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Employment

Zepos & Yannopoulos

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‘Practical advice’ and ’excellent client service’ are the cornerstones of Zepos & Yannopoulos' employment practice, which is highly praised for its legal advice regarding immigration, social security, and employment matters. The team is regularly involved in major M&A and group restructurings, focusing specifically on collective redundancies and TUPE issues. Rania Papakonstantinou heads the group, specialising in workforce reductions and dismissals of executive employees, whilst Manolis Zacharakis is an expert on pregnancy protection and employee handbook issues. Tasos Chrysochoou is skilled in employment litigation, and Matina Andrikopoulou concentrates on social security affairs.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Zepos & Yannopoulas provides helpful, practical advice and excellent client service. They collaborate efficiently with partner organisations, deliver on commitments and co-operate with procedural and billing process requirements.’

  • ‘Manolis Zacharakis provides proactive and pragmatic advice.’

Key clients

  • Bayer
  • Deutsche Telecom
  • Hellenic Petroleum
  • Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
  • Korres
  • Mindwave
  • Mondelez
  • Nokia
  • Ringier
  • Unilever

Work highlights

  • Acted as Greek legal counsel to Ardonagh Group on the employment aspects of the acquisition of a UK-based group of companies and the indirect acquisition of two Greek reinsurance broker subsidiaries.
  • Advised on the employment aspects of the post-privatisation restructuring of DEPA Infrastructure’s group of companies, which was initiated by the group’s new shareholder, Italgas.
  • Advised Faliro House Productions on employment matters, including those involving child actors and other participants, in relation to high-profile movie productions.

Lawyers

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Rania Papakonstantinou
Zepos & Yannopoulos
Rania Papakonstantinou is a partner and head of our employment & labour practice. Rania has extensive experience in advising international and domestic clients on employment and labour matters. She regularly advises on work-force reductions, hiring and separation of executive employees, transfers of undertakings, employee benefits and collective redundancies. She also handles the employment aspects of various international business transactions, including corporate restructurings, privatizations, close-downs, and mergers and acquisitions. Rania is recognized by many international legal publications as a leading practitioner in her field in Greece. She was admitted to the Athens Bar in 2000 and joined our firm in 2001. Rania is admitted before the Court of Appeals.
Manolis Zacharakis
Zepos & Yannopoulos
Manolis Zacharakis is a partner of our employment & labour practice. He works closely with the firm’s clients, advising on various employment matters arising from their operations in Greece, including termination of employment contracts, collective redundancies, working hours, pregnancy protection, employee handbooks, etc. Manolis is often engaged in the employment aspects of business transactions, such as corporate restructurings, mergers and close-downs. He also advises on various cross-border employment issues, including employee involvement procedures related to the establishment of Societas Europaea, international assignments, etc. Manolis is admitted before the Supreme Court. He was admitted to the Athens Bar in 2003 and joined our firm in 2004.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Rania Papakonstantinou

Other key lawyers

Manolis Zacharakis, Tasos Chrysochoou, Matina Andrikopoulou, Alexandros Lamprou, Katerina Skiada

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