• 3 Kleisthenous Street, Athens, Postcode 105 52

Areas Of Law

Our lawyers are fully equipped to handle any legal matter you may have, possessing in-depth knowledge of the specificities of Greek law.

At the law firm Kountouri – Pelteki & Associates we provide legal services across a wide range of legal fields, in Greece and across Europe!

CIVIL LAW

  • Divorce and Civil Partnership
  • Parental Responsibility, Custody, Contact, Maintenance, Property
  • Paternity suits, Recognition of a child, Adoption
  • Recognition of Foreign Judgments
  • A wide range of mediation services for the above matters (mediators specialising in family matters)
  • Disputes concerning ownership and possession of property
  • Partition actions
  • Land Registry and Service Provision Claims for the submission of Land Registry Declarations, Geometric Changes, Corrections to Land Registry documents, Objections
  • Mediation Department for the above cases with a specialist Land Registry Mediator

Claims for compensation and damages for moral injury in disputes of all kinds. For example:

    1. Filing and Defence against Actions for Declaration of Invalidity
    2. Interim Measures, Consensual and Compulsory Mortgages
    3. Seizures of movable and immovable property, protective seizures, seizures from third parties
    4. Issuance of Payment Orders
    5. Objections (drafting and representation) – Stay of proceedings – Notices
    6. Disputes regarding medical malpractice
    7. Motor vehicle claims

Our firm operates

A SPECIAL DEPARTMENT PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES for INDIVIDUAL DEBTS.

Specifically:

  1. a) Restructuring of performing loans and arrangements for non-performing loans
  2. b) Experience in representing and defending our clients in legal proceedings concerning their assets brought by banks and other investment funds.

Collaboration, where required, with specialist financial advisers – Management of the Out-of-Court Settlement Platform.

  • Wills (Publication and Proclamation of a Testamentary Will)
  • Action for Invalidity of a Will
  • Acceptance and Renunciation of Inheritance
  • Action for Infringement of the Statutory Share
  • Action for the Voidance of an Unjust Gift
  • Action concerning the estate
  • Issuance of a Certificate of Inheritance

COMMERCIAL LAW

At the law firm KOUNTOURI – PELTEKI & ASSOCIATES, we provide high-quality legal services – both advisory and litigation – to sole traders and companies, addressing the full range of needs arising from and relating to all business activities.

  • Incorporation – Formation of Companies (Public Limited Companies, Limited Liability Companies, Private Limited Companies and Partnerships)
  • Drafting of Articles of Association – Amendment of Articles of Association – General Meetings, Board of Directors meetings, drafting and representation
  • Drafting of all types of commercial contracts (commercial, supplier, franchise)
  • Corporate Transactions
  • Company changes (dissolution – liquidation)
  • Insolvency Proceedings and Corporate Restructuring Law
  • Tender Procedures (We handle: preparation of legal dossiers, tender procedures)
  • Objections and Judicial Appeals
  • Examination and registration of trademarks (domestic, EU and international)
  • Renewals – Amendments
  • Legal representation and litigation representation regarding trademarks in the event of infringement
  • Transfer of trademarks
  • Registration and protection of copyright and related rights
  • Registration of Trade Names and Distinctive Titles
  • Patents – Registration
  • Cultural Heritage Law
  • Protection of Personal Data

CRIMINAL LAW

Representation before Criminal Courts at all levels of jurisdiction throughout Greece, and at all stages of the criminal procedure.

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Handling legal cases before administrative courts of all levels of jurisdiction for the resolution of disputes between administered states through the filing of lawsuits, appeals and annulment applications concerning the public sector.

LABOUR LAW

  • Actions and advisory services regarding the satisfaction of labour claims
  • Provision of legal advice, both in and out of court, to employers
  • Representation and advocacy before the EFKA and the relevant authorities

REAL ESTATE

We operate throughout Greece – with a comprehensive network of solicitors, notaries and surveyors – the purchase, sale, letting and leasing of property and, in general, all matters relating to the exploitation, settlement and management of property, as well as property-related legal proceedings, the registration or removal of encumbrances, the representation of our clients before tax and other authorities, as well as the representation of foreign nationals or residents abroad who wish to carry out purchases, sales or investment transactions in general in Greece.

In relation to the above, we mention, by way of example, procedural matters handled by our firm:

  1. A) Issuing of Tax Identification Numbers (AFM) and tax codes
  2. B) Submission of tax returns and amendments to Form E9
  3. C) Settlement of tax matters
  4. D) Title searches
  5. E) Issuing of certificates from all relevant authorities and Land Registry extracts
  6. F) Representation of clients before any public or municipal authority

IMMIGRATION LAW AND MIGRATION

  • Applications for the grant or renewal of residence permits
  • Appeals against rejection decisions
  • Applications for the annulment of administrative decisions and for interim judicial protection
  • Objections to the detention of administrative detainees
  • Distribution licences of all types and categories
  • Golden Visa Programme (Permanent Residence Permit for Investors) and Digital Nomad Programme
  • Cases concerning the acquisition of Greek citizenship

The above are handled by specialist associates.

Head Offices: Athens

Partnering Firms and Associate Lawyers, based in:

  1. Thessaloniki
  2. Achaia (Patras, Aigio, Kalavrita)
  3. Crete (Rethymno, Heraklion, Chania)
  4. Alexandroupolis – Orestiada
  5. Corinth
  6. Pyrgos
  7. Kalamata
  8. Tripoli
  9. Nafplio
  10. Cyclades (Andros, Mykonos, Syros)
  11. Dodecanese (Rhodes – Kalymnos)