Ms Erna Kritikou > Papapolitis & Papapolitis > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile

Papapolitis & Papapolitis
16 VASILISSIS SOFIAS AVENUE
10674 ATHENS
Greece

Work Department

Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking, Finance and Capital Markets

Position

Associate

Erna advises on a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions. Her practice mainly consists of acting for corporate clients on domestic and international transactions (including, private acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures etc.) and general advisory matters both at a local and cross border level. She has been responsible for providing legal support to a great number of prominent M&As and performing legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating transactional documentation and handling of related Greek law formalities.

Erna is also involved in project finance transactional work and has acted for domestic and international private sector clients, credit institutions and credit servicing firms.

Her experience includes advising on company formation, intellectual property law and multi-industry companies on corporate and commercial matters with regards to their day-to-day operation and regulatory compliance.

Languages

Greek, English, French

Memberships

Athens Bar, Greece

Roll of Solicitors, Solicitors Regulation Authority, UK

Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator, ADR Group, 2015, London, UK

Education

Legal Practice Course (LPC), Holborn Campus, BPP University, UK

LLM in International Shipping Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Law LLB (Hons), City University of London, UK

Lawyer Rankings

Greece > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Consistently undertaking legal restructurings, leveraged buyouts, and multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions, the members of Papapolitis & Papapolitis’ team are highly praised as ‘effective communicators and collaborators’. The practice has extensive experience of advising clients on strategic cooperation agreements, acquisition financing issues, and corporate transformations, while Athens-based co-head Nicholas Papapolitis supports funds and investors in major international transactions. Co-head Evi Tsilou focuses on joint ventures, whilst Elmina Chadio brings expertise in group restructurings to the department. Anna Pavlaki concentrates on insolvency law issues, Erna Kritikou is knowledgeable in relation to private acquisitions, and Antonia Rountou is also noted.