Manolis Troulis was born and raised in Germany. He is a Supreme Court Lawyer and Managing Partner. He studied law in Italy and Greece, where he obtained his law degree from the Law School of the University of Athens. Between 2004 - 2006 he served as the press secretary of the Ministry of Merchant Marine and during 2007 - 2008 he served as head of the legal department of a multinational company, whose main shareholder was Barclays. Before founding Troulis & Co. he worked for several years at a premium Athens-based law firm. He specializes in energy law, litigation matters of a civil, commercial and employment nature, as well as financial crimes/economic crime law. He is a member of the Athens Bar Association and the Hellenic Criminal Bar Association. He speaks English, Italian and German.