Ms Sonia Melegou > Zepos & Yannopoulos > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile

Ms Sonia Melegou

+30 210 6967000 s.melegou@zeya.com

Work Department

Commercial and Consumer Law, Dispute Resolution, Real Estate

Position

Sonia Melegou is a partner of our corporate commercial practice and co-heads our real estate practice.

Sonia specializes in real estate, dispute resolution, intellectual property and corporate law. With over 15 years’ experience in the real estate practice advising international and domestic clients she has a solid track record on property transactions, such as acquisitions and disposals, commercial and residential lease agreements, and sale and lease back arrangements. She has also significant experience in the creation of in rem securities and the restructuring of collaterals, as well as in the due diligence of real estate portfolios. She has also worked with multinational clients active in the luxury goods business regarding trademark infringement matters and anti-counterfeiting strategies. Sonia also represents clients before the First Instance Court and the Court of Appeals, on disputes arising from real estate, leases, trademark infringement, breach of contract, recovery of debts and claims and tort.

Sonia is also a CEDR Accredited Mediator and one of the first 50 mediators accredited by the Greek Ministry of Justice.

She was admitted to the Athens Bar in 2000 and joined our firm in 2001 and she is admitted before the Supreme Court.

Languages

Greek and English

Education

University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B 1998) ALBA Graduate Business School (MSc in Business Studies for Law Practitioners, 2000)