Regularly assisting Greek and international companies on issues ranging from day-to-day corporate matters to M&A and joint venture transactions, the team at Your Legal Partners is highly rated for its ‘high quality of work’. The firm is well versed in advising on strategic investments and handling SPAs in the tech sphere, while co-head Maria Golfinopoulou brings vast expertise in antitrust and merger control to the practice. Fellow co-lead Katerina Christodoulou is highly knowledgeable in project finance matters; Katerina Politopoulou focuses on privatisations; and Fotini Mavrikaki is a banking and corporate law expert. Prokopis Linardos and Evgenios Fiflis are key contacts.
Testimonials
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‘They have a team of very experienced partners and senior associates who take “ownership” over the matter or the transaction on behalf of the client. So, they are able to provide clear and solid advice helping the client either to close or abort the deal. As for any day-to-day corporate matters, with YLP you have a trusted partner for your business.’
‘People that are knowledgable and always available to help solve the task you want to assign them.’
‘Deep knowledge. When they are not familiar with the issue raised they do not hesitate to advise that they need to study the matter and revert.’
‘Professionalism, Responsiveness, High level of knowledge.’
‘Ability of the Partner to establish good relationship with the client, responsiveness, high quality of work.’
‘Katerina Christodoulou being a more than 30 year experienced lawyer can handle a broad spectrum of banking and finance matters. You can rely on her as a trusted partner for complex matters and demanding transactional work getting super clear and honest advice showing you the right direction. Tough negotiator with excellent communication skills. Anastasia Kakali is a hard-working senior associate. Always available and result-oriented. Prokopis Linardos is highly esteemed for his expertise on energy and project finance mandates. You can rely on Prokopis for tight timelines. You feel safe that you have a partner working with you not leaving a single detail unattended. Katerina Politopoulou: her professionalism, knowledgeable approach and calmness is an asset for any finance and real estate deal.'
‘YLP is unique in that they "get in the client's shoes" more readily and with more dedication than others, and act, for the duration of the engagement, as part of the client's team.’
‘Both Ms. Katerina Christodoulou and Ms. Maria Golfinopoulou stand out in regard to both their technical expertise and eagerness to be available and useful to their clients. This seems to be the attitude of the firm in general, as they seem to have instilled the same qualities to their associates, in particular Ms. Sofrini Sideri and Mr. Nikolaos Christopoulos.’
Key clients
- Eurobank
- Piraeus Bank
- Alpha Bank
- Th. Vassilakis Group (Autohellas)
- BayWa r.e. Projects Greece Single Member P.C.
- Shipwise Tech
- HIG Capital
- Mirova Hellas
- EOS Group
- Orphee Beinoglou Makios SA
- Vinci Concessions S.A.S.
- Premia Properties SA
- Italian Motion
Work highlights
- Advised HIG Capital on consolidating seven 5-star hotels into one holding company.
- Advised Mirova on executing and operating a development services agreement for 12 wind energy projects (300MW) in Greece.
- Advised Autohellas on negotiating a distributorship agreement to become an XPENG Authorised Distributor in Greece.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Maria Golfinopoulou, Katerina Politopoulou