Ms Despoina Charakopoulou > POTAMITISVEKRIS > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile
POTAMITISVEKRIS Offices
11 Omirou Str
10672, Athens
Greece
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Ms Despoina Charakopoulou
Work Department
Employment & Social Security
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Despoina’s company and commercial law practice includes advising on company structuring and establishment, ongoing corporate governance and assisting clients in issues arising in the day to day running of their business. She has experience in drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts, in particular distribution, agency, leasing and labour agreements. Despoina also has a litigation practice, representing clients in debt recovery proceedings, breach of contract, employment, shareholder and succession disputes.
Languages
Greek, English, German
Memberships
Admission:
Athens Bar Association, 2004
Education
Education:
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki LLB, 2002
Lawyer Rankings
Greece > Employment
(Rising stars)Fielding a sizeable team of specialists, the POTAMITISVEKRIS employment practice is highly regarded for handling the employment elements of M&A and high-profile litigation before the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. The department is well equipped to advise on the implementation of voluntary redundancy schemes, pension plan liquidation measures, and collective labour agreements. Practice head Alexios Papastavrou specialises in the whole spectrum of employment and social security law matters. The ‘amazing’ Despoina Charakopoulou acts on behalf of companies across the banking and manufacturing sectors, Anastasia Platipodi focuses on business closures, and Nikolas Sigkridis is knowledgeable on flexible forms of employment.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- EU and competition
- Projects and privatisation
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- TMT
- White-collar crime