Greece and Cyprus 2026
Supported by the Association of Corporate Counsel
Head of Legal Services and Head of the Central Depository and Registry | State Health Services Organisation
Head of Legal Services and Head of the Central Depository and Registry | Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE)
Group Chief Legal & Corporate Governance Officer | Public Power Corporation (PPC) S.A.
Secretary/Manager of Legal Services | Electricity Authority of Cyprus
Chief Legal Officer | The Cyprus Development Bank Public Company Ltd
Director Legal Affairs & Corporate Governance, | ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT S.A.
Chief legal and compliance officer | Allianz European Reliance Single Member Insurance S.A.
Director of Legal & Compliance Department | Genepharm S.A.
Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer | Nova Telecommunications & Media
Group General Counsel, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer | Space Hellas Group
Director of Legal Affairs & Company Secretary | Hermes Airports Ltd
General counsel, member of the board of directors, Greece | Siemens SA
Head of legal department, corporate governance and Secretary of the board | Alpha Bank
Group General Counsel, Legal & Compliance | Ideal Holdings S.A.
Legal Manager & Compliance Officer for Greece and Albania | Heidelberg Materials Hellas SA
Vice President, Legal Affairs & Regulatory Compliance, Company Secretary | Melco Resorts & Entertainment
Head of Legal and Corporate Governance, and Secretary of the Board of Directors | Societe Generale Bank – Cyprus Limited
Senior Legal Director Platform Support – Greece, Israel, Cyprus and Malta | Pfizer
General counsel and corporate secretary, insurance and claims manager | Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.
Group General Counsel & General Director of Legal Affairs and Corporate Governance | GEK TERNA
Senior Legal Director | THE ELLINIKON, LAMDA Development S.A.
General Counsel, Director Legal, Insurance & Corporate Affairs | Attica Holdings S.A. (Attica Group)
Associate General Counsel & Director Global Business Units & Channels | Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Legal and compliance officer, Secretary to BoD | Marfin Investment Group (MIG)
General counsel, Head of legal & corporate governance | Optima bank S.A.
Head of Legal Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Baltics & Regional Senior Legal Manager | Microsoft Hellas SA
General Counsel, Chief Legal, Regulatory & Compliance Officer | Allwyn
General Counsel Chief Legal, Regulatory, Public Affairs & Corporate Governance Officer | OTE Group of Companies (HTO)
Head of Legal Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Baltics & Regional Senior Legal Manager | Cordia
General Counsel, Greece &Cyprus | Howden Hellas Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers S.A.
General Manager of Group Legal Services | National Bank of Greece
Head of Corporate Law & Governance | Cepal Hellas Financial Services S.A.
Head Legal & Compliance | ERB Cyprus Insurance Holdings
Chief officer of legal affairs and governance | DESFA S.A., Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator
General Counsel Legal & Corporate Governance Affairs & Corporate Secretary | Quest Group
Chief Legal & Compliance Officer | Sunlight Group Energy Storage Systems
Executive Board Member, Group Chief Regulatory Compliance Officer, Senior Vice President Compliance & Legal | Viva.com
The Legal 500 is pleased to introduce the GC Powerlist: Greece & Cyprus 2026, recognising leading in-house legal professionals across the region. This year’s research highlights the increasingly strategic role of legal teams in navigating uncertainty, strengthening business resilience and supporting commercial decision-making.
A recurring theme in our conversations was the importance of legal being embedded in the business rather than brought in at the end of a process. As Yota Kremmida, Director and Associate General Counsel at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, puts it, ‘during periods of instability or crisis, my approach is to ensure that legal is embedded in the decision-making process from the outset rather than acting as a checkpoint at the end’.
For Evi Martinovits, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at Allianz European Reliance Single Member Insurance, this means moving beyond risk identification to ‘provide practical solutions that allow the organisation to move forward with confidence’.
The research also reflects a broader shift in how in-house lawyers create value. As Georgios Denedios, Head of Legal at Olympic Brewery, observes, ‘In this rapidly evolving, technology-driven corporate ecosystem, where automated algorithmic systems produce static legal output at great speeds, specialised human expertise remains fundamentally irreplaceable.’ With artificial intelligence changing how legal work is delivered, judgement, commercial understanding and the ability to translate complexity into practical advice are becoming ever more important.
Across Greece and Cyprus, the research points to legal teams that are playing an increasingly important role in shaping the wider direction of their organisations. They are helping businesses navigate change, manage risk and identify opportunities while maintaining strong governance and resilience.
The GC Powerlist: Greece & Cyprus 2026 celebrates the individuals leading that work. We would like to thank everyone who contributed to this year’s research and congratulate all those recognised in the Powerlist.
It has been an absolute honour for Legal 500 to present the fifth edition of the GC Powerlist Bolivia 2026. The years pass, yet the talent in the room never ceases to amaze us.
On 1 October, we met at Club Las Palmas in Santa Cruz de la Sierra to celebrate our 2026 cohort. Alongside our partners, PPO Abogados, we hosted some of the most prestigious in-house lawyers from across Bolivia in celebration of their outstanding leadership and achievements over the past year. It was a pleasure to reconnect with previous powerlisters and to welcome new members to the Legal 500 community in Bolivia.
Andere Indacochea, Partner at PPO Indacochea, inaugurated the evening by addressing the powerlisters with a truly inspiring speech that left no one indifferent and highlighted the value of the legal profession within Bolivia’s current economic, political and regulatory landscape. Following her remarks, Carmen Godoy, Legal 500 Research Editor, welcomed this year’s cohort and presented the findings of our research, which position Bolivian in-house lawyers as key strategic partners to the businesses they represent, resilient in the face of regulatory change and increasingly focused on navigating technological transformation.
She then welcomed to the stage Rodrigo Valda Yanguas, Legal Manager at Tigo Bolivia, who addressed his peers as a representative of this year’s GC Powerlist Bolivia cohort. The speeches concluded with remarks from Pablo Ordóñez, Tax Partner at PPO Indacochea, who encouraged the general counsel in attendance to continue acting as ambassadors for the in-house legal profession under all circumstances and invited them to enjoy the rest of the evening.
Photos, music and great conversations filled the room throughout the remainder of the evening. We are grateful to PPO Indacochea for their longstanding partnership and continued support in making this event possible.
All that remains for us to say is that we are very pleased to see the very essence of what the Legal 500 GC Powerlist stands for reflected in this year’s cohort: a community that, in times of change, supports, learns from and inspires one another.
