Company: Koutalidis Law Firm
Location: [Athens, GR]
Date: 30 April 2024

Koutalidis Law Firm, an established market leader, is currently looking for a brilliant lawyer to join its dynamic M&A legal practice in Athens.

You will join a busy, growing team dealing with a diversified client portfolio including mergers and acquisitions, complex commercial matters and corporate work. We advise the full range of market participants: purchasers, sellers, target companies, financial advisors, sponsors, and stakeholders in domestic and international transactions.

YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Your role will focus on the delivery of client engagements, exercising effective communication and relationship-building skills, as well as contributing to the priorities of the law firm. In this position, you will make a commitment to your own growth and learning and look for ways to impact others by providing superior legal services.

During your tenure, you will demonstrate and develop the ability to:

• perform legal due diligence
• identify and highlight legal risks associated to the transaction
• advise on regulatory compliance
• drafting and negotiating transaction documentation
• project managing of various legal workstreams in multidiscipline transactional mandates
• developing business relationships with clients and providing strategic guidance
• elaborate your knowledge of current legislation across a wide range of industries
• provide legal solutions to highly complex commercial issues while delivering a high-quality experience,
• use innovative tools and technology in collaboration with non-legal functions, to strengthen the reach of your legal advice.

OUR REQUIREMENTS

Our ideal applicant is a bright and ambitious lawyer who is committed to providing clients with excellent service and who focuses on producing high-quality work.

We expect that you have strong interpersonal and organizational skills and work effectively within a team.

In particular, to qualify for the role you must have:

• qualified as an Attorney-at-Law in Greece (Athens Bar Association or other Bar Association membership)
• a postgraduate degree (LL.M. or equivalent) from a well-accredited law university in Greece or abroad (with at least some subjects in the area of M&A and Corporate & Commercial Law)
• at least 4-6 years of relevant working experience in M&A and Corporate & Commercial Law at a prominent Greek law firm, law office or in-house with involvement in major projects
• a professional approach, commercial awareness and strong communication skills
• excellent knowledge of written and spoken professional English
• computer literacy

WHAT WE OFFER

• competitive compensation package
• private health insurance program
• free access to many legal libraries and magazines
• great career path prospects
• a great work environment based at “The Orbit”, a multi-awarded bioclimatic building

INTERVIEW PROCESS

Interviews will be conducted at Koutalidis Law Firm’s offices, where potential legal questions may be presented to assess the aptitude of the candidate 

Koutalidis Law Firm is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Koutalidis Law Firm looks forward to welcoming the successful candidate to our esteemed team!

APPLICATION FORM