Tsibanoulis & Partners

Tsibanoulis & Partners Law Firm has unique expertise in the application of the national, transnational, and European regulatory frameworks, with particular focus in the areas of banking and finance, capital markets, securitisation, privatisations, M&As, litigation, corporate law, as well as in real estate and intellectual property. The firm provides legal advice of an unparalleled quality to a broad spectrum of clients, ranging from private and listed companies to supranational, national, and European regulatory authorities, entities, banks, and financial institutions. The firm's attorneys adhere to the highest professional and ethical standards and combine internationally renowned academic credentials with sound business judgement. They provide timely and practical solutions to the most challenging legal and business issues.

Practice areas: Tsibanoulis & Partners Law Firm specialises in the following areas:

Banking and finance: The firm’s team advises banks, financial institutions, and credit rating agencies on regulatory, banking litigation, capital markets, securitisation transactions issues, on payment services, and on issuance of corporate bonds.

Capital markets: The firm’s team advises: a) International and Greek credit institutions on regulatory and capital market issues and transactions and b) Greek investment firms on matters related to capital markets regulation, investment services legislation (MiFID II), anti-money laundering procedures, takeover bids, corporate governance, client and service provider agreements, and on file submissions to regulatory authorities.

Corporate/M&A: The firm’s team advises multinational and domestic companies on corporate, corporate governance, SOE law, regulatory, public-to-private transactions, and acquisition issues.

Data protection: The firm’s team provides tailored legal services using a risk-based approach. We provide consultation on all standard regulatory compliance issues (data mapping, data protection audits, staff training, drafting of privacy statements and transparency-related documents etc.) and ad hoc consultation on data protection issues (data subject requests, data breaches, enforcement actions of the Hellenic DPA); we also offer DPO services.

Intellectual property: The firm’s team offers specialist advice on EU and national regulation and covers all aspects of clearance, registration, protection, defense, and enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Key areas of expertise: Trademarks, domain names, designs, patents, plant variety rights, copyright and related rights, database rights, trade secrets and unfair competition in national, European, and international level.

Real estate: The real estate practice team represents domestic and international developers, NGOs, banks, and private investors. We advise clients on due diligence processes, financing, investments, and development projects and undertake the drafting and negotiation of transactions (acquisitions, disposals) and long-term deals (leases). We are experienced in property litigation, construction and leasing disputes.