Our Profile

We are an awarded top tier law firm based in Athens, Greece. With a legacy originating back to 1930, we take pride in our local and international clientele, which includes leading Greek and international corporations, major investment and commercial banks and financiaI institutions.

We have had the privilege to assume ground breaking and high-profile cases and projects and have built strong expertise among others in M&A, Capital Markets, Public Procurement, Privatisations, Concessions and Public Private Partnerships, Corporate & Commercial Law, Retail, Energy, Aviation, EU, Antitrust/Competition and State Αid, Tax, Banking & Finance, Employment & Immigration, Project Finance, Arbitration, Litigation and Mediation, Real Estate.

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Koutalidis Law Firm advises Alpha Holdings and Services SA on its inaugural issuance of €400million Fixed Rate Reset AT1 Notes

We are proud that we have advised Alpha Holdings and Services SA on its successful inaugural issuance of €400million Fixed Rate Reset Additional Tier 1→

A team with international recognition

Our team consists of 50 innovative thinking legal professionals with outstanding academic education, diverse skills, awarded professional performance and a unique sense of client need understanding. Our work has been consistently recognised by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR), Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, Global Competition Review (GCR).

Koutalidis Law Firm promotes 2 new partners in its M&A Law Practice
07/02/2023

We are happy to announce that Yiannis Loizos has been promoted to Partner in the M&A Law Practice of Koutalidis Law Firm. Yiannis possesses broad expertise in both Greek and cross-border M&A transactions and privatizations, having been involved in a number of complex large-scale projects within these sectors since joining→

Koutalidis Law Firm is the exclusive contributor for Greece of The Legal 500: Project Finance Comparative Guide
19/01/2023

We are pleased to share that we are the exclusive contributor for Greece of The Legal 500: Project Finance Comparative Guide. The aim of this guide is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of project finance law. The guide provides information about the→

Koutalidis Law Firm Litigation 2023
Koutalidis Law Firm is the exclusive contributor for Chambers and Partners’ Litigation 2023 Global Practice Guide – Trends and Development
13/01/2023

We are happy to announce that Koutalidis Law Firm is the exclusive contributor for Chambers and Partners’ Litigation 2023 Global Practice Guide – Trends and Developments, sharing the latest notable legal and market developments that are of the essence for parties and practitioners of international litigation in Greece. Special thanks→

NN Hellas on its absorption of ΝΝ Hellas ΙΙ
Koutalidis Law Firm advised NN Hellas on its absorption of NN Hellas II (former MetLife)
09/01/2023

Koutalidis Law Firm advised NN Hellas on its merger by way of absorption of ΝΝ Hellas ΙΙ (former MetLife). The legal merger follows the completion of the acquisition process of the MetLife business operations in Poland and Greece. The merger will integrate two complementary portfolios and increase the footprint of→

ELVALHALCOR - ETEM
Koutalidis Law Firm advised ETEM S.A. and ELVALHALCOR S.A.
30/12/2022

Koutalidis Law Firm advised ETEM S.A. (“ETEM”) and ELVALHALCOR S.A. (a member of VIOHALCO group and currently the sole shareholder of ETEM), in their strategic partnership with COSMOS ALUMINIUM S.A. (“COSMOS ALUMINIUM”). The envisaged transaction involves the absorption of ETEM by COSMOS ALUMINIUM, resulting in the creation of a robust→

The Legal 500 Pharmaceutical Advertising laws
The Legal 500: Pharmaceutical Advertising Country Comparative Guide
28/12/2022

Our firm is the exclusive contributor for Greece to The Legal 500: Pharmaceutical Advertising Country Comparative Guide, where Nikitas Fortsakis and Evans Courakis, partners of our Firm, and Lampros Fakitsas and Sofia Vestaki associates, provide their readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of pharmaceutical advertising law.→

Koutalidis Law Firm advises Alpha Bank
Koutalidis Law Firm advises Alpha Bank on its tender offer for its €400million Senior Preferred Notes
22/12/2022

