Serving clients internationally from its offices situated in Piraeus, Petalas & Partners Law Firm is consistently recognized as one of the leading law firms in Greece. Established by its senior partner Mr. Constantinos Petalas in 1966 ( President of Piraeus Bar until 2008 and today Honorary President of Piraeus Bar), Petalas & Partners Law Firm experienced demand for a wide range of services, creating today a firm that represents some of the best known corporate groups, banks and enterprises within Greece.
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Founded in 1966
50 people in their team
Our team handles an extensive range of civil, intellectual property, commercial, labour, administrative and fiscal disputes and provides practical solutions to all clients when a conflict arises in their day to day activities. The legal assistance provided to the clients always takes into account the case law of the Greek courts, as well as the case law developed by the European Court of Justice and by the European Court of Human Rights.
Our Dispute Resolution practice has a solid reputation for succeeding in the most complex and sensitive litigations involving multiple cases and parties and has the resources and expertise to efficiently handle countless cases yearly.
We also understand that going to trial is not necessarily in the best interest of our clients. Therefore, we always work closely with in-house counsel to develop the appropriate strategy and ensure that any potential amicable settlement advantageous to the client is reached or, alternatively, to ensure the most cost-effective and efficient litigation model suitable to the client’s needs.
We handle complex issues pertaining to property law, commercial relationships, products liability, construction and engineering, environmental law, planning and regulatory, intellectual property and information technology, competition and antitrust, public acquisition procedures, insolvency and bankruptcy.
Our practice is valued for its excellent integration of all required legal expertise and for the multi-disciplinary support provided to our clients in shaping their operational objectives, financial data and transaction parameters into a realistic business scenario, as well as for providing creative solutions to complex legal issues.
We provide assistance in virtually all matters related to cross-border and local projects, transaction structuring and development of risk mitigation strategies, as well as a coherent and sound contractual framework for the implementation thereof whether in acquisition, restructuring, joint venture, privatization, merger, de-merger or spin-off projects.
More specific, our legal advice regarding corporate and commercial matters covers the following fields:
Our practice area with regard to the intellectual property counselling is focused on the following:
Petalas & Partners Law Firm assists clients in a large range of family related legal issues, being focused on:
Petalas & Partners Law Firm assists clients in a large range of labour related legal issues, being focused on:
Our Real Estate practice has unique experience in all types of real estate projects, from office buildings, residential and logistic related projects to handling concession agreements and public-private real estate partnerships.
We provide extensive assistance to our clients on real estate projects from inception to exit by performing due diligence analysis on the target property, drafting transaction documents, assisting in the negotiation process and providing clients with flexible and creative solutions to legal issues and deadlock situations and we undertake:
Petalas & Partners Law Firm provides advice on all aspects of the insurance business, focusing its counseling on:
Our Firm thus acts for businesses present on the insurance market (insurers, brokers and reinsurers), as well as for any companies which either face insurance problems or wish to provide insurance services.
