Our firm is a leading, full-service business law firm, with a determinedly forward-looking and results oriented mindset.
Our firm is a leading, full-service business law firm, with a determinedly forward-looking and results oriented mindset.
Our corporate and commercial law practice group’s focus lies in providing counsel to global corporate entities and vast multinational conglomerates, spanning every facet of their commercial, corporate, and M&A pursuits within the Greek jurisdiction.
Our team has developed unique expertise as a one-stop-shop for corporate, commercial and corporate taxation services provided to Greek subsidiaries and member companies of multinational powerhouses. In its day to day work, our dedicated lawyers assist our clients with establishing new corporations and provide ongoing corporate maintenance and compliance services. At the same time, we also offer expert, tailor-made advice on acquisitions and investments in the local market.
Our practice combines sophisticated contract work with strong dispute resolution capabilities. As part of our broader corporate and commercial practice, we advise clients on structuring and executing a wide range of commercial agreements, ranging from agency and distribution (exclusive, selective, open) to franchising, licensing, manufacturing, and post-contractual support arrangements. These agreements are often integral to our clients’ market entry, expansion, and operational strategies across industries including technology, defence, pharmaceuticals, luxury goods, and automotive.
In addition to the above, many of our clients have entrusted us with the responsibility of delivering an integrated blend of legal and tax/audit services for strategic corporate and M&A endeavours. In this respect, the services we provide extend beyond customary tasks like due diligence, corporate reconfigurations and the creation of transactional documents, as we also offer comprehensive support throughout the entire transaction process. This encompasses specialized guidance on matters like employment law and competition law, as well as legal aid, HR, and tax-related services.
Senior Partner, Gregory Pelecanos, was invited to co-author the Greece chapter to the International Agency and Distribution Handbook published by Baker & McKenzie— an acknowledgment of our recognized expertise in cross-border commercial agreements.
Our firm offers full-range corporate services to local companies and subsidiaries of global corporations. We assist our clients with establishing new corporations in Greece, drafting tailor-made Articles of Association, and providing ongoing company secretarial support and corporate submissions with the General Commercial Register (GEMI).
We advise our clients on all the laws and regulations that apply to their business, including the drafting, implementation, and monitoring of policies, trainings, procedures and practices, with special regard to ESG and Corporate Governance values.
Through our membership in Ecovis International, we offer seamless tax related services, including corporate tax advice and accounting support, through our network of tax and accounting advisors. We also have direct access to a worldwide network of legal, tax, business and audit consultants and advisors.
We provide our clients with integrated legal and audit/tax services on strategic corporate and M&A transactions. Our support is not limited to due diligence, corporate restructuring or drafting transactional documents: we also provide full-range transactional assistance, including specialist advice on employment law and competition law, as well as audit services and taxation.
We help businesses structure clear, enforceable, and commercially aligned agreements across the full range of distribution, agency, franchising, and licensing models. Whether operating in pharmaceuticals, defence, tech, or luxury goods, our clients rely on us for legally sound and business-effective contracts that address sector-specific risks and opportunities.
Our ability to combine transactional insight with deep legal knowledge, particularly in competition and intellectual property law, ensures that the contracts we deliver are both commercially effective and legally sound. We also represent clients in related disputes, drawing on our long-standing litigation experience to safeguard business continuity and strategic interests.
Our competition team provides valuable input to ensure that company law agreements such as share purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, mergers, acquisitions and JV’s comply with competition law and ensure speedy clearance from competition authorities.
We assess and provide all-inclusive legal support during investment transactions, executing the due diligence, drafting the Term Sheets, MoUs, or Shareholders’ Agreements, and providing step-by-step legal counselling for successfully closing the deal.
Our specialised team prepares all transactional documents (including joint development agreements and shareholder agreements between the companies involved), advises clients on notifications to the Greek authorities, and provides guidance in financing negotiations.
‘Professional, very friendly staff who are always ready to help with anything, big or small. All of them are great.’
‘They are knowledgeable, proactive and flexible, with strong business acumen.’
‘Regularly handling complex joint ventures, representing SPACs, and managing inbound investments, the Ballas Pelecanos Law team is highly praised for its ‘professionalism and knowledge’ when advising multinational corporations.’
‘Ballas Pelecanos Law is distinguished for its excellent training, professionalism, the ethos of its members as well as the speed of response to any client request / query, elements for which it must be chosen as an option. It is also very familiar with the use of new technologies, which should be added to the positives of the services provided.’
‘All members of staff that makes up the Ballas Pelecanos Law firm, stand out for their courtesy as well as for their professionalism and knowledge, making the overall experience of working with this law firm excellent.’
