KBVL > Athens, Greece > Firm Profile

KBVL
3A FRAGKOKKLISIAS & GRANIKOU STR.
MAROUSSI, ATHENS
151 25
Greece

Greece > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 1

Co-headed by the Athens-based duo of Ilias Koimtzoglou and Michalis Pattakos, the KBVL team works ‘like clockwork’, advising its Greek and international clients on M&A, corporate restructurings, and commercial agreements. The practice has broad expertise, covering the energy, software, and mining sectors, demonstrating in-depth experience in handling strategic investments and joint venture transactions. Koimtzoglou acts on behalf of foreign investors in antitrust law and finance matters, whilst Pattakos is an expert in dealing with large-scale corporate projects and acquisitions. Christina Valamoutopoulou focuses on insolvency procedures, and Konstantina Gkouti is knowledgeable in relation to commercial law affairs.

Practice head(s):

Ilias Koimtzoglou; Michalis Pattakos

Other key lawyers:

Testimonials

‘Konstantina Gkouti and Ilias Koimtzoglou both provided an excellent service to our company.’

‘They have in-depth experience as they have led milestone transactions in the country, but what impressed me was that they are also very keen to enter new sectors such as our own and invest time and resources in order to maximise the value of their services.’

‘They have the expertise but what I valued the most was the plethora of services they offer and the premium network they have, their degree of flexibility, which matched our very specific needs, and the personal time and effort put in by the entire team that was assigned to us, from Ilias Koimtzoglou to Konstantina Gkouti.’

‘During our cooperation the KBVL team worked like clockwork. Their exceptional individual characteristics are combined with knowledge of the law and the relevant sector. The use of technology maximises their team work and produces the best possible outcome for their clients.’

‘The expertise in relation to the market and the law of the entire team – and especially Ilias Koimtzoglou and Michalis Pattakos – is excellent. They have been extremely consistent and collegial during our years of working together. They produce on-time, high-quality solutions, taking into account all the specific features of our company, industry and project.’

‘Flexible, knowledgeable, fast, attentive to detail, value for money. Special mention to Ilias Koimtzoglou.’

‘Ilias Koimtzoglou is a great thinker – he is persistent, pleasant to work with, hands on and proactive. Konstantinos Gkouti is meticulous, methodical and intelligent.’

‘The individuals that we have worked with are very knowledgeable and have a business-oriented mindset that enables them to address the particularities of each project successfully.’

Key clients

Hellenic Shipyards

Hellenic Dairies

Larco

Access Pharma

Eos Capital Partners Alternative Investments Fund Manager

MS Sea Med Mykonos

VNK Capital

Qualco

Elatos Investment

Everblue

Greece > Employment Tier 2

Demonstrating strong sector-specific expertise across the shipping, automobiles, and retail spaces, KBVL’s ‘extremely supportive’ practice is highly regarded for its experience in drafting templates for employment contracts and overseeing high-profile restructuring projects. The team frequently advises multinationals on compliance with Greek employment and social security law. Ilias Koimtzoglou is an expert in employment issues related to M&A and privatisations, while ‘extraordinary’ practice head Alexandros Doschoris and Eleni Malapani handle day-to-day compliance issues and collective dismissals.

Practice head(s):

Alexandros Doschoris

Other key lawyers:

Testimonials

‘The people have expertise in this area and are experienced in handling employment matters and litigation.’

‘They are willing to assume the entire burden of the case, and are fast and responsive. Alexandros Doschoris and Eleni Malapani are extraordinary advisors and litigators.’

‘They always provide prompt responses. The diversity of the team permits it to cover every single aspect of the field. The lawyers are at a very high level, even the juniors. Transparency in billing. Extremely supportive and willing to help.’

‘Experts in their field, always up to date on new legislation and have excellent knowledge of the market. Practical and not theoretical advice. Reachable 24/7 and always willing to support us under any circumstances. Act as close partners of our company and not just consultants.’

‘Alexandros Doschoris and Ilias Koimtzoglou make a great team! Excellent collaboration which gives us confidence in their advice – it is simple and to the point as needed.’

‘Great team – willing to think outside the box and find solutions. Good bilingual drafting skills and in-depth knowledge of the law.’

Key clients

Ifchor Group

Kongsberg Maritime Hellas

Voltalia Greece

Stone Group International (Marmor SG)

Larco

Hellenic Shipyard (HSY)

Astir Palace Vouliagmenis

Meeting Point Hellas

Hellenic Defence Systems

Hellenic Corporation of Assets & Participations (Growthfund)

Greece > Energy Tier 2

A popular choice among international energy corporations and major real estate companies, KBVL's energy department specialises in the regulatory and contractual elements of energy projects. The team has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and routinely deals with joint ventures and M&A within the energy sphere. Labelled as being ‘very insightful’ and ‘business oriented’, George Paidakakis leads the Athens-based group, focusing on regulatory, commercial and competition law advice, while Konstantina Gkouti is knowledgeable in M&A and corporate finance.

