Corporate & Commercial Law

MICHAILOPOULOS & ASSOCIATES Law Firm provides services across the full spectrum of corporate and commercial matters. Our experience ranges from routine day-to-day corporate governance issues to complicated cross-border transactions.

We advise on issues related to company formation, mergers and acquisition of existing companies in Greece and abroad, as well as on corporate restructuring.

Our work includes:

  • legal guidance upon the selection of the most appropriate corporate vehicle and the establishment of businesses and branches, subsidiaries or representative’s offices of foreign companies;
  • due diligence services in the event of M&A related to the company’s legal structure, the ownership regime of company properties, licensing, tax structuring, compliance and employment regime issues; we have developed an unique know-how in identifying concealed legal burdens and commitments related to the above with a view to safeguarding transactional security in the interest of our clients;
  • drafting of memoranda of understanding, shareholders’ agreements and articles of association and
  • advice on corporate restructuring, liquidations and insolvency issues.

Pre-emptive legal consulting is critical to the success of any business.

We give great importance on safeguarding our clients’ interests in the most robust way before concluding an agreement. Our solid commercial practice can assure the smooth achievement of our clients’ goals, minimizing thus litigation risks, which in consideration of the pace of the administration of justice and the judicial constraints may be particularly cumbersome. We consolidate extensive experience upon a wide range of commercial issues covering most business activities. We provide key advice on:

 

  • Agreements for sale and purchase of goods and supply of services;
  • Agency and distribution agreements;
  • Franchising, licensing, leasing and outsourcing agreements,
  • Intellectual property agreements in the field of patents, trade-marks and design rights and
  • Compliance and enforceability issues of standard contractual terms and conditions.