
Fotodotis Malamas
Partner Fotodotis is an expert in business and personal tax and private wealth. He advises on tax efficient structures, liabilities, reporting, compliance and complex tax controversies as well as on lifetime and post death private and corporate wealth and tax planning. Fotodotis has extensive experience in advising on the tax considerations affecting corporate transactions and commercial agreements, with a focus on the distribution and capitalisation of reserves, the application of legislation offering tax incentives and complex due diligence reviews. He provides ongoing advice on compliance and reporting and tax structuring and represents clients before the Dispute Resolution Directorate and the administrative courts in high impact tax controversy cases. His private wealth practice encompasses advice to individuals, family offices, funds and foundations on the structuring, planning and management of lifetime and post-death wealth and tax. Fotodotis teaches a postgraduate course on Tax Law at the Athens University of Economics and Business. He has been extensively published in tax and financial journals and authors Digital Economy and Current Tax Practices, 1st edition (2019) and Taxation of Non-Profit Organisations, 1st (2012) and 2nd (2016) editions and is contributing author to Income Tax Code (2024), Code for Tax Procedures: Interpretation and Accounting Issues 1st (2016) and 2nd (2021) editions, all published by Nomiki Vivliothiki. Prior to joining the Firm in 2014, Fotodotis worked as a tax consultant with Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young and was acting head of the Tax Department of a subsidiary of the Lafarge Group. · Bernitsas
About
Partner at Bernitsas in Greece specialising in business and personal tax, private wealth and tax controversy, advising on tax‑efficient structures, compliance, tax structuring for corporate transactions and representing clients before the Dispute Resolution Directorate and administrative courts. He teaches a postgraduate course on Tax Law at the Athens University of Economics and Business and is the author of multiple tax publications.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- Degree in Law (Hons), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- LLM in Commercial Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
- MBA in Finance, Escem - Ecole Supérieur de Commerce et de Management
- Computer Programming Certificate, Doxiades Study Centre
- Tax Law Certificate, Vocational Training Center of the Economic University of Athens
- IFRS Certificate, Association of International Accountants (AIA)
Admissions
- Piraeus Bar (1995)
- Supreme Court of Greece (2020)