Practice head(s):

George Paidakakis

Other key lawyers:

Testimonials

‘Experts in energy regulation and corporate law.’

‘The team is led by George Paidakakis who is very insightful, business oriented, understands client’s needs and business and always delivers the best outcome meeting highest of standards. George is one of the few people who knows very well and has a deep understanding of the energy industry and has provided significant help/legal advice to our company in developing its new projects.’

‘George Paidakakis is always well-prepared and informed, ahead of the curve, providing to-the-point advice meeting client’s business needs. Never leaves a stone unturned. Always accurate and within the set tight timeframes. We have always been happy with the outcome of his work.’

‘The Legal Team showed a high level of expertise for a sophisticated issue.’

‘Flexibility, adaptability, direct and simple communication for a sophisticated subject.’

Key clients

Xi’an Electric Engineering

Regulatory Authority for Energy

LAMDA Development

HelleniQ Energy

Mediterranean Gas

Work highlights

  • Advised Helleniq Energy on the acquisition of a portfolio of wind parks.
  • Advised Mediterranean Gas on the exemption application and the performance of the market test procedure before the Regulatory Authority for Energy for the expression of interest by potential users in contracting capacity in the ARGO LNG Terminal.
  • Advised LAMDA Development in connection with the development of the former national airport property, Hellinikon, into a ‘smart and sustainable city’.

Greece > Restructuring and insolvency Tier 2

Under the guidance of Ilias Koimtzoglou and Michalis Pattakos, KBVL delivers ‘a results-focused offering’ to corporates and funds across a range of restructuring matters. The team is also well-positioned to advise distressed corporates as debtors on large-scale restructurings, where it is able to draw upon full-service expertise within the team including tax and financial advisory services provided through the firm’s association with Deloitte.

Practice head(s):

Ilias Koimtzoglou; Michalis Pattakos

Other key lawyers:

Christina Valamoutopoulou; Konstantina Gkouti

Testimonials

‘The team provides a high level of service and delivers a results-focused offering.’

Key clients

Hellenic Shipyards

Larco

Fosun International

Work highlights

  • Advising Larco, one of the largest nickel mining producers in Eastern Europe, on a substantial (approx €70m) restructuring project in Greece.
  • Advising HSY, one of the largest shipyards in Eastern Europe, on a substantial restructuring project.
  • Advising Fosun International, one of the leading private investment funds in China, on the Folli-Follie restructuring, with a deal value of over €130m.

Greece > Tax Tier 3

With the full support of the Deloitte Centre of Excellence, KBVL’s tax group routinely attracts domestic and global entities, assisting them with all aspects of tax disputes and cross-border transactions. The team is experienced in dealing with claims arising in the Greek Administrative Courts, as the two heads, Efstathios Bakalis and George Venieris specialise in providing tax compliance services and corporate governance advice to individuals and companies.

Practice head(s):

Efstathios Bakalis; George Venieris

Other key lawyers:

Evangelos Aidonis; Magdalini Souli; Nikoletta Sieva

Testimonials

‘Availability, professionalism, collaboration.’

‘Eager to help and explain, frequent status update.’

 

 

Key clients

Qualco

Μerck Sharp & Dohme Hellas

3M Hellas

Le Grand Tourism Enterprises

BSH Ikiakes Syskeves

Work highlights

Greece > TMT Tier 3

KBVL employs a team of ‘experienced professionals’ specialising in all elements of data protection and e-commerce. The team consists of former members of supervisory authorities, individuals from top-tier law firms in Europe and the US, and experienced lawyers from household name companies. Providing ‘constructive and efficient solutions’, Athens-based practice head Apostolos Vorras is well versed in advising clients on data protection and privacy measures, while Emmanouil Dimogerontakis focuses on privacy audits, digital transformations and regulatory consulting. Konstantina Karopoulou represents multinationals across the finance, aviation and healthcare sectors.

Practice head(s):

Apostolos Vorras

Other key lawyers:

Emmanouil Dimogerontakis; Konstantina Karopoulou

Testimonials

‘The team consists of well experienced professionals that provide the client with services tailored to its unique business needs.’

‘Apostolos Vorras is a trusted partner with extensive experience in data protection that always comes up with constructive and efficient solutions. His positive attitude and responsiveness contribute to having a great co-operation with him.’

