Nicolas Kanellopoulos – Chara Zerva & Associates — Greece

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NICOLAS KANELLOPOULOS – CHARA ZERVA & ASSOCIATES Law Firm is based in Athens and has an experienced scientific team of approx. fifty (50) lawyers and legal professionals, who approach the various complex legal matters with a high sense of responsibility, set the basis for beneficial partnerships, and make every possible effort to exceed the expectations of our clients. Our firm is distinguished for providing high quality legal services in many fields of law, always adhering to high standards of quality, consistency and reliability, in accordance with the ISO 9001: 2015 quality standard. Our legal expertise ranges over the areas of corporate law, corporate governance, corporate transformations and restructuring, competition law, as well as administrative and public law in general. More specifically, our Law Firm specializes in the Public Procurement sector, providing legal services for the preparation and submission of tender proposals (including inter alia public contracts pursuant to Greek Law 4412/2016, Greek Law 4413/2016, as well as PPP contracts of Greek Law 3389/2005), the monitoring and supervision of all stages of implementation of the above contracts, as well as state aid and co-financed projects. The confidentiality of our Clients’ information, as well as the business continuity of our Law Firm are guaranteed in accordance with the standards ISO 27001: 2013, ISO 9001: 2015 and ISO 22301: 2019, bearing the seal of TUV-Hellas (TUV Nord Group). In addition, our Law Firm is distinguished in the field of data privacy in Greece (RUNNER UP «Data Protection & Privacy Team» 2021 , Silver award «ΤΜΤ, Privacy & Data Protection Team 2022», Gold award Best Data Protection Team 2024 and Gold award Best ΤΜΤ, Privacy & Data Protection Project 2024, – Boussias Law Awards) and abroad (Top Tier Firm 2021 - 2022 – 2023 – 2024 Legal 500 ). Furthermore, NKLaw Firm also received the gold award for the “Best Real Estate & Construction Team” at Boussias Law Awards for 2022 and the “Firm to watch” distinction at Legal 500 and was honored with the Most Awarded Firm of the Year 2024 award. Our Law Firm has been the exclusive partner of "International Jurists" in Greece since 2005. International Jurists is a dynamically growing global network of law firms, founded in 1993 and it covers a wide range of legal matters, thus providing specialized legal support and targeted services worldwide, and with special focus on providing legal support in business cross-border transactions. The law firms- members of the network, including our Law Firm, counts about 1,500 lawyers who work together, with high standards of professionalism, experience and efficiency, in order to provide reliable and modern legal services. The high participation standards in place, the continuous evaluation of the services provided, as well as the building of long-term professional and personal relationships of lawyers, serve as guarantees for the successful, rapid, and team-based cross-border cooperation, in which our company is actively involved. The Managing Partners of our Law Firm have acquired specialized knowledge and experience, having served as government members, board members of organizations and legal advisors and counselors in crucial areas of public administration, in the fields of Justice, Economy and Development, as well as Tourism, taking on initiatives for the adoption of innovative solutions, such as e-justice, mediation- as an alternative form of dispute resolution-, strategic investments, special incentives to attract capital and the out-of-court debt settlement mechanism for businesses. In addition, they have built a solid and continuous litigation experience, representing both natural and legal persons before national courts, as well as in management of EU funds (NSRF), in PPPs, in public contracts and projects, as well as public international tenders, in development and modern financial tools, in business tax planning, in strategic investments and in tourism legislation, as well as in the implementation of the new regulation on data protection. Furthermore, our Law Firm has a vast experience in legal consulting matters, in the representation of private and public organizations and bodies in international fora and EU bodies, while its Managing Partners have individually participated in legislative committees of the Greek Public Administration, in working groups of experts, board of directors, international administrative bodies and other authorities. Our Law Firm also provides legal advice and services, both to Contracting Authorities and to candidate contractors (economic operators), during the auction and / or the conduct of tendering procedures, and during their legal representation in the courts. ### Languages - English - Greek - French - German - Spanish ### Memberships - International Jurists - Athens Bar Association ### Staffing Figures - 0 Afroditi Paliantoni - 0 Panagiota Frygana - 0 Aggeliki Michou - 0 Panagiotis Manolopoulos

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Lawyers in this office

Anastasia Fylla

Lawyer, LL.M./ Senior Associate · Data Protection & Privacy

Athanasios Gamvrilis

Senior Associate| Practice Areas: Administrative Law, Civil Law (Family, Law of succession, Law of property), Labour Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Law. · Administrative Law

