Ms Antonia Rountou > 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

Antonia focuses on corporate, commercial, M&A and banking law. She is engaged in a wide range of multinational M&As and other corporate transactions by carrying out legal due diligence, drafting transactional documentation, and handling related Greek law formalities.

Antonia also regularly advises domestic corporate clients and international businesses on corporate and commercial matters of their day-to-day operation, ongoing corporate governance, and compliance with the domestic and EU regulatory framework. Her experience encompasses project finance transactional work on behalf of corporations and credit institutions, such as corporate loans and restructuring.

Prior to joining Papapolitis & Papapolitis, Antonia worked on EU competition law matters with a leading US international law firm in Brussels, and provided advisory work for one of the largest express freight companies worldwide. She has also been involved in bank resolution matters at the European Commission.

Languages

Greek, English, French, Italian, Spanish

Memberships

Athens Bar Association

Brussels Bar Association (E-list)

Education

LL.M. in International Business Law (Merit), Université libre de Bruxelles

LL.M. in Public International Law (Hons), Faculty of Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

LL.B. (Merit), Faculty of Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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.