The Legal 500

Two-partner employment boutique Lixouriotis Theodosis & Partners Law Firm recently advised a major telecoms company on the drafting of a new enterprise-level collective labour agreement. It has also been involved in several major redundancy schemes and complex litigations. Name partners Ioannis Lixouriotis and George Theodosis are highly recommended.

The employment lawyers at M & P Bernitsas Law Offices are ‘all committed to quality’, and act for clients including BMW Hellas, Diesel, Polo Ralph Lauren, Samsung and UPS. Katia Papantonopoulou is very well regarded.

PotamitisVekris provides an excellent and highly specialised practice, and has a large transport sector client base. It defended Athens Metro Operations Company against lawsuits filed by 285 employees on one-year, fixed-term agreements regarding their reinstatement onto the annual payroll. Alexios Papastavrou is highly recommended.

Theodora Monochartzis’ team at Sarantitis Law Firm has been advising on several termination procedures for clients such as Wolters Kluwer Health, as well as on management reorganisation at M.J. Maillis as part of the company’s €280m restructuring.

Top-notch employment specialist Rania Papakonstantinou heads the first-rate team at Zepos & Yannopoulos. In addition to providing transactional support, the firm has been heavily involved in several major restructurings. It advised Premier Capital on all employment issues relating to its acquisition of the McDonald’s business in Greece. Other clients include Philips and TUI Travel.

A. & K. Metaxopoulos & Partners. Law Firm has advised several international clients on issues regarding the transfer of employee personal data abroad, something that is heavily restricted under Greek law. The firm also has an excellent disputes practice through Kriton Metaxopoulos and Vivian Vassilopoulou.

Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm acts for public and private sector clients in contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Clients include Synovate, Sabre Hellas, Tie Rack, Marcus Evans and Federal Express. Michael Poulakos heads the practice.

Alexandra Economou heads the team at Drakopoulos Law Firm, which ‘delivers practical solutions’. It successfully represented Colliers International in an unfair dismissal dispute with its former CFO. Porsche and Reckitt Benckiser are also clients.

The ‘excellent’ KGDI Law Firm provides a ‘very good and trustworthy’ service that is ‘good value for money’. Effie Mitsopoulou and Leonidas Georgopoulos are praised for their ‘knowledge, personality and effectiveness’. Nicholas Maheriotis is the main partner in the practice.

Two-partner employment law boutique Kremalis – Law Firm, Member Of Ius Laboris is highly experienced in contentious and non-contentious matters. Highlights included advising Goodyear Dunlop Tires on collective redundancies due to business closures. Other clients include Marks and Spencer Marinopoulos Greece, Playmobil Hellas and Coral. Konstantinos Kremalis heads the practice.

John Filiotis at Lambadarios Law Firm has a good reputation for contentious employment matters. Clients include Raytheon, Ceva Logistics, Sony Music and Diamond Resorts.

Pistiolis – Triantafyllos & Associates Law Firm’s highly rated team has ‘excellent skills in handling complicated and demanding cases’, and provides ‘value for money and excellent strategic advice’. Clients include Intracom, the Hellenic Casino of Parnitha and The Union of Private Television Stations of National Broadcast. Anastasios Triantafyllos is ‘an exceptional employment lawyer who always does a great job, and has strong litigation skills’.

Constantine Alexiou heads the employment practice at Alexiou & Kosmopoulos, which provides a full range of contentious and non-contentious support.

Dryllerakis & Associates’ employment head John Damilakis has ‘distinguished knowledge of labour laws’. The firm recently advised Grant Thornton on all employment issues relating to the restructuring of public transport companies in Athens.

G. Mourgelas & Associates Law Firm recently advised a multinational cosmetics company on its redundancy negotiations. The firm also has a niche in sports law, where Fotini Minaki represents numerous professionals on employment issues.

Kelemenis & Co’s Tom Kyriakopoulos maintains an employment law practice, and recently advised General Electric in Greece on labour law compliance issues.

Timagenis Law Firm regularly advises its shipping clients on the full range of employment issues, including collective redundancy agreements and related disputes.