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Violeta Panagiotopoulou

Violeta is a partner of our Antitrust & Competition team. She has vast experience in providing compliance advice on all aspects of competition law and most prominently regarding abuse of dominance, cartel investigations, distribution agreements, other vertical and horizontal agreements, and merger control. She advises diverse corporate clients successfully active in a variety of industries, including consumer goods, F&Bs, pharmaceutical, energy, digital platforms, financial sector, and construction. Violeta represents clients before the Hellenic Competition Commission, the Greek Appellate Court, and the Greek Civil Courts (damages claims). Over the past decade, she has been involved in numerous remarkable cases before the National Competition Authority, in merger control (including Phase II/ commitments), settlement, and adversary proceedings, concerning novel and intricate issues. When handling distribution law matters and digital platforms, her approach includes commercial law and regulatory compliance advice. In 2012, after her postgraduate studies, Violeta concluded an internship (as a Blue Book stagiaire) at the Legal Service of the European Commission (AIDE Team (State aids and dumping) (SJ.C)). Subsequently, she worked for over a decade in the field of competition law for a Greek law firm. She was admitted to the Athens Bar in 2012 and joined our firm in 2023. Violeta is admitted before the Supreme Court. · Zepos & Yannopoulos

GreeceAntitrust & Competition, Competition LitigationEnglish, Greek

About

Partner in the Antitrust & Competition team at Zepos & Yannopoulos with extensive experience advising on competition law compliance — including abuse of dominance, cartel investigations, distribution and other vertical/horizontal agreements, and merger control — and representing clients before the Hellenic Competition Commission, Greek appellate courts and civil courts. Admitted to the Athens Bar in 2012, she completed a Blue Book internship at the European Commission Legal Service in 2012 and joined the firm in 2023.

Practice areas

Antitrust & CompetitionCompetition LitigationMerger ControlRegulatory ComplianceCommercial Law

Office

Expertise

Abuse of DominanceCartel InvestigationsDistribution AgreementsMerger Control (including Phase II/commitments)Settlement & Adversary ProceedingsDigital PlatformsConsumer GoodsFood & BeveragePharmaceuticalsEnergyFinancial ServicesConstruction

Education

  • University College London (UCL), Master in Law and Economics of Competition Law (LL.M.)
  • University of Vienna (Erasmus Certificate)
  • National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B.)

Admissions

  • Athens Bar (2012)
  • Admitted before the Supreme Court (Greece)

Languages

EnglishGreek