Iason G. Skouzos

Founder

Iason Skouzos, the founder of the firm, is a practicing advocate, qualified to plead before the highest Greek courts. He was born in Piraeus in 1929. He has a law degree from the Athens Law School and an economics degree from the Economic University of Athens (A.S.O.E.E.).

He served as a tax officer in the Ministry of Finance between 1958-1971. In 1971 he resigned from the public sector in order to practice law. Since 1971 he has been dealing with tax and commercial cases up to the level of the Council of the State. He has worked as a legal counsel of Halyvourgiki S.A. and other big corporations and dealt with important tax and commercial cases. Among the cases that he has dealt with, the most important is the historical case of the Royal Estate, for which he defended against the tax claims of the Greek State in relation to the estate of Constantine, the former King of Greece, a case that involved issues dating back to the formation of the modern Greek Republic.

Areas of Practice

• Personal income tax
• Corporate income tax
• Stamp duty
• V.A.T.
• Customs duties
• Double taxation treaties
• Company law

Languages

• Greek (native)

Theodoros I. Skouzos

Advocate LL.M. - Managing Partner

Theodoros Skouzos was born in Athens in 1975. He is an advocate qualified to plead before the highest Greek courts and is the managing partner of our law firm.

After  graduating from Lycée Leonin, Greek-French high school, he studied law in the UK, in France and in the Netherlands. Since 2002 he is registered as a practicing lawyer at the Athens Bar Association.

He has a significant working experience as an in house lawyer of large corporations and as a consultant for high-net worth individuals.
Articles, commentaries and interviews of Theodoros have been publicized in Greek and foreign law reports,  periodicals and media and also available in our website.

Education

• University of Northumbria, LL.B (exempting course)
• Université D’ Orléans, License en droit
• Universiteit van Amsterdam, LL.M in European Union Business Law

Areas of practice

• Tax Law
• Company Law
• Contract Law
• Real Estate

Admissions

• Greek Law Firms Association(SDEE)
• Ιnternational Bar Association (IBA)
• International Fiscal Association (IFA)
• International Tax Specialists Group (ITSG)
• Association of International Tax Consultants (AITC)
• Hellenic Association of Entrepreneurs (HEA)

Languages

• Greek (native)
• English
• French

Eirini I. Skouzou

Advocate LL.B., M.Sc. - Certified Mediator

Eirini Skouzou was born in November 1973 in Athens.

She studied law at the BBP Law School in London and holds a post-graduate degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and in Trilingual Translation from the University of Strasbourg. She is a graduate of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens in French Language and Literature. She is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association and admitted to the Piraeus Bar Association in 2013. She is an accredited mediator in civil and commercial disputes both in Cyprus and in Greece as per Law 3898/2010 by the Piraeus Mediation Center (P.M.C./KE.DI.P) and the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights.

Eirini has attended numerous seminars in legal and tax matters as well as in European and international legal affairs. She has also been translating legal and financial texts and interpreting in business meetings for over 15 years. From 2005 until 2011 she was an International Liaisons Manager at CSU Business Consultants S.A. Since 1999, Eirini participates in election observation missions organised by the EU and the OSCE in various countries whereas in 2015 she participated as a Legal Analyst in EU EOM Tanzania and in 2018 in EU EOM Sierra Leone and Madagascar 2018.

She has been working with our office since 2002 as an external associate and free-lance paralegal and as an advocate since 2013.

Education

• Piraeus Mediation Center (P.M.C./KE.DI.P), accredited mediator in civil and commercial disputes (Law 3898/2010).
• BPP Law School, BPP College of Professional Studies, GDL, LLB
• London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), MSc
• Université de Strasbourg, DESS
• Institute of Linguistics, London, Diploma in Translation
• French Language and Literature Degree National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Areas of practice

• Corporate and Commercial Law (registration of companies, commercial contracts, lease agreements, tax residency, tax duties and offences, avoidance of double taxation etc.)
• Civil litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Mediation in civil and commercial matters
• Legal translations (lang. EL, EN, FR)
• Election legislation and jurisprudence, international conventions and best practices

Languages

• Greek (native)
• English
• French

Georgia K.Tsoulou

Advocate LL.M. – Senior Associate

Georgia Tsoulou was born in Athens in 1977. She is licensed to practice before the Supreme Court and has joined the Athens Bar Association since 2002.
As a Senior Associate of our Law Firm, since 2011, she has handled many cases, providing legal assist in both domestic and international clients.

