Despoina Charakopoulou
Counsel - Head of Employment / Labor & Social Security Despoina heads our Employment/Labor & Social Security practice. She is an experienced lawyer with extensive practice in employment and social security law. Her legal services encompass providing advice on a day-to-day basis on labour and social security contributions law issues and representation of clients (mainly employers) in trials before courts and authorities for any social security and labour law dispute. Despoina has extensive experience in the drafting of individual and collective labour agreements, collective redundancies, transfer of businesses in the event of mergers and acquisitions, drafting of remuneration policies and incentive plans, due diligence projects, as well as regulatory compliance. Despoina has been ranked in EMEA Legal 500 and Chambers Europe Guide as a Rising Star and Associate to Watch, respectively. · Papapolitis & Papapolitis
About
Counsel and Head of Employment/Labor & Social Security at Papapolitis & Papapolitis, Despoina Charakopoulou advises employers on day-to-day labour and social security matters and represents clients before courts and authorities in related disputes. She has extensive experience drafting individual and collective labour agreements, handling collective redundancies and business transfers in M&A, preparing remuneration and incentive plans, conducting due diligence and ensuring regulatory compliance, and has been ranked in EMEA Legal 500 and Chambers Europe as a Rising Star / Associate to Watch.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- LLB, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- MBA, Athens University of Economics and Business
Admissions
- Supreme Court of Greece
- Athens Bar