Mr Fotodotis Malamas > Bernitsas Law > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile

Bernitsas Law
5 LYKAVITTOU STREET
106 72 ATHENS
Greece

Work Department

Tax

Position

Partner

Fotodotis is an expert in advising businesses on tax efficient structures, liability to all forms of direct and indirect taxes, reporting and compliance and individuals and families on lifetime and post death tax planning and the tax aspects of the management of private and corporate wealth.

He also advises on the tax considerations affecting corporate transactions and commercial agreements, including mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures and distribution agreements, with a focus on compliance issues, the distribution and capitalisation of reserves and legislation offering tax incentives. He has conducted numerous tax due diligence reviews and represents clients before the Dispute Resolution Directorate and the administrative courts in relation to disputed liability cases.

Fotodotis teaches a postgraduate course on Tax Law at the Athens University of Economics and Business. Prior to joining the Firm in 2014, Fotodotis worked as a tax consultant with Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young and was acting head of the Tax Department of Heracles Cement & Concrete Group, a member of the Lafarge Group. He has been extensively published in tax and financial journals and is author of Digital Economy and Current Tax Practices, 1st edition (2019) and Taxation of Non-Profit Organisations, 1st (2012) and 2nd (2016) editions and contributing author to Code for Tax Procedures: Interpretation and Accounting Issues 1st (2016) and 2nd (2021) editions, all published by Nomiki Vivliothiki.

Career

Fotodotis is admitted to the Piraeus Bar (1995) and the Supreme Court of Greece (2020).

Languages

Greek, English and French.

Education

Fotodotis holds a Degree in Law (Hons) from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an LLM in Commercial Law from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and an MBA in Finance from Escem-Ecole Supérieur de Commerce et de Management. He also has a Computer Programming Certificate from Doxiades Study Centre, a Tax Law Certificate from the Vocational Training Center of the Economic University of Athens and an IFRS Certificate from the Association of International Accountants (AIA).

Lawyer Rankings

Greece > Tax

(Next Generation Partners)

Fotodotis MalamasBernitsas Law

Deploying a tax-focused perspective when advising companies on restructurings, planning and policy, and asset ownership, the Bernitsas Law tax team specialises in dealing with high-value tax disputes and general advisory work. The team consistently represents individuals and corporations in investigations, audits, and dawn raids, with the two Athens-based heads Panayotis Bernitsas and Fotodotis Malamas bringing over 70 years’ experience in litigious and transactional proceedings to the practice, along with complex competition and antitrust law issues.