Lia Vitzilaiou > Platis – Anastassiadis & Associates Law Partnership > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile

Platis – Anastassiadis & Associates Law Partnership
8B CHIMARRAS
MAROUSSI
151 25, ATHENS
Greece
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Position

Director

Career

Lia is a Corporate & Commercial lawyer, with a competition law background. She is experienced in merger and acquisition transactions, antitrust litigation and compliance, commercial arbitration, project finance and PPPs. She joined the firm in 2017.

Prior to joining Platis – Anastassiadis and Associates Law Partnership, she has been working in major law firms in London, Madrid and Athens, where she provided legal advice on a wide range of corporate, commercial and antitrust issues, including negotiation, drafting and execution of complex commercial transactions and merger filings. She has also wide experience in commercial litigation and has represented clients in domestic and international ICC arbitrations as well as before the Hellenic Competition Commission.

Memberships

She is a member of the Athens Bar Association since 2007

Education

Lia holds a Degree in Law from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and an LL.M. in International Business Law from the University College London (UCL), UK.

Lawyer Rankings

Greece > EU and competition

Demonstrating the ‘highest technical competence and innovative thinking’, Platis – Anastassiadis & Associates Law Partnership advises clients from across the public, energy and pharmaceutical sectors on complex competition law issues and during proceedings brought by the Hellenic Competition Commission. The department is jointly led from Athens by the ‘very experienced’ Lia Vitzilaiou and Julia Pournara, who specialise in agency and distribution affairs, along with antitrust compliance matters.

Greece > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Rising stars)

Lia VitzilaiouPlatis – Anastassiadis & Associates Law Partnership

Described as a team with ‘knowledge, skills, and a professional attitude’, Platis – Anastassiadis & Associates Law Partnership is adept at solving corporate, commercial, and M&A matters, particularly within the pharmaceutical, technology, and commodities sectors. In Athens, Julia Pournara and Lia Vitzilaiou co-head the outfit, with the former specialising in handling commercial transactions and compliance matters, whilst the latter focuses on M&A, antitrust, and EU law issues.