Described as a ‘very detailed and agile’ practice, Zepos & Yannopoulos specialises in advising Greek and global clients on high-profile M&A transactions, as well as regularly handling due diligence matters and drafting shareholders’ agreements. The team demonstrates vast knowledge in the renewable energy and hospitality spheres, often leveraging its expertise in overseeing corporate restructurings and project financing initiatives. In Athens, Stefanos Charaktiniotis and Athina Skolarikou co-head the group, specialising in cross-border corporate transactional work and reverse mergers, whilst Antonis Giannakodimos focuses on market regulation in the retail and wholesale sectors. Danai Falconaki is knowledgeable in bankruptcy law and Mariliza Myrat is also noted.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Athina Skolarikou, Stefanos Charaktiniotis, Mariliza Myrat and Danai Falconaki are excellent to work with.'

  • ‘Zepos & Yannopoulos has a great team of very experienced lawyers. They can address all the legal, corporate and tax issues in a transaction.’

  • ‘The team is very detail oriented and agile and is able to address the particularities of each project successfully.’

  • 'A great law firm, with specialised lawyers for every issue.'

  • ‘A strong team across the board that works closely with its clients and gets to know their business. They provide regular summaries on the matters handled for us and advice about upcoming legal changes where relevant.’

  • ‘Antonis Giannakodimos is extremely responsive and gives clear advice, and works hard to maintain the relationship with the client and to provide support.’

  • ‘Stefanos Charaktiniotis has exceptional experience in M&A projects.'

  • 'They have very good legal, technical and negotiation skills.'

Key clients

  • Mondelez International
  • Kefalonia Fisheries
  • Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel
  • Conrad Hilton
  • Club Med
  • Le Collectionist
  • Nova Wind
  • Wesfort Capital
  • Triathlon
  • LMEY

Work highlights

  • Advised leading telecoms provider United Group on its company restructuring following its €100m takeover of Nova Telecommunications Single Member.
  • Advised Iberdrola, global leader in renewable energy, on the proposed acquisition of Volterra, the energy production, trade and supply company of Greece-based international construction group AVAX.
  • Advised HELLENiQ ENERGY on the €130m acquisition of a cluster of SPVs owning a 204MW photovoltaic park.

Lawyers

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Zepos & Yannopoulos
Athina Skolarikou is a partner and  heads our Corporate & Commercial practice. She focuses on corporate and commercial law and consumer protection, contracts and M&A transactions. She has extensive experience in general corporate practice, advising multinational corporations on structuring their business in Greece, company formation, general corporate matters, corporate governance as well as regulatory and compliance issues. She regularly advises international and domestic clients on international business transactions and has significant experience in handling complex and sophisticated cross border M&A projects, including joint ventures, corporate restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions. She is also engaged in structuring all kinds of commercial and contractual arrangements, including lease agreements. She has worked with multinational clients active in the IT, technology and telecommunications sector, as well as in the hotel and leisure industry, advising on a wide range of regulatory, corporate, commercial, contractual and compliance issues. She joined our firm in 1997 and was admitted to the Athens Bar in 1998. Athina is admitted before the Greek Supreme Court.
Zepos & Yannopoulos
Stefanos heads our M&A and Project Development practice. He has extensive experience on M&A, cross border corporate transactional work, corporate restructuring, and financing projects. He is also engaged in carrying out legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating share purchase and ancillary agreements and undertakes all formalities required for the implementation of acquisitions. Stefanos also acts for technology companies, their investors and management on M&A, private equity and other corporate transactions. Stefanos has also experience in antitrust practice, advising businesses operating in Greece through local subsidiaries or distributors on their compliance with antitrust specifications of EU and Greek antitrust law. He is admitted before the Supreme Court. Stefanos is a member of the firm’s executive committee.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Stefanos Charaktiniotis, Athina Skolarikou

Other key lawyers

Antonis Giannakodimos, Danai Falconaki, Stathis Orfanoudakis, Mariliza Myrat, Sofia Tzianoumi, Nadia Axioti