GREECE Law and Practice Contributed by: Anna Manda and Maria Kallidopoulou, Karatzas & Partners
Karatzas & Partners was founded in 1963 and specialises in banking and finance law, capital markets law, competition law, energy law, M&A, privatisation, project finance law, real estate law, telecommunications law, data protection, intellectual property, employment and tax law. The firm has ten partners, five senior counsels, 50 associates, nine trainee lawyers and 19 em - ployees in supporting functions. In the area of competition law and, in particular, merger con - trol, Karatzas & Partners has a well-established
practice handling a steady stream of merger control advice and clearances relating to sig - nificant M&A transactions. It is renowned for its business-oriented approach, which is critical to advising clients on the competition aspects of M&A transactions and achieving merger clear - ance even in particularly complex and novel concentrations that lead to Phase II investiga - tions. 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 competition law, TMT, pharma, M&A and corporate and commercial law and leads the
Maria Kallidopoulou joined Karatzas & Partners in April 2022 and is a senior associate. She advises on European, Greek and cross-jurisdictional competition law matters in
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.
sectors including merger control proceedings, cartels and abuse of dominance investigations, horizontal and vertical agreements, and antitrust compliance, as well as state aid. Her practice also includes public procurement and EU trade law. Maria holds an LLB and an LLM from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an LLM from the University of Oxford. She is a member of the Thessaloniki Bar Association, and she speaks Greek, English and German.
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