After graduating from Varvakeio Experimental High School, she studied Law in Athens. In 2002, she graduated with the exemplary grade (8.15 “Very Good”) and also attended the Post-Graduate course in Civil Law.

She is highly experienced in Tax Law and focuses in Civil Law, Commercial Law and in Corporate Litigation. In addition, she is active in the fields of Real Estate and Labor Law. She has published articles on Real Estate issues in the Guide to Investment in Greece “The Greek Law Digest”, published by Nomiki Bibliothiki.

Εducation
• School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Post-Graduate course in Civil Law (First Division of Private Law) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Languages
• Greek (native)
• English
• French

Angeliki C. Stathopoulou

Advocate – Senior Associate

Angeliki Stathopoulou was born in Athens in 1968. She joined our firm in 2008 and is one of our Senior Associates.
She studied drama and worked as actress, translator of literary works and editor. She graduated from Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2005 (grade ‘very good’) and is licensed to practice before the Supreme Court.

She specializes in Company, Commercial and Labor Law, in Public Procurements and in Immigration Law.

Εducation
• School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Languages
• Greek (native)
• English
• French
• Spanish

Constantinos D. Apostolakis

Advocate, LL.M. - Cert. DPO

Constantinos Apostolakis was born in Athens in 1988. He is an advocate licensed to practice before the Court of Appeal and a registered member of the Athens Bar Association since 2013.
After graduating from the 5th High School of Kallithea in Athens, he studied Law in Athens. He graduated in 2011 with the exemplary grade (7.36 “Very Good”). He has also attended the Post-Graduate course in Civil Law, in Athens and holds a Master’s Degree in Civil Law with the exemplary grade (8,5 “Honours”). Constantinos has been nominated as a Ph.D. Candidate of the Faculty of Law since February 2017.

He is experienced in Civil Law, Civil Procedural Law, Commercial and Corporate Litigation, as well as in Construction/Energy Law. He is also active in the fields of Real Estate and Contract Law and as an in-house contract lawyer at a construction company.

Education

• Certified Data Protection Officer (DPO) – TUV Austria Hellas
• Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Master’s Degree in Civil Law (First Division of Private Law) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Ph.D. Candidate nomination in the faculty of Law.

Languages
• Greek (native)
• English
• German

Aikaterini D. Besini

Advocate LL.M.

Aikaterini Besini was born in Athens in 1988. She is an advocate, member of the Athens Bar Association since April 2014, licensed to practice before the Court of Appeal. She joined our law firm in 2014.
She studied at the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, from which she graduated in 2011 (grade “Very Good”). She is also holder of a postgraduate degree in tax law.
Alongside with her studies, she worked in an Athens law firm specialized in tax law. As a trainee lawyer, she worked at the legal department of the “National Bank of Greece”.

Εducation
• Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

• Master’s Degree in Banking and Finance Law of the Department of Banking and Financial Managements of the University of Piraeus
• PG Diploma in Greek Taxation of the University of Economics and Business

Languages
• Greek (native)
• English
• Italian
• French

Elena Z. Ntafouli

Advocate LL.M.

Elena Ntafouli was born in Larissa in 1986. She is an attorney at law, member of the Thessaloniki Bar Association since 2012, licensed to practice before the Court of Appeal.
She studied Law at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (grade “Very Good”). She also holds a Master’s Degree in Public Law and Political Science. Furthermore, she received a Postgraduate Diploma in Greek Tax Law from the University of Athens.

She specializes in Tax law and her practice area focuses on tax litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Before joining our firm in 2017, she practiced tax law in other domestic law firms.

Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Law of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• Postgraduate Diploma in Greek Taxation of Athens University of Economic and Business
• Master’s degree in Public Law and political science of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Admissions
• International Fiscal Association (IFA)
• Greek Association of Public law

Languages:
• Greek (native)
• English
• French
• Italian

Charitini S. Dede

Advocate LL.M.

Charitini Dede was born in Athens in 1988. She is a member of the Athens Bar Association since March 2014 and licensed to practice before the Court of Appeal.

She studied Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (grade “Very Good”). She also holds a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Leicester (graduates with “Distinction”).

She specializes in Corporate and Commercial Law, in Public Procurement Law and handles issues related to the Protection of Personal Data.

Before joining our firm, she practiced law in the Compliance Division of Alpha Bank and has also worked as a legal advisor for a well-known Oil & Gas Company and for an IT Company.

