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Corporate & Commercial

The firm provides a broad range of corporate and commercial legal services, assisting clients in the structuring, negotiation and implementation of their business ventures in Greece. Our lawyers advise on corporate law, commercial contracts, governance, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, market- entry projects, data protection and corporate finance.

We act for multinational groups, listed and non-listed companies, strategic investors, financial institutions, venture capital funds, growth companies and family-owned businesses. Our work combines transactional expertise with practical commercial judgment, particularly in regulated and operationally complex sectors such as technology, telecoms, life sciences, energy, industrials, construction, hospitality, consumer goods and digital infrastructure.

We also support private equity investors, venture capital funds and start-up companies in early-stage financings, strategic partnerships, corporate structuring and investment documentation.

Our Experience

General Corporate Law /Business Law / Contracting

We provide transactional and strategic advice to corporate clients in connection with the full range of commercial and operational issues they face. Our work includes the drafting and negotiation of share and asset purchase agreements, distribution and agency agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS and technology contracts, shareholders’ agreements, services agreements, franchising arrangements, strategic alliances and joint venture documentation.

We also advise on corporate governance, board and shareholder matters, group restructurings, intra-group arrangements, compliance frameworks, regulatory implementation and day-to-day operational legal support.

Among our corporate clients are multinational groups, listed companies, regulated businesses, technology companies, healthcare and life sciences groups, industrial companies and investors entering or expanding in the Greek market.

Our experience in this area includes the following highlights:

  • Advising the world’s leading spaceflight, telecommunications, and AI company on a range of commercial and regulatory issues in connection with the launch of its satellite services in Greece.
  • Advising Greece’s largest shipyard on a broad range of ship repair contracts, including high-value defence contracts with the Hellenic Navy.
  • Advising multinational life sciences, healthcare, industrial and consumer goods groups on their Greek corporate, commercial, regulatory and operational matters.
  • Advising technology, software and AI companies on commercial contracts, SaaS and licensing arrangements, shareholder matters, corporate governance, GDPR and AI- related compliance.
  • Advising telecoms and satellite connectivity providers on Greek market entry, licensing, regulatory compliance, cybersecurity, security policies and ISP-related obligations.
  • Representing international investors on the establishment and structuring of Greek corporate vehicles for real estate, hospitality, digital infrastructure and data center projects.
  • Representing industrial and construction-sector groups on commercial contracts, operational legal support, public- and private-sector counterparties, regulatory compliance and risk allocation.
  • Advising companies in the pharmaceutical and medical devices sectors on distribution, licensing, product launch, commercial agreements, regulatory compliance, public procurement and data protection.
  • Advising venture capital funds and start-up companies on investment documentation, conversion mechanics, shareholders’ agreements, corporate approvals and governance arrangements.
Securities Laws / Corporate Governance

We advise listed and non-listed companies, shareholders, directors and investors on corporate governance, disclosure obligations, shareholder rights, board composition, executive and employee incentive arrangements, related-party issues, group restructurings and strategic transactions.

Our team has experience assisting clients with equity and debt-related matters, corporate actions, spin-offs, restructurings, rights issues, share transfers, shareholder approvals and corporate documentation required for complex transactions.

The firm also advises listed companies and technology groups on governance issues arising from M&A, investment transactions, incentive schemes, financing arrangements and post-acquisition integration.

Our experience in this area includes the following highlights:

  • Advising listed companies on corporate governance, shareholder approvals, transaction structuring and implementation of strategic acquisitions.
  • Advising on management incentive arrangements, bonus schemes and stock option plans for senior executives and employees.
  • Advising corporate groups on governance reconfiguration, post-acquisition integration, intra-group realignment and transitional arrangements.
  • Advising investors and companies on shareholder protections, board rights, minority protections, reserved matters and exit mechanisms.
  • Advising companies on corporate documentation and approvals connected with financings, restructurings, investments and commercial transactions.
Mergers & Acquisitions

Our M&A practice advises buyers, sellers, investors, targets and shareholders on the full lifecycle of corporate transactions. We assist with due diligence, transaction structuring, negotiation of sale and purchase agreements, shareholders’ agreements, disclosure,
completion mechanics, escrow arrangements, warranties and indemnities, post-closing integration and corporate implementation.

We understand that each transaction is often a critical strategic milestone for the client. Our approach is commercially focused, hands-on and tailored to the sector, ownership structure and operational needs of each business.

Our experience covers transactions in technology, telecoms, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, energy, hospitality, real estate, industrials, consumer goods, communications and regulated sectors.

Our experience in the area includes the following highlights:

  • Acting as lead counsel in the phased cross-border acquisition of a controlling stake in a leading communications group, involving staged equity transfers, governance reconfiguration, minority protections and subsidiaries across several jurisdictions.
  • Advising a European consumer healthcare group on the acquisition of a Greek pharmaceutical business, including legal due diligence, SPA negotiation, regulatory risk allocation and post-closing implementation.
  • Advising a listed technology group on the acquisition of a software development company, including review of IP ownership, software licensing, employment, data protection and listed-company governance issues.
  • Advising on acquisitions in the hospitality sector, including legal and real estate due diligence, escrow arrangements, post-closing governance and management continuity.
  • Advising venture capital and growth investors on seed, pre-seed and convertible financing transactions in biotechnology, healthcare, technology and regulated sectors.
  • Advising on post-investor entry restructuring, corporate governance and operational relaunch matters for strategic industrial assets.
  • Advising on the establishment and structuring of Greek newcos and SPVs for market- entry, real estate development, digital infrastructure and data centre projects.