Greece

Firm overview

We are in the top of Greece’s legal practice, with a 160+ member team comprising of 15 partners, 80+ associates, 20+ trainees and specialized business services professionals. We deliver a seamless blend of individual expertise with the strength of a collective powerhouse, our biggest asset.

Recognized as a leader across all practice areas, we are celebrated for our commercial insight and dedication to client relationships. Our lawyers are known for their quality, innovation and determination, earning trust through a deep understanding of each case, business integrity, and a focus on tailored solutions.

We uphold the highest professional and ethical standards. We value collaboration and respect, and a deep and unwavering belief in equal opportunity drives our culture. Further, our commitment to the community is unwavering. Pro bono efforts span immigration, education, cultural heritage, environmental protection and democracy promotion, with the aim of dedicating 2% of our chargeable hours to these causes.

As one of Greece’s leading law firms, we are consistently ranked among the top by all major legal directories, including Chambers, Legal 500, and IFLR1000. We have been named Greece’s Law Firm of the Year by IFLR in 2025 and have received the same distinction from Chambers on six occasions (2012, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025). At POTAMITISVEKRIS, we see beyond and deliver impact.

Firm overview

Dr. Helen G. Papaconstantinou and Partners (HP&P), with a history that spans over a century, having originally been established in 1920, is broadly recognized as one of the premieur IP law firms in the country. HP&P enjoys an international reputation for high quality expert services by providing sophisticated legal and business solutions in the full IP lifecycle, from advising on and prosecuting IP portfolios, assessing, managing and maximizing the value of intellectual property in commercial and licensing transactions through out of court negotiations and settlement, IP litigation and enforcement strategies.

The firm aptly combines its international orientation with a thorough knowledge of the Greek legal and business environment. What sets HP&P apart is its extensive experience and expertise in the entire spectrum of IP services and its commitment to problem solving and achieving results. HP&P was the first law firm of its kind to implement quality control system (ISO 9001/2015).

With respect to the people comprising the Firm, Managing Partner is Eva Yazitzoglou and the other Partners are Miranda Theodoridou, Maria Athanassiadou and Fotini Kardiopoulis.

HP&P is home to 12 fully qualified lawyers with considerable experience in all intellectual property matters over many years of practice. Two ΗP&P attorneys are European Patent Attorneys, one is trained and certified by the EUIPO, while all the attorneys of the Firm are Members of the Athens Bar Association. Most of them are admitted to practice before the Supreme Court and the Council of State. With the efficient assistance of 21 experienced paralegals and supporting staff, HP&P provides legal and administrative services of excellent quality and closely collaborates with 40 technical counsellors whose expertise covers all technical fields.

HP&P is registered in the Athens Bar Association and is a member of the Greek Association of Law Firms.

HP&P attorneys are regular contributors to important and internationally recognized IP resources such as the World Trademark Review, IAM, Wolters Kluwer Manual IP, Katzarov's Manual on Industrial Property and several INTA and ECTA resources.

The Firm is consistently ranked among the top IP law firms in Greece by international legal directories and associations and have received many awards in the IP field.

Despite its top ranking, HP&P is continuously striving to further improve the quality and reliability of its services and enhance its strongly actively inclusive working ethos that encourages collaboration as the main driving force behind effective leadership and successful results. Our vision is to keep on incorporating new practice areas and opportunities so that we can continue to adapt to the growing and ever-changing needs of our clients and the legal industry.

Firm overview

IPWORK.GR is a boutique legal practice specializing in intellectual property and alternative dispute resolution in Greece and across the European Union. Its services cover the full spectrum of IP and related fields, including trademarks, patents, copyright, domain names, trade secrets, emerging technologies and AI, advertising, unfair competition, franchising, privacy, and personality rights. Distinguished by a client-focused and results-oriented approach, IPWORK.GR provides clear, practical solutions to complex legal and business challenges. Much of its work involves cross-border issues, effectively resolved through consultation, ADR, or litigation, with consistently successful outcomes for clients.

Firm overview

A. & K. Metaxopoulos and Partners is considered a top Media, IP and TMT expert law firm in Greece. In 70 years of expertise, the firm has handled a vast variety of cases in many industry sectors, by representing key international and domestic clients such as MPAA, Warner, Universal, Fremantle, Dassault Systemes, Adidas, Avis, Odeon Group, British American Tobacco, Psichogios Publications, Panini, Thomson Reuters, Expectation, Fashion TV, CBS, Audiosparx, Fromageries Bel Hellas, Focus Bari, Visa, etc., in matters relevant to copyright protection, software protection, audiovisual censorship, filming in Greece, radio stations & collective management societies, antipiracy, music rights, production and protection of reality shows, TM infringement, patents.

Managing partner, Kriton Metaxopoulos built his international reputation by representing major US Film Studios, record companies and MPAA (having also served as a BoD member of Warner Music for more than 20 years) as well as Greek and foreign clients in complex litigation matters of corporate and IP/Patent/Trademark laws.

Our common goal to keep working as a team, in order to serve our clients’ interests in the best possible manner, has been recognized by most reputable legal guides such as Legal 500, Chambers, IAM Patent 1000, Media Law International, Managing IP, etc. The firm is also recognized among the overall Top 20 Law Firms in Greece by “Top Ranked Legal”, which especially recognized the firm in its areas of expertise, including IP (Top ranked), TMT, Patents, Dispute Resolution and White-Collar Crime. Recent evaluations recognize our experience both in Greece and abroad in the law of copyrights, patents, trademarks, designs, models and other intellectual property rights both in consultancy and litigation.

The firm is the only Greek member of the International Lawyers Network (ILN) and of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA), a global network of law firms with expertise in advertising and media law issues.