Key clients

Vodafone

Qualco

Aegean Airlines

Sunlight Group

Opap

Skroutz

Retail World

Plaisio

Veraltis

Hellinikon

Fraport

Ergo Hellas

Peoplecert

Work highlights

Greece > Banking, finance and capital markets Tier 4

KBVL has ‘deep expertise in the banking and finance sector’, regularly advising lenders and borrowers on both transactional and regulatory work. ‘Knowledgeable and very responsive’ team head Alkis Mirkos is appreciated for his ability to provide ‘new and innovative solutions’ in relation to new money and restructuring mandates, as well as on the buy and sell side of NPL portfolios.

Practice head(s):

Alkis Mirkos

Other key lawyers:

Ilias Koimtzoglou; Eva Petroglou; Sofia Katrivesi

Testimonials

‘The team is very knowledgeable, with good coverage across various specialities.’

‘What sets them apart is their unwavering commitment to excellence and their deep expertise in the banking and finance sector.’

Their ability to navigate complex legal matters is truly exceptional.’

‘Alkis Mirkos is knowledgeable and very responsive.’

‘Alkis Mirkos proposes new and innovative solutions.’

‘The team is very professional, flexible, reactive and efficient, with a thorough knowledge of the sector.’

‘Alkis Mirkos is a very knowledgeable lawyer with a strong academic background, who always pays attention to the details of transactions and provides high-quality advice. He is always accessible and responsive, has a practical point of view and is flexible and business-oriented. He is very quick, efficient and diligent, even when working to very tight deadlines.’

‘Deep understanding of the market and the relevant legal regime.’

Key clients

Mytilineos

Cooperative Bank of Chania

Greece > Real estate and construction Tier 4

The KBVL real estate practice advises institutional and private investors, hotel companies and commercial developers on all aspects of development planning and leasing agreements. The team routinely identifies investment opportunities and handles cross-border real estate transactions, as Athens-based practice head Ilias Koimtzoglou has vast expertise in financing and licensing matters. Having joined the firm in January 2023, Vasiliki Karga Kampani focuses on acquisitions and leases of portfolios. Ioannis Vidalis regularly participates in legal due diligence exercises.

Practice head(s):

Ilias Koimtzoglou

Testimonials

‘Good firm.’

‘Good knowledge.’

 

Key clients

Astir Marina Vouliagmenis

SAAB Aktiebolag

LARCO

Hellenic Shipyards

Hellenic Train – Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane Group

Legendary Food

Vantage Towers Greece

Work highlights

  • Advising Astir Marina Vouliagmenis with a multimillion-euro real estate project regarding the development of a marina.

Skilled and experienced Deloitte Legal* professionals work together with other Deloitte professionals in tax, consulting, risk- and financial advisory to guide their clients through a project in a coordinated way around the world. Deloitte Legal, present in over 80 countries, is able to provide holistic guidance around strategic business decisions as well as offer support services that can increase efficiency and reduce the cost of some routine legal activities. As part of the global Deloitte professional services network, Deloitte Legal helps you in delivering multinational legal solutions that are Consistent, Technology-enabled, Tailored, and Sensitized.

Deloitte Legal* offers competent yet pragmatic advice in many fields of national and international business law. Our professionals provide tailored solutions for demanding projects and complex domestic and international transactions. And we offer even more: Multidisciplinary advice incorporating tax, consulting, risk- and financial advisory.

Whether family-owned smaller and medium-sized companies, listed stock corporations or international groups of companies—with our service lines Commercial, Corporate/M&A, Employment Law & Benefits, and Legal Management Consulting, we cover those fields of business law that are important for our clients.

Collecting and combining multidisciplinary expertise in our industry groups Financial Services, Energy, Resources and Industrials, Consumer, TMT, and LSHC enables us to render interdisciplinary advice which anticipates industry- or sector-specific trends and developments. And thereby help our clients to face the challenges of an ever-changing regulatory and economic environment.

We understand legal advice not as an isolated component, but as a contribution to a comprehensive solution of the issues that our clients face. Working together with our Deloitte colleagues we can help our clients in taking informed decisions in the context of legal as well as other business considerations.

 

* “Deloitte Legal” means the legal practices of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited member firm affiliates that provide legal services. For legal and regulatory reasons, not all member firms provide legal services.


Koimtzoglou-Bakalis-Venieris-Leventis & Associates Law Partnership is deeply committed to the principles of diversity and inclusion. We firmly believe that diversity is inextricably linked with excellence. We welcome and strongly support different cultures, backgrounds, experiences, beliefs and preferences, where everyone is enabled to reach their full potential.

Koimtzoglou-Bakalis-Venieris-Leventis & Associates Law Partnership is dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment from the stage of recruitment up to the partnership level. Our firm has a unique ratio between men and women, with women representing more than 60% of the members of our firm. We strive to create a community of talent that celebrates the diversity of our lawyers across all levels and our clients alike.

For Koimtzoglou-Bakalis-Venieris-Leventis & Associates Law Partnership diversity is part of who we are and what we represent: a team built from individuals that come from different backgrounds and experiences, dedicated in providing high quality legal services.


