, advising both the government and the private sector. Yanos has a strong corporate and commercial practice advising clients as Mars, United Airlines, Whirlpool, Praktiker, Attica Bank, Boeing Capital Corp., Marriott, Greek Railways and others. He is considered one of the world experts in franchising, having drafted the Greek Code of Ethics on Franchising and the Greek Legal Terminology on Franchising. He is the legal heavyweight in Greece on aviation law and aircraft transactions, advising almost all foreign aircraft leasing companies when transacting in Greece. He has written a substantial number of articles on corporate, investment, privatization and franchising matters. He is continuously interviewed by national and international press & TV channels for the political and economic situation in Greece.

EDUCATION: Secondary Education: Graduate of the Varvakeio Model School (1979). Bachelor Studies: Bachelor of Law – National and Kapodistriako University of Athens, Law Department ( 1979 – 1984 ). Bachelor of Economics – National and Kapodistriako University of Athens, Economics Department ( 1984 – 1990 ). Bachelor of Political Science – National and Kapodistriako University of Athens, Political Science Department (1990 – 1995). Graduate Studies: Master of Laws – LLM, University of London, London School of Economics, (1985 -1986) -Legal Aspects of International Finance -EU Competition Law -Multinational Corporations and the Law -International Economic Law (primary emphasis on GATT and the IMF) Post-Graduate Studies: Candidate for Doctor of Law ( PhD), Dimokriteio University of Thrace. Thesis topic: “INTERNET and Public Law”. Foreign Languages: Fluent English and French PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Attorney – at – Law with the Supreme Court – Member of the Athens Bar Association. (1986 – until present). Areas of Specialisation: Antitrust & Unfair Competition Law Consumer Protection Law International Trade Commercial Law European Law Banking Law Corporate Law Distribution and Agency Agreements Intellectual and Industrial Property Law Stock Exchange Foreign Direct investments in Greece and the Balkan area Mergers and Acquisitions Arbitration Legal consultant of many Greek and European companies on Greek and EU Legislation. Legal consultant of the Greek Nursing Home for the Elderly. Legal consultant of the OA Athens 2004 Committee. Attorney-at-Law of the family of the Patriarch of Alexandria Peter VII regarding the CHINOOK fall on Saint Mount 9/11/2004. Legal partner of several Law Offices in Europe. President of the EEC Youth Committee (1994). Member of the Board of Directors of the National Insurance Company (Ethniki Asfalistiki Etaireia) (1993 – 1996). Political and Legal Consultant of the Minister of Education of Professor Fatouros since 1993 up to 1994. Political and Legal Consultant of the Minister of Labour and Social Security Mr Miltiadis Papaioannou since August 1997 up to 1999. Political and Legal Consultant of the Minister of Labour Mr Dimitrios Reppas since 1999 up to 2002. PARTICIPATION IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS: Participated in the Legislative Committee of the Ministry of Environment and Public Works for the harmonisation of Greek legislation with EC Directive 91/689/EE, L 377/91 regarding the administration of toxic and dangerous wastes. Participation in the Legal Committee of the Ministry of Labour for the flexibility of the Labour Market / LAW 2643/1998. LEGAL STUDIES AND PUBLICATIONS: “The Law of Franchising and EEC Competition Law “, EEC Review, 1990. “A Legal Outlook on International Financing”, Greek Bank Review, 1989. “The Legal Protection of Biotechnology “, Nomiko Vima, 1988. “International Law and the Transfer of Technology”, unpublished study submitted to LSE. “The Place of Origin of Products Distributed in the European Union”, independent, unpublished study for a client. Participated in the collective INE (GSEE) study regarding unemployment in Greece on the topic of “The Problem of wages in the Greek Economy”. “Legal Context of Bank Mergers in Greece”, independent, unpublished study for a Greek Bank. SPEAKER AT CONFERENCES: The Economic and Monetary Union of Europe – Perspectives, General Secretariat of Youth Athens, 1997, Speech Topic: “The Economic and Monetary Union of Europe-Perspectives”. The Greek Public Debt – Greek Economic Chamber, Athens, 1988, Speech Topic: “The Legal Problems concerning the Restructuring of Foreign Debt”. The Legal Protection of Software, Greek Informatics Company, Athens, 1988, Speech Topic: “Protection from the Copying of Software”. GOVERNMENT POSITIONS: Member of the Board of Directors of the National Insurance Company (Ethniki Asfalistiki Etaireia) (1993 – 1996). Consultant to the General Secretary of the new Generation for European Matters (1994). President of the Youth Committee of the EEC (1994). Consultant to the Minister of Education, Mr Dim. Fatouros, for European Affairs ( 1994). Consultant to the Minister of Labor Mr. Miltiadis Papaionnou since August 1997 up to 1999, on issues such as restructuring of labour market, immigration policy, European Policy, Social Dialogue. Consultant to the Minister of Labor Mr Dimitrios Reppas since 1999 up to 2001, on issues such as restructuring of labour market, immigration policy, European Policy, Social Dialogue. BOOKS: “The Rights of Working Youth”, General Secretariat of Youth, 1997. Editor and translator of the book of the former Premier of France, Michel Rocard, entitled ” The Rules of the Game”, prefaced by the Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Simitis, Athens, 1992. Participated in the drafting of the 1991-1992 EUROGUIDE. PROGRAMS: Participation to the Program ” Personnalites d’Avenir” organized by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (June 1997). Participation to the Program “Young European Leaders” in the context of “The International Visitor Program” organized by the United States Information Agency (January 1999).