GREECE Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Victoria Mertikopoulou, Ifigeneia Argyri and Maria Paziotopoulou Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm
Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm (KG) is a multi-tier business law firm dating back to the 1930s and is one of the largest and most pres - tigious legal practices in Greece. The firm has more than 115 skilled lawyers, who regularly provide legal services to high-profile Greek and international clients in complex, cross-border deals, and is consistently highly ranked by pres - tigious international directories. Delivering legal services at the most demanding international standards of professional quality and client ser - vice, the firm is the preferred choice for US and European international law firms doing busi -
ness in Greece. KG offers top-level, client-fo - cused services market leaders in sectors such as electricity, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, retail, telecommunications and IT, banking, manufacturing and distribution, food and bev - erages, construction, and electronics. KG law - yers advise on a wide range of Greek and EU competition and antitrust issues, including state aid, public procurement, restrictive agreements, cartel-related work, abuse of dominance, merg - er control, private antitrust litigation, antitrust compliance advice, and sector inquiry-related counsel.
Authors
Victoria Mertikopoulou is a partner at Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm. With more than 20 years of experience, Victoria represents and advises international and
Ifigeneia Argyri is a member of Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm’s competition and antitrust and EU regulatory and compliance practices. Ifigeneia has extensive experience in
Greek clients on antitrust investigations (cartels, abuse of dominance, vertical restrictions, distribution) and dawn raids by competition authorities, as well as on merger control, state aid, foreign direct investment, regulatory compliance and investigations across sectors such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, consumer goods and retail, energy and infrastructure, financial services, electronic communications, and digital markets. As a member of the Council of Europe’s Working Group on Judicial Systems, she actively participates in international competition networks and is a member of the board of Women@Competition Greece.
advising on all aspects of EU and Greek competition law ‒ notably, cartels investigations, abuse of dominance, distribution and other vertical agreements, as well as merger control issues. She regularly advises domestic and international clients from a variety of industry sectors (eg, fast-moving consumer goods, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, energy, telecommunications, digital markets, agriculture, and construction) and has significant experience in providing tailor-made dawn raid and substantive competition compliance training. Ifigeneia was admitted to the Athens Bar in 2020 and is a member of Women@Competition Greece.
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