‘Accurate advice based on obvious wide experience of complicated issues. Eagerness to find quick solutions.’


‘Responsive, combining expert legal knowledge with commercial sense, easy to work with, pleasant personalities, multidisciplinary in the commercial sector. Good combination of experience with enthusiasm and ambition.’


‘Ilias Koimtzoglou, managing partner: responsiveness, solid legal knowledge, commercial sense. Michalis Pattakos, partner: solid legal knowledge, extremely responsive and a pleasure to work with, and with a high business sense. Mary Chalioti, associate: good knowledge of legal affairs, good communication skills.’


‘High confidentiality, efficiency and dedication to the clients are some of the values of the team.’


‘llias Koimtzoglou has deep knowledge of local as well as international law, in conjunction with his business understanding which make him a valuable partner to our M&A activities. Eva Petroglou is highly educated collaborator, looking in fine detail at the company’s issues, which make her a significant part of our collaborators’ value chain.’


‘Highly engaged and customer-centric team, with deep knowledge of business, an excellent combination of law firm and business partner, providing top notch expertise and solutions.’


‘Ilias Koimtzoglou: a high-level lawyer who combines the role of external advisor with that of a valuable business partner. Michalis Pattakos: possesses and exercises all qualities asked for and appreciated by big corporations seeking for external legal advice, mainly legal expertise and business acumen.’

Ilias Koimtzoglou, Managing Partner, KBVL

Ilias Koimtzoglou explains how the firm is adapting to clients’ changing needs

What do you see as the main points that differentiate KBVL from your competitors?

Our firm employs innovative strategies, which eventually create competitive advantage based mainly on the following three pillars:

1)Provision of seamless services

Our customer-centric philosophy combined with our common-shared principles and the use of technology

provides for comprehensive, user friendly and seamless legal services. Clients come to us because of our well-earned reputation for outstanding service, delivered promptly. We approach any single issue by seeking innovative solutions to complex problems that require us to draw on our full range of expertise and experience.

Our billing approach and how we service our clients’ on-going needs reflect our values. No matter how challenging or complex the mandate, we are not satisfied until we have delivered the highest quality and most commercially effective legal advice;

2) Distinctive service offerings

The firm remains dedicated to strengthening our practice primarily through internal growth and creative smart way of thinking. We comprise a growing collection of transaction tools and in-depth analysis of the most important market and regulatory developments in M&A regimes across the globe.  We focus on bringing clarity to the increasingly complex world of cross-border M&A , cross-border M&A databases, informative videos, and access to a library of specialist publications covering the key issues in global M&A;

3) Special Alliances/Contacts Relationships

We enjoy the loyalty of major corporate clients that have allowed us to be exposed to complex, multidisciplinary, cross-border assignments, which has served not only as a challenge for professional distinction but also as an attraction for recruiting talent at the firm.

Which practices do you see growing in the next 12 months? What are the drivers behind that?

  1. M&A: The expected growth of the Greek economy is likely to trigger significant M&A activity;
  2. Corporate restructurings: An important number of distressed assets of strategic importance for all the sectors of the economy (Real Estate, Utilities, Hotels, Industrial Operations) is expected to attract investors’ attention.
  3. Compliance: There will be increased demand for compliance services given that there is an increasing trend for regulation of all business activities. Key drivers are expected to be GDPR compliance, new corporate governance regulations and transparency tools (AML, KYC policies).

What’s the main change you’ve made in the firm that will benefit clients?

We have grown the scope of our legal services of the firm by welcoming new partners, Stathis Bakalis, George Venieris and Michalis Pattakos. Stathis Bakalis is a renowned expert in tax litigation and George Venieris is a highly acknowledged practitioner at the fields of personal tax and estate planning. Michalis Pattakos is an experienced transactional lawyer and is the co-head of our M&A practice group.

Is technology changing the way you interact with your clients, and the services you can provide them?

Definitely yes, and we aspire to always be ahead of any relevant technological developments, the most important of those being the gradual introduction of artificial intelligence in our practice. More specifically in close cooperation with our global network (Deloitte Legal) we intend to introduce AI in a number of our services in the near future.

Can you give us a practical example of how you have helped a client to add value to their business?

We have played a leading role in the Greek market for compliance with the newly established GDPR regulation. In this respect we have assisted a number of leading domestic as well as multinational companies to implement policies and practices safeguarding compliance with the new legal regime.

Are clients looking for stability and strategic direction from their law firms – where do you see the firm in three years’ time?

One of our key strategies is to create and reserve long-term client relationships. Notwithstanding the fact that we are a relatively newly established law firm, we have already managed to create solid client relationships across the entire spectrum of industries in Greece and this will be one of the key drivers for our growth plans.