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Evi Tsilou

Partner – Head of Corporate and M&A Evi’s expertise lies in advising on the structuring, negotiation, documentation and implementation of complex, cross-border and local, corporate, capital markets, and finance transactions. She has extensive experience in all types of corporate and group restructurings, share acquisitions and shareholders agreements, as well as capital raisings and securities transactions. Evi has led numerous due diligence reviews and acted as the lead lawyer in a significant number of M&As, group restructurings and joint ventures, with a focus on the hospitality and retail sector. Evi has been acknowledged as a Notable Practitioner by Chambers Global 2025 and by the IFLR 2025 Guide, as well as a Band 4 Lawyer by Chambers and Partners European and Global Guides. She is recognized as one of the Top 10 Best Women Leaders from Greece 2024 by Global Woman Leader Magazine. · Papapolitis & Papapolitis

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Partner – Head of Corporate and M&A at Papapolitis & Papapolitis advising on the structuring, negotiation, documentation and implementation of complex cross-border and local corporate, capital markets and finance transactions. She has extensive experience in corporate and group restructurings, share acquisitions, shareholders' agreements, capital raisings and securities transactions, has led numerous due diligence reviews and M&A, restructurings and joint ventures (with a focus on the hospitality and retail sectors), and has been recognised by Chambers Global 2025, IFLR 2025 and Chambers and Partners (Band 4); she was also named among the Top 10 Best Women Leaders from Greece 2024 by Global Woman Leader Magazine.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&ACapital MarketsBanking & FinanceRestructuring

Office

Greece

Papapolitis & Papapolitis · Partner – Head of Corporate and M&A Evi’s expertise lies in advising on the structuring, negotiation, documentation and implementation of complex, cross-border and local, corporate, capital markets, and finance transactions. She has extensive experience in all types of corporate and group restructurings, share acquisitions and shareholders agreements, as well as capital raisings and securities transactions. Evi has led numerous due diligence reviews and acted as the lead lawyer in a significant number of M&As, group restructurings and joint ventures, with a focus on the hospitality and retail sector. Evi has been acknowledged as a Notable Practitioner by Chambers Global 2025 and by the IFLR 2025 Guide, as well as a Band 4 Lawyer by Chambers and Partners European and Global Guides. She is recognized as one of the Top 10 Best Women Leaders from Greece 2024 by Global Woman Leader Magazine.

Greece

Expertise

HospitalityRetailCross-border transactionsGroup restructuringsShare acquisitionsCapital raisingsDue diligenceJoint ventures

Education

  • LLM in Commercial Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • LLM in Business Law, University of London, King’s College London
  • LLB, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Graduate Programme in Tax Law, Athens University of Economic and Business (ASOE)

Admissions

  • Athens Bar
  • Supreme Court of Greece
  • Court of Appeals
  • Association of Greek Commercial Lawyers

Languages

GreekEnglishGerman