Beatrice Metallinou

Lawyer LL.M. /Supreme Court Lawyer/Senior Counsel · Corporate / M&A

Chara Zerva

Managing Partner of the law firm “NICOLAS KANELLOPOULOS CHARA ZERVA & ASSOCIATES”, GDPR Expert and DPO Consultant. Practice Areas: public law, public procurement, public works, state aid, PPPs, co-financed projects, energy law and financial instruments, business law, in particular corporate law, investment law, tourism law and personal data law. He has worked extensively on specific tax and banking issues, listed companies, stock exchange products, bond issuance and investment projects. · Public Law

Claire Lada

Supreme Court Lawyer, Senior Partner of the law firm “NICOLAS KANELLOPOULOS CHARA ZERVA & ASSOCIATES” , Member of the Athens Bar Association in 1994. Practice Areas: Public and Private Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Banking Law, Capital Market and Stock Exchange Law, Bankruptcy Law, Competition Law, Agency and Distribution Contracts, Modern Forms of Contracts (Leasing, Franchising, Factoring), Legal Audits, Mergers and Acquisitions, Intellectual Property Law, Trademarks , Public Tenders, Public Procurement Law, Property Law , Civil Law, Industrial Property Law, Energy Law. · Corporate / M&A

Dimitra Anagnostopoulou

Lawyer at Court of Appeal/ Senior Associate · Public Procurement

Dimitrios Gerasimidis

Associate - Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Banking & Finance Law · Commercial Law

Dimitrios Tsonis

Partner | Supreme Court Appeal Lawyer PRACTICE AREAS Litigation, Civil Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Public Law, International Law, Administrative Law, Public Contracts. · Litigation

Doretta Alexiou

Lawyer at the Supreme Court. Senior Counsel · Public Law

Eleni Bakalarou

Lawyer/ LL.M., M.Sc./Senior Associate · Data Protection & Privacy

Evangelia Chatzoglou

Lawyer, LL.M., M.Sc. / Senior Associate · Public Procurement

Georgios Patrikios

Partner | Lawyer at the Supreme Court Practice Areas: Public Law and Personal Data Protection · Public Law

Ifigeneia Marsellou

Lawyer, M.Sc. , Senior Associate · Data Protection

Ioulia Konstantinou

Senior Associate | Court of Appeal Lawyer Practice Areas:Personal Data Protection Law, Telecommunications Law, E-Commerce Law, Intellectual Property Rights Law, Law and Technology. · Data Protection & Privacy

Ira Chioni

Partner | Court of Appeal Lawyer, LL.M., CIPP/E - Head GDPR Team Practice Areas:Commercial Law, European Law, Data Protection Law, European Law, Competition Law, Foreign Investments. · Commercial Law

Maria Ioannidou

Lawyer at the Supreme Court, Senior Counsel at Nicolas Kanellopoulos - Chara Zerva & Associates Law Firm - NKLaw Firm · Public Law

Nicolas Kanellopoulos

Founder and Managing Senior Partner of the Law Firm “Nicolas Kanellopoulos-Chara Zerva and Associates Law Firm” member of the international network of law firms “International Jurists”. Supreme Court Lawyer, member of the Athens Bar Association since 1990 and an Accredited Mediator Practice Areas: Public and Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Company Law, International Commercial Law, Banking Law, Personal Data Protection Law, Insurance Law, Capital Market and Stock Exchange Law, Property Law, Bankruptcy Law, Sports Law, Economic Criminal Law, Competition Law, Aviation Law, Agency and Distribution Contracts, Modern Forms Contracts (Leasing, Franchising, Factoring), Legal Audits, Foreign Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions, Commercial Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Public Procurement Law, Liquidations, Corporative and Collective Law, International Private Law, Tourism Law, Investment Law. · Public & Administrative Law

Pantelis Kakouris

Lawyer / LL.M./ Senior Associate · Corporate / M&A

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Pelopidas Tserepas

Partner | Court of Appeal Lawyer Practice Areas: Civil Law, Commercial Law, Public Law, Administrative Law, Public Contracts, Litigation. · Civil Law

Philippos Mitletton

Lawyer, D.E.A, Senior Counsel · Data Protection & Privacy

Sofia papadimitriou

Supreme Court Lawyer. / Dr. jur. München/ Senior Counsel · Public Procurement