Dora focuses on real estate transactions, advising both domestic and international real estate investors  on M&A and asset deals, as well as disposals. Her expertise covers the due diligence of real estate portfolios, drafting SPAs, pre-agreements and reservation agreements, and providing guidance on complex real estate matters including planning and zoning law issues. In addition, Dora is actively involved in negotiating and drafting of commercial lease or mixed agreements, and real estate management contracts, including those for hotels. She is praised “for being responsive, proactive and expert in her field”. 

Dora is also experienced and regularly involved in employment law, advising national and international clients, as employers, on all types of individual and collective employer-employee relationships, as well as benefits and compensation related issues. In the context of M&A transactions, she maintains substantial experience in advising on complex issues arising out of the transfer of undertakings and the application of the TUPE provisions, as well as on all potential labour law issues faced by the target company.

Academic Background

  • University of Athens (LL.M. in Civil Law, 2006)
  • University of Heidelberg (LL.M. in Corporate Law, 2004)
  • University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 2003)

Languages

  • Greek
  • English
  • German

Professional Memberships

  • Member of the Athens Bar Association. Qualified to appear before all Courts of all degrees, including the Supreme Courts.
  • Partner in Koutalidis Law Firm.

Recognitions

  • Legal 500 EMEA, Real Estate and Construction (Greece), 2024, Leading Associate.
  • Legal 500 EMEA, Real Estate and Construction (Greece), 2023, Rising Star Lawyer.
  • Legal 500 EMEA, Real Estate and Construction (Greece), 2022, Leading Associate.
  • Legal 500 EMEA, Commercial, corporate and M&A (Greece), 2021, Key team member.

Career Highlights

Recent work includes advice to:

  • MGE Hellenic Investments S.à r.l., an SPV owned jointly by McArthurGlen and Bluehouse S.A., in connection with the sale of the capital of McArthurGlen Hellas MEPE, owner of McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Athens, to a 100% subsidiary of Lamda Development S.A..
  • Everty (the real estate arm of the YNV group), on the acquisition by Brooklane Capital of a real estate portfolio, comprising two logistics centres in the area of Aspropyrgos, with a total gross leasable area of ca. 33,000 sqm.
  • NN Hellas in relation to the sale process (drafting of pre-agreements and final notarial deeds of sale, negotiation with buyers and their legal, financial and technical counsels) of significant real properties across Greece.
  • The shareholders of Platon School in relation to the sale and transfer of their shares to International Schools Partnership (iSP) focusing on the employment issues of the transaction including drafting of management agreements.
  • Dar Global in respect of establishment of its Greek subsidiary and investment opportunities.
  • DCI Advisors in respect of the various real estate projects (developments, strategic investments, disposals of real properties, management contracts) in Greece.
  • Natural and legal persons in relation to the acquisition of vertical real estate properties at The Ellinikon Project in Athens Riviera including due diligence, negotiations, drafting, and deed execution for multiple properties.
  • Piraeus Bank S.A. and Eurobank S.A. in connection with a secured common bond loan of an aggregate principal amount of up to Euro 75,000,000.00 issued by “DODONI S.A.” focusing on the legal due diligence over 12 real estate properties of more than 100,000 sq.m. (land plots, industrial buildings etc.) located in various regions of Epirus, and the registration of mortgage prenotation over said real estate properties.
  • Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste and Water in respect of various real estate issues related to its headquarters in Athens.
  • Delka P.C. in relation to the acquisition of luxurious high-quality real estate assets, strategically located within the historic centre of Athens.
  • Group of companies operating a large number of properties (more than 50 real properties) as luxury boutique hotels & resorts in Santorini and Mykonos in connection with the potential sale of an equity interest to third-party investors.
  • Alpha Real Estate Services S.A., subsidiary and real estate manager of Alpha Bank group, on the acquisition of a luxurious hotel in Peloponnese.
  • Daygroup, a group of companies with over 50 years of experience in the Hellenic real estate development sector, on various real estate issues (construction agreements, drafting Internal Regulation etc.) regarding the innovative and luxurious compound of buildings developed at Athens Riviera Voula, Project “One South” and the new building in Glyfada.

Publications

  • Co-contributor of the article on the future of the real estate and the current real estate market challenges in Fortune Greece magazine (Issue of October-November 2023).
  • Contributor of the article on the current trends in Greece’s real estate ecosystem in ProdExpo magazine (2022).
  • Co-contributor of the chapter on the Greek market in European Council of Shopping Places’ European review/analysis of lease contracts (2022).
  • Contributor of the chapter on Succession Law in Greece in “International Succession” edited by Louis Garb, Advocate, Louis Garb & Associates, and Richard Norridge, Partner & Solicitor, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Oxford University Press (2021).
  • Co-contributor to the project of the World Bank “Doing Business 2020 Comparing Business Regulation in 190 Economies” in the chapter of Employing Workers (2020).
  • Contributor of the chapter on UBO framework in Greece in “UBO in Europe – Definition and registration in European countries”, Wolters Kluwer (2019).
  • Co-contributor in the survey conducted by the Allen & Overy Global Law Intelligence Unit on international real estate law (2016).
  • Co-contributor of the chapter on Greek Port Regulations in the Greek Law Digest (2016).