Mrs Olga Eftychidou > Sioufas & Associates Law Firm > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile

Sioufas & Associates Law Firm
6A, NEOU FALIROU STREET
AGIOS IOANNIS RENTIS
182 33 ATHENS
Greece

Work Department

Banking & Finance, Restructuring, Insolvency and Forced Execution

Position

Legal Manager

Career

Mrs Olga Eftychidou is the Firm’s Legal Manager and a member of its Management Team. As such, she is responsible for all legal and judicial affairs and corporate governance.

She has a longstanding experience in the fields of NPEs and NPLs, especially regarding the respective pre-legal and legal actions, judicial enforcement, restructuring and insolvency, as she has acted as advisor of numerous domestic and international clients from a variety of business sectors, including banking and financial services, NPE management, investment management and real estate management & development. Her clients also include all the major banks and financial institutions that are active in the Greek market and she has been involved in most transactions of the Greek NPL portfolio sales market, organizing and leading complicated legal due diligence exercises.

Her expertise also covers other aspects of Greek law, including Corporate, Commercial, Labor and Contracts and she has considerable experience in negotiations and the handling of complex projects, while being in charge of multi member legal teams.

As a manager, she has a deep knowledge of principles and processes and among her top priorities are the assessment of clients’ needs and meeting quality standards. Her major assets include knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resources allocation, human resources modeling, leadership techniques, coordination of people and resources, understanding of market dynamics, anticipation of opportunities and risks, identification of critical issues and development of plans and strategies

Languages

Greek, English, French, Italian and German

Memberships

Athens Bar Association, qualified to practice before the Supreme Court

Education

(LL.B) Bachelor’s Degree in Law – University of Athens

Master of Arts (MA) in International and European Administrative Governance and Politics – University of Athens

Bachelor’s Degree in Greek Philology – Specialization in Linguistics – University of Athens

Lawyer Rankings

Greece > Dispute resolution

With extensive experience of handling employment, IP, and banking litigation (particularly defending Greek banks in court proceedings), the Sioufas & Associates Law Firm practice displays an ‘inherent disposition for constructive cooperation’. Based out of Athens, deputy managing partner Marios Sioufas specialises in complex IP and corporate disputes, Olga Eftychidou is an expert in enforcement and insolvency cases, and Nikolaos Katiforis focuses on administrative disputes and arbitration. Theodora Antonopoulou is also highlighted.