Education

• Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Master of Laws – University of Leicester
• Certificate of Attendance in Introduction to European Business Law- Lund University
• Training Course for the role of the Data Protection Officer according to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)

Languages

• Greek (native)
• English
• German
• French

Ourania I. Moraitou

Tax advisor - Trainee lawyer

Ourania Moraitou joined our company as tax advisor – trainee lawyer in November of 2018. She studied Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and is also a graduate of the department of Political Science and Public Administration, Panteion University.
During her 26-year career in the Ministry of Finance she has served in various departments, such as auditing in several Public Tax Offices and local or regional auditing offices. She has also served for five years as an assistant audit manager in Commercial Companies Tax office (FAE).
Her areas of expertise include income and corporate taxation, auditing of single and double-entry bookkeeping records, value-added-tax cases, as well as handling various tax-related cases.

She has attended numerous seminars, among which, specialized courses in auditing of Class C Books and Records (held by the Independent Directorate of Human Resources and Organization in collaboration with the Institute of Continuing Education) and model implementation of control systems ELENXIS. She has published various tax related articles.

Education
• Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Political Science and Public Administration, Panteion University,

Languages
• Greek (Native)
• English

Aristeidis I. Papaioannou

Trainee Lawyer

Aristeidis Papaioannou was born in Athens in 1992. He joined our company as a trainee lawyer in April 2019.

He has obtained both a law degree (LLB) at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a Bachelor diploma in Economics, Business and International Studies at the University of Piraeus. He has also attended European Studies courses at Universität Bremen in Germany.

Before joining our firm, he has been employed in the Compliance Department of Euroxx Securities SA in Athens and in Anti Money Laundering/KYC Unit of European Investment Fund, member of European Investment Bank (Group) in Luxembourg.

Education

• LLB, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• BA, Economics, Business and International Studies University of Piraeus
• Erasmus, Integration and European Studies, Universität Bremen

Languages

• Greek (native)
• English
• German

Niki P. Plyta

Office Manager

Niki Plyta was born in Athens in 1985 and joined our law firm in 2012.

In 2007 she graduated from Panteion University in Athens, getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and History and in 2009 a Master’s Degree in Criminology.

She has participated in a number of National and World conferences and has considerable working experience as a translator and event planner for multinational companies.

Education

• Political Science and History, Panteion University
• Master’s Degree in Criminology, Panteion University

Languages

• Greek (native)
• English
• Spanish

Ioanna P. Giannakopoulou

Accountant – Tax Advisor

Ioanna Giannakopoulou was born in Athens in 1985 and works at our law firm as an accountant-tax advisor, since 2013. She is registered as an A’ class accountant at the Economic Chamber of Athens and has the license to practice the economic profession.

She graduated in 2008 from the department of Accounting and Finance of the Economic University of Athens. Along with her studies she worked at several bank branches and accounting offices. In addition, she worked at a conference organizing company and at an audit company as head accountant.

Εducation
• Accounting and Finance, Economic University of Athens

Languages
• Greek (native)
• English
• French

Christine C. Sakellia

Assistant

Christine Sakellia was born in Athens in 1987 and is the administrative assistant of our law firm since 2017.

She graduated, in 2010, from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Public Administration. She has significant experience in the field and in the past, she also worked as a consultant for a well-known insurance company.

Education

• Political Science and Public Administration, Law School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Languages

• Greek (native)
• English
• French

Elena S. Batala

Administrative Assistant

Elena Batala was born in Trikala in 1975 and is the Administrative Assistant of our law firm, since June 2019.

She graduated in 1999, from State Training Institute, getting a degree in Secretarial & Business Administration. She has significant experience in the field and she has also worked as Executive Assistant in another Law Firm.

Education

• Secretarial & Business Administration

Languages

• Greek (native)
• English
• French

Eleftherios A. Rompokos

Paralegal Assistant

Eleftherios Rompokos was born in Athens in 1994. He joined our law firm as a paralegal in 2018.

In 2016 he graduated from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Public Administration with the exemplary grade (8.1 “Very Good”). He also attended law courses at the University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas in France.

Along with his studies he got an internship at the Commissioner Service of the Court of Audit. Before joining our firm he worked at another domestic law firm, which specialized in maritime and company law.

Since 2017 he has been studying at the law school of Democritus University of Thrace.

Education
• Political Science and Public Administration, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Languages
• Greek (native)
• English
• French