Michailopoulos & Associates is a boutique law firm specialising in the preparation and implementation of investment plans and co-financed projects. The team has substantial expertise in the construction, energy, and real estate spheres, and routinely works with government agencies on contentious and litigious matters. The ‘excellent expert’ Gregorios Michailopoulos leads the Athens-based team, focusing on public finance and public procurement law issues, whilst Marios Markatos and Eftychia Pournara consistently advise multinational and local businesses.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The individuals who stand out, including Grigoris Michailopoulos and Eftychia Pournara, have extensive experience in co-financed projects within the framework of public contracts, as well as in NSRF management issues.’

  • ‘They are very competent and solution-oriented. They help you understand difficult legal issues for non-lawyers, providing trustworthy technical expertise and focusing on the best possible result for our organisation. The team is accessible, applies short decision-making processes and works with a high degree of responsibility.’

  • ‘Gregorios Michailopoulos is an excellent expert in public procurement law matters. He has high level of competence, is very reliable and always adapting to the needs of the public sector authorities. He is proactive and combines the legal point of view with political and economic aspects.'

  • ‘Michailopoulos and Associates Law Firm possesses a profound understanding of public procurement law and co-financed projects. They excel in addressing complex issues and offering innovative, tailored solutions. Their thorough research, timely responses, and adaptability are commendable, making them a competent and flexible choice.’

  • ‘Gregorios Michailopoulos is a highly accomplished legal expert, a dedicated advocate for his clients, and a consummate professional. If you are seeking legal representation of the highest quality and exceptional legal counsel, Gregorios is the lawyer you want in your corner.'

  • 'Marios Markatos is a brilliant lawyer known for his meticulous attention to detail and extensive experience in public procurement law, as well as project and privatisation matters.’
  • ‘Gregorios Michailopoulos is an outstanding authority in matters of public procurement law and project finance. He exhibits an elevated level of expertise and consistently maintains a high degree of reliability while adeptly accommodating the requisites of public sector authorities.’

  • ‘They have a diverse approach to our very demanding field as the procurement law and they have always been as accurate as we wished. We appreciated their ability to instantly realise the special necessity of any query we faced so far and their promptly response, no matter what level of difficulty any issue would have to be dealt with.’

Key clients

  • Special Secretariat - General for the Management of the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility - Ministry of Finance
  • Special Secretariat - General for the Management of the European Social Fund Programmes - Ministry of Development and Investment
  • DIADIKASIA S.A. Business Consultants
  • Managing Authority for the Operational Programme “Transport Infrastructure, Environment and Sustainable Development (EYD EP YMEPERAA)
  • NOISIS Development Consultants S.A.
  • Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (H.O.C.RE.D.)
  • National health service provider organization (EOPYY)
  • National Central Authority for Health Supplies (CPBHS)

Work highlights

  • Provide legal advice and support to the Special Secretariat – General for the implementation of the projects funded from the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility, falling within the sectors of Spatial Planning and Environment and the sectors of Employment, Skills, Social Welfare and Security and the respective Pillars 1 (Green Transition) and 3 (Employment, skills and social cohesion), amounting to approximately EUR 11 billion.
  • Provide legal services to the Managing Authority for the Operational Programme “Transport Infrastructure, Environment and Sustainable Development regarding the implementation of major infrastructure projects under the “Environment and Climate Change Programme” with an estimated value of approximately EUR 2 billion.
  • Represented the Central Purchasing Body for Health Supplies (CPBHS) before the Supreme Administrative Court, ensuring the rejection of all administrative and judicial remedies and the timely conclusion of the award process of a framework agreement of great economic value of EUR 95.507.800,90.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Gregorios Michailopoulos

Other key lawyers

Marios Markatos, Eftychia Pournara