Athena Papikinou > Sagias and Partners Law Firm > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile
Sagias and Partners Law Firm Offices
Plateia Filikis Etaireias Square 15
10674 Athens
Greece
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Athena Papikinou
Work Department
Projects and Privatization
Position
Partner
Career
Dr. Athena Papikinou is advising on Labor law, European law, Banking and Consumer law.
She focuses mainly on labor law and consumer law issues and specializes in collective labor agreements.
She has advised Greek and foreign companies on various issues, mainly labor law, consumer and banking law. She has reviewed, negotiated and advised major clients on various commercial agreements, contracts & labor litigation matters. She has also drafted legal opinions and court documents. In particular, she has been the member of the negotiation team of Piraeus Port Authority on the agreement with the labor unions on the new General Staff Regulation and the new Collective Labor Agreements. In addition, she has advised major Greek companies on confidential internal audits, mainly on issues of protection of employee’s personal data. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the Secretariat-General of Consumer in the Ministry of Economic Affairs on the reform of consumer protection legislative framework (Law 2251/1994) in 2016.
Languages
Greek, English, German, Italian
Memberships
Member of the Corfu Bar Association
Education
Bachelor’s Degree – Faculty of Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
LL.M. in Labor Law – Freie Universität Berlin
LL.M. in Civil Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Doctor of Law – Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Dissertation title: “The obligation to assess the creditworthiness of the consumer in European and German Law in the light of the principle of responsible lending”)
Lawyer Rankings
Greece > Projects and privatisation
Counting major financial institutions and international energy consortiums amongst its key clients, the Sagias and Partners Law Firm practice specialises in all aspects of the tender process, spanning from the planning to the implementation. The team routinely deals with the project financing behind the construction, operation, and management of renewable energy initiatives, with the Athens-based heads Ifigenia Vourdouni and Nikolas Sagias bringing vast experience of handling important privatisation projects of public enterprises and investment plans to the group. Spyros Sagias is an expert on direct foreign investments in Greece, and Athena Papikinou focuses on commercial agreements.
Greece > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Sagias and Partners Law Firm has extensive experience of acting on behalf of Greek and international clients in company buyouts, M&A and complex contractual negotiations. The practice has particular expertise in the engineering, energy, and infrastructure spheres. Athens-based practice heads Nikolas Sagias and Eleni Siouti are experts in procurement and corporate scenarios, and Athena Papikinou has in-depth knowledge of drafting commercial agreements, whilst Olga Marinou is also highlighted as being integral to the group.