Praised as an ‘excellent’ antitrust and competition practice with ’high expertise’, the Zepos & Yannopoulos team is noted for handling high-profile state aid cases and merger control processes. Regarding antitrust issues, the group represents international and Greek entities before the Hellenic Competition Commission, while simultaneously offering a strong antitrust compliance and abuse of dominance service. The ‘top-notch’ Stamatis Drakakakis leads from Athens, focusing on matters regarding rescue and restructuring aid; Maria Lampadaki covers cartels and merger control affairs; and Yolanda Antoniou-Rapti assists clients in EU competition law proceedings. Ellie Gavriilidou, Konstantinos Sidiropoulos, Ledia Gavriilidou and Gina Goudoulia are also names to note.
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‘Very high expertise in all areas.’
‘Partner availability and engagement. Excellent quality and excellent time response: Stamatis Drakakakis and Ellie Gavriilidou.’
‘Knowledgeable, high expertise in competition law, collaborative.’
‘Stamatis Drakakakis: expertise, availability, diligent, experience, knowledgeable.’
‘The Law Firm has an extremely competent and knowledgeable Antitrust - Competition Law Department equipped with lawyers and IT executives of the highest degree of qualifications, expertise and motivation. The department was immediately able to assign the appropriate number of associates. The attitude of the whole team was remarkable, and the follow up report issued provided very insightful recommendations. ’
‘I want to highlight Stamatis Drakakakis who is a top-notch partner of the Law Firm. Stamatis is a competition law expert.’
‘The law firm has skilled professionals who have deep knowledge of their area of expertise while they are also business oriented and able to provide legal advice that is tailor made to your needs.’
‘Stamatis Drakakakis has deep knowledge of Competition Law and is able to provide professional work on time while he is also very to the point and business oriented in his answers.’
Key clients
- Adidas Hellas S.A.
- Alpha Bank
- Brisa – Auto-Estradas de Portugal S.A.
- Copelouzos Group
- DEPA Commercial S.A.
- Giochi Preziosi Hellas S.A.
- Municipality of Athens
- ONEX Technology & Business Solutions S.A.
- Reale Group
- Stanley Black & Decker Hellas
- Zouros Tugboat Consortium, Megatugs Salvage & Towage, PRO-TUGS
Work highlights
- Advising and representing ONEX Technologies Group before the European Commission (DG COMP) with regard to the state aid assessment of a restructuring project.
- Represented DEPA Commercial in the acquisition of a minority share (29%) in Electroparagogi Alexandroupolis Monoprosopi.
- Represented Zouros Tugboat Consortium, Megatugs Salvage & Towage and PRO-TUGS before the Hellenic Competition Commission in the context of a cartel investigation.
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Stamatis Drakakakis