Nicolas Kanellopoulos – Chara Zerva & Associates

Corporate Law & Governance, Legal and Regulatory Compliance

Lawyer / LL.M./ Senior Associate

Handling of legal cases and providing legal counsel concerning:

• Corporate Law and Governance: managing corporate legal and disclosure requirements for listed and unlisted companies; implementing and utilizing best practices and ESG strategies; developing policies, procedures and internal regulations; providing legal support on Board of Directors and General Assembly matters; attracting investment and securing financing and financial stability; drafting, evaluating, negotiating and finalizing contracts in various matters; conducting in-depth legal research, drafting legal opinions and providing business-oriented legal advice.
• Legal and Regulatory Compliance: identifying key legal and regulatory obligations and associated risks of non-compliance; implementing of adequate and commensurate with legal and regulatory framework risks policies, procedures and controls; conducting risk assessments and recommending measures to minimize risks; managing the findings of internal and external audits; assisting with licensing, approval and certification processes; implementing due diligence measures (KYC); establishing lines of defense against financial crimes; identifying opportunities for improvement and development; training of staff on regulatory compliance issues; support in communication with the Supervisory Authorities and in the submission of relevant reporting.

Greek, English

Athens Bar Association

• LLM in Banking and Finance Law, University of London, UCL & Queen Mary (U.K.), 2021
• LLM in Substantive and Procedural Penal Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece), 2014
• LLB Degree in Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece), 2010

• M. Diploma thesis: ‘OLAF, the basic issues arising from covert investigative action relating to the criminal procedural law’, 2014
• Remarks at Number 1067/2013 Ordinance of the Council of Misdemeanours of Thessaloniki (concerning the restitution of a seized which belongs to a third party), Published in the scientific journal “Criminal Chronicles”, year XD, February 2014 , Volume 2 , p. 148 et seq