Dr Stefanos Charaktiniotis > Zepos & Yannopoulos > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile

Zepos & Yannopoulos
280 KIFISSIAS AVE
HALANDRI
152 32 ATHENS
Greece
Stefanos Charaktiniotis photo

Work Department

Antitrust & Competition, Business Crimes & Investigations, M&A and Project Development, Restructuring & Insolvency, Automotive, Retail, Luxury & Consumer, Tech, Media & Telecom, Transport, Logistics & Aviation

Position

Stefanos heads our M&A and Project Development practice. He has extensive experience on M&A, cross border corporate transactional work, corporate restructuring, and financing projects. He is also engaged in carrying out legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating share purchase and ancillary agreements and undertakes all formalities required for the implementation of acquisitions. Stefanos also acts for technology companies, their investors and management on M&A, private equity and other corporate transactions. Stefanos has also experience in antitrust practice, advising businesses operating in Greece through local subsidiaries or distributors on their compliance with antitrust specifications of EU and Greek antitrust law.

He is admitted before the Supreme Court.

Stefanos is a member of the firm’s executive committee.

Languages

Greek, English, German and French

Education

University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Law (LL.B.)
University of Trier, Germany (LL.M., Competition Law, 2002)
University of Trier, Germany (Ph.D., Competition Law, 2005)

Lawyer Rankings

Greece > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Described as a ‘very detailed and agile’ practice, Zepos & Yannopoulos specialises in advising Greek and global clients on high-profile M&A transactions, as well as regularly handling due diligence matters and drafting shareholders’ agreements. The team demonstrates vast knowledge in the renewable energy and hospitality spheres, often leveraging its expertise in overseeing corporate restructurings and project financing initiatives. In Athens, Stefanos Charaktiniotis and Athina Skolarikou co-head the group, specialising in cross-border corporate transactional work and reverse mergers, whilst Antonis Giannakodimos focuses on market regulation in the retail and wholesale sectors. Danai Falconaki is knowledgeable in bankruptcy law and Mariliza Myrat is also noted.