GREECE Law and Practice Contributed by: Anna Manda and Venetia Lazaratou, Karatzas & Partners
Karatzas & Partners was founded in 1963 and spe - cialises in banking and finance law, capital markets law, competition law, energy law, M&A, privatisation, project finance law, real estate law, telecommunica - tions law, data protection, intellectual property, em - ployment and tax law. The firm has ten partners, five senior counsels, 50 associates, nine trainee lawyers and 19 employees in supporting functions. In the area of competition law and, in particular, merger control, Karatzas & Partners has a well-established
practice handling a steady stream of merger control advice and clearances relating to significant M&A transactions. It is renowned for its business-orient - ed approach, which is critical to advising clients on the competition aspects of M&A transactions and achieving merger clearance even in particularly com - plex and novel concentrations that lead to Phase II investigations. Karatzas & Partners routinely advises clients on the most innovative transactions in Greece with novel competition law elements.
Authors
Anna Manda joined Karatzas & Partners in 2000 and became partner in 2004. She specialises in
Venetia Lazaratou joined Karatzas & Partners in September 2025. She advises on all aspects of European and Greek competition law across a wide range of sectors, including merger control, FDI and antitrust
competition law, TMT, pharma, M&A and corporate and commercial law and leads the firm’s antitrust and competition, TMT and pharma departments. She has extensive experience in antitrust and competition, including advising on highly complex merger control matters, as well as state aid issues, cartel investigations and leading the K&P team advising on a number of antitrust compliance matters. Anna has participated in many high-profile transactions in these fields, with particular focus in the TMT and pharma markets. She is a member of the Athens Bar Association, and she speaks Greek, English, French and Italian.
matters. Venetia holds an LLB from Democritus University of Thrace, an LLM from Queen Mary University of London, and an LLM from Cornell University. She is a member of the Athens Bar Association, and she speaks Greek, English and German.
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