We are proud that we have advised Alpha Bank on its successful tender offer for its €400million Senior Preferred Notes due 2024 (the “Called Notes”) combined with the issuance of €450million New Non-call 5 Senior Preferred Notes under Alpha Bank’s €15billion EMTN Program (the “New Notes”). The tender offer was→

Koutalidis Law Firm advised the acquisition of Panaitolikos F.C.
Koutalidis Law Firm advised the acquisition of Panaitolikos F.C.
12/12/2022

Koutalidis Law Firm advised Matthew Gregory Kaminski and Mikhail Gregory Kaminski on the acquisition of ninety percent (90%) of the share capital and voting rights in the Greek Superleague football club Panaitolikos F.C. from the current shareholder Mr. Fotios Kostoulas. Completion of the transaction, which also includes the acquisition of→

Koutalidis Law Firm advised Sunlight Group
Koutalidis Law Firm advised Sunlight Group
09/12/2022

Koutalidis Law Firm acted as Greek legal counsel to Sunlight Group, a member of Olympia Group, on the acquisition of 51% of Triathlon Holding GmbH, a German company with extensive experience and a worldwide presence in the development and assembly of lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries for the intralogistics and energy-storage→

Koutalidis Law Firm promotes 2 new partners in its M&A Law Practice
07/02/2023

We are happy to announce that Yiannis Loizos has been promoted to Partner in the M&A Law Practice of Koutalidis Law Firm. Yiannis possesses broad expertise in both Greek and cross-border M&A transactions and privatizations, having been involved in a number of complex large-scale projects within these sectors since joining→

Koutalidis Law Firm is the exclusive contributor for Greece of The Legal 500: Project Finance Comparative Guide
19/01/2023

We are pleased to share that we are the exclusive contributor for Greece of The Legal 500: Project Finance Comparative Guide. The aim of this guide is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of project finance law. The guide provides information about the→

Koutalidis Law Firm Litigation 2023
Koutalidis Law Firm is the exclusive contributor for Chambers and Partners’ Litigation 2023 Global Practice Guide – Trends and Development
13/01/2023

We are happy to announce that Koutalidis Law Firm is the exclusive contributor for Chambers and Partners’ Litigation 2023 Global Practice Guide – Trends and Developments, sharing the latest notable legal and market developments that are of the essence for parties and practitioners of international litigation in Greece. Special thanks→

NN Hellas on its absorption of ΝΝ Hellas ΙΙ
Koutalidis Law Firm advised NN Hellas on its absorption of NN Hellas II (former MetLife)
09/01/2023

Koutalidis Law Firm advised NN Hellas on its merger by way of absorption of ΝΝ Hellas ΙΙ (former MetLife). The legal merger follows the completion of the acquisition process of the MetLife business operations in Poland and Greece. The merger will integrate two complementary portfolios and increase the footprint of→

ELVALHALCOR - ETEM
Koutalidis Law Firm advised ETEM S.A. and ELVALHALCOR S.A.
30/12/2022

Koutalidis Law Firm advised ETEM S.A. (“ETEM”) and ELVALHALCOR S.A. (a member of VIOHALCO group and currently the sole shareholder of ETEM), in their strategic partnership with COSMOS ALUMINIUM S.A. (“COSMOS ALUMINIUM”). The envisaged transaction involves the absorption of ETEM by COSMOS ALUMINIUM, resulting in the creation of a robust→

The Legal 500 Pharmaceutical Advertising laws
The Legal 500: Pharmaceutical Advertising Country Comparative Guide
28/12/2022

Our firm is the exclusive contributor for Greece to The Legal 500: Pharmaceutical Advertising Country Comparative Guide, where Nikitas Fortsakis and Evans Courakis, partners of our Firm, and Lampros Fakitsas and Sofia Vestaki associates, provide their readers with a pragmatic overview of the law and practice of pharmaceutical advertising law.→

Koutalidis Law Firm advises Alpha Bank
Koutalidis Law Firm advises Alpha Bank on its tender offer for its €400million Senior Preferred Notes
22/12/2022

