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Stavropoulos & Partners Offices
58 KIFISSIAS AVENUE
MAROUSSI
151 25 ATHENS
Greece
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Mrs Vassiliki Michalopoulou
Work Department
Tax and Tax Litigation, Customs and Excise.
Position
Partner of the law firm “STAVROPOULOS & PARTNERS”.
Career
Admitted to Bar 2006, Athens; Admitted to the Supreme Court of Greece, 2021.
Vassiliki (Valia) is a member of the tax department specialising in domestic, EU and international corporate taxation. She devotes a large part of her practice to tax controversy and tax litigation covering most facets of corporate tax disputes related to direct and indirect taxation, VAT, customs duties and excise taxes, double tax treaties, international and EU tax law matters. She regularly represents domestic and multinational companies before the Greek administrative courts.
Valia also provides routine advice and tax opinions on ongoing basis to corporate and private clients across a wide spectrum of tax issues. She has been especially involved in tax advisory matters arising from internal restructurings, tax treaty disputes and various cross-border business transactions. She has also been providing support to clients during tax field audits as well as in the context of administrative (out of court) procedures before the Tax Administration and the competent administrative bodies. She also assists clients in relation to tax rulings requests.
She is active in the preparation of transfer pricing documentation files as well as in assisting multinational enterprises from a range of industry sectors with transfer pricing risk assessment, transfer pricing audits and mutual agreement procedures.
She has deep experience in handling a wide range of complex customs and excise tax issues and frequently advises clients on related administrative processes and compliance issues across affected industries, while her practice also includes excise tax claim filing and related litigation.
Languages
Greek, English, French.
Memberships
Athens Bar Association; International Fiscal Association (IFA).
Education
University of Athens Law School (LL.B., 2004); Chartered Institute of Linguists Diploma in Translation; ALBA MSc in Business for Lawyers (2006); ALBA-ERNST & YOUNG Postgraduate Professional Diploma in Taxation (2008); The Chartered Institute of Taxation (Advance Diploma in International Taxation 2014).
Lawyer Rankings
Greece > Tax
With a service portfolio covering the entire spectrum of tax subjects, the Stavropoulos & Partners practice has special expertise in income tax, transfer pricing, and VAT matters. The team frequently acts on behalf of international pharmaceutical corporations and energy companies, with significant strength in handling indirect taxes and tax treatment issues in major M&A transactions. From Athens, managing partner Ioannis Stavropoulos is experienced in advising clients in the Greek Administrative Courts and the Council of State, and Vassiliki Michalopoulou focuses on tax controversy and litigation. Since being promoted to partner in July 2023, Evgenia Kousteni is an expert on international taxation and customs law affairs.