Ms Anastasia Makri > Zepos & Yannopoulos > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile

Zepos & Yannopoulos
280 KIFISSIAS AVE
HALANDRI
152 32 ATHENS
Greece
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Work Department

M&A and Project Development, Public Procurement & Concessions, Energy, Insurance, Non Profit & Education

Position

Anastasia Makri is head of our Energy and Insurance practice groups.

Her areas of practice are M&A and project development, with a focus on energy and infrastructure. She has worked on large-scale projects involving private entities and state agencies and has extensive experience in transactions involving complex commercial contracts and negotiations. From 2009 to 2017 she led the firm’s legal team that successfully supported the implementation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, one of the largest and most complex construction projects in Greece hosting the new venues of the Greek National Library and the Greek National Opera. She regularly advises clients on various energy, privatization and infrastructure projects.

Anastasia’s expertise covers insurance and regularly advises international and local insurers, reinsurers and intermediaries on insurance transactions, insurance regulatory, and contractual matters. Prior to joining the firm she held in-house counsel position for a major credit insurance company.

Anastasia was admitted to the Piraeus Bar in 2000 and joined our firm in 2007. Anastasia is admitted before the Court of Appeal.

Languages

Greek, English, German and French

Education

University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B.) Law School of Essex University (LL.M. in International Trade Law, 1999) ALBA Graduate Business School (MSc in Business Studies for Law Practitioners, 2008)

Lawyer Rankings

Greece > Energy

(Leading individuals)

Anastasia MakriZepos & Yannopoulos

The multidisciplinary energy team at Zepos & Yannopoulos represents international and domestic entities, and is well equipped to handle high-profile M&A transactions and renewable energy projects. The practice has in-depth experience of acting on behalf of clients before Greece’s Supreme Administrative Court, particularly in disputes concerning environmental permits. Overseeing the ‘expedient and efficient’ team in Athens is Anastasia Makri, who focuses on transactions involving commercial contracts and negotiations. Sofia Chatzigiannidou specialises in an array of regulatory and administrative law matters, while Smaragda Spyrou is knowledgeable in the area of electric power. Both Georgia Tsiaoussi and Nikos Koukos are also highlighted.

Greece > Projects and privatisation

Providing tailored advice to domestic and international corporations in relation to major renewable energy initiatives, and public procurement procedures, the Zepos & Yannopoulos team is highly praised. The practice has broad expertise, acting on behalf of companies in the defence, energy, and IT sectors, and the Athens-based co-heads Anastasia Makri and Sofia Chatzigiannidou bringing vast experience of dealing with judicial tender related disputes and large-scale projects to the group. Nasia Gkouma focuses on administrative law, and Smaragda Spyrou is also highlighted.

Greece > Insurance

(Leading individuals)

Anastasia MakriZepos & Yannopoulos

Acting on behalf of global insurance companies and leading independent brokers, Zepos & Yannopoulos has broad expertise in all aspects of local insurance and regulatory compliance measures. The team’s lawyers collaborate closely with the firm’s M&A, dispute resolution and tax departments to provide comprehensive advice on life and non-life insurance and reinsurance matters. Anastasia Makri heads the group, frequently representing international and domestic reinsurers and intermediaries, and senior associate Smaragda Spyrou focuses on M&A and corporate matters. Senior associate Georgia Tsiaoussi is experienced in the shipping, tourism and pharma sectors, while associate Katerina Vogiatzi concentrates on insurance regulation.