We are proud that we have advised Alpha Bank on its successful tender offer for its €400million Senior Preferred Notes due 2024 (the “Called Notes”) combined with the issuance of €450million New Non-call 5 Senior Preferred Notes under Alpha Bank’s €15billion EMTN Program (the “New Notes”). The tender offer was→

Koutalidis Law Firm advised the acquisition of Panaitolikos F.C.
Koutalidis Law Firm advised the acquisition of Panaitolikos F.C.
12/12/2022

Koutalidis Law Firm advised Matthew Gregory Kaminski and Mikhail Gregory Kaminski on the acquisition of ninety percent (90%) of the share capital and voting rights in the Greek Superleague football club Panaitolikos F.C. from the current shareholder Mr. Fotios Kostoulas. Completion of the transaction, which also includes the acquisition of→

Koutalidis Law Firm advised Sunlight Group
Koutalidis Law Firm advised Sunlight Group
09/12/2022

Koutalidis Law Firm acted as Greek legal counsel to Sunlight Group, a member of Olympia Group, on the acquisition of 51% of Triathlon Holding GmbH, a German company with extensive experience and a worldwide presence in the development and assembly of lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries for the intralogistics and energy-storage→

Koutalidis Law Firm advises Alpha Holdings and Services SA on its inaugural issuance of €400million Fixed Rate Reset AT1 Notes
08/02/2023

We are proud that we have advised Alpha Holdings and Services SA on its successful→

Koutalidis Law Firm promotes 2 new partners in its M&A Law Practice
07/02/2023

We are happy to announce that Yiannis Loizos has been promoted to Partner in the→

Koutalidis Law Firm is the exclusive contributor for Greece of The Legal 500: Project Finance Comparative Guide
19/01/2023

We are pleased to share that we are the exclusive contributor for Greece of The→

Koutalidis Law Firm Litigation 2023
Koutalidis Law Firm is the exclusive contributor for Chambers and Partners’ Litigation 2023 Global Practice Guide – Trends and Development
13/01/2023

We are happy to announce that Koutalidis Law Firm is the exclusive contributor for Chambers→

NN Hellas on its absorption of ΝΝ Hellas ΙΙ
Koutalidis Law Firm advised NN Hellas on its absorption of NN Hellas II (former MetLife)
09/01/2023

Koutalidis Law Firm advised NN Hellas on its merger by way of absorption of ΝΝ→

ELVALHALCOR - ETEM
Koutalidis Law Firm advised ETEM S.A. and ELVALHALCOR S.A.
30/12/2022

Koutalidis Law Firm advised ETEM S.A. (“ETEM”) and ELVALHALCOR S.A. (a member of VIOHALCO group→

The Legal 500 Pharmaceutical Advertising laws
The Legal 500: Pharmaceutical Advertising Country Comparative Guide
28/12/2022

Our firm is the exclusive contributor for Greece to The Legal 500: Pharmaceutical Advertising Country→

Koutalidis Law Firm advises Alpha Bank
Koutalidis Law Firm advises Alpha Bank on its tender offer for its €400million Senior Preferred Notes
22/12/2022

We are proud that we have advised Alpha Bank on its successful tender offer for→

Koutalidis Law Firm advised the acquisition of Panaitolikos F.C.
Koutalidis Law Firm advised the acquisition of Panaitolikos F.C.
12/12/2022

Koutalidis Law Firm advised Matthew Gregory Kaminski and Mikhail Gregory Kaminski on the acquisition of→

Koutalidis Law Firm IFLR 1000 Top Tier Firm 2021-2022
ITR AWARDS 2021 WINNER TAX FIRM OF THE YEAR
IFLR 1000 TOP TIER FIRM 2021-2022
Koutalidis Law Firm IFLR 1000 Top Tier Firm 31st Edition
Koutalidis Law Firm IFLR Awards 2021 Europe
ITR TAX FIRM OF THE YEAR 2021

“Koutalidis Law Firm was founded in 1930 and is regarded as one of the
most prestigious top tier law firms in Greece.”
Chambers High Net Worth