Legal services

We provide:

• tax advice and planning in every sphere of business activity (mergers & acquisitions, real estate, construction contracts, commercial transactions, privatizations, financing for public works and private projects, securitizations, international tax planning, shipping etc.)
• advice on VAT and customs & excise legislation
• advice on income and inheritance taxation issues
• representation before the tax authorities and before national and international courts and courts of arbitration

Track Record

Our recent track includes:

• support in mergers and acquisitions, in which we were involved both in the structuring of the transactions and in the tax due diligence
• support to multi-national corporations establishing a presence in Greece
• participation in the development of international tax planning strategies
• ongoing support to large Greek enterprises (in the heavy industry, the aluminum, the concrete sectors etc.) on issues covering every aspect of the Greek tax legislation
• representation of a major company in the heavy industry sector in litigation relating to the taxation of its subsidiaries
• preparation of an expert legal opinion the Greek transfer pricing regime (requested for an ICC arbitration)
• representation of a large airport construction, management and operation company in international arbitration (LCIA)
• recourses against acts imposing customs duties on a major ship building company
• legal support in relation to the regulatory framework for a customs free zone
• recourses against VAT assessment acts.