Dora focuses on employment law, advising national and international clients, as employers, on all types of individual and collective employer-employee relationships, as well as benefits and compensation related issues. In the context of M&A transactions, she maintains substantial experience on advising on complex issues arising out of the transfer of undertakings and the application of the TUPE provisions, as well as on all potential labour law issues faced of the target company.

Dora is also experienced and regularly involved in real estate transactions, advising real estate companies investing in property through M&A or asset deals, as well as the negotiation of commercial lease or mixed agreements. Furthermore, sha has appeared before the Greek Trademarks’ Committee and EUIPO in various trademarks’ cases.

Academic Background

  • University of Athens (LL.M. in Civil Law, 2006)
  • University of Heidelberg (LL.M. in Corporate Law, 2004)
  • University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B., 2003)

Languages

  • Greek
  • English
  • German

Professional Memberships

  • Member of the Athens Bar Association

Career Highlights

Recent work includes advice to:

  • Everty (the real estate arm of the YNV group) on the acquisition by Brooklane Capital of a real estate portfolio, comprising two logistics centres in the area of Aspropyrgos;
  • MGE Hellenic Investments S.à r.l. to the sale of McArthurGlenDesigner Outlet Athens to Lamda Olympia Village S.M.S.A.,
  • Advising NN Group on the acquisition of MetLife’s business in Greece,
  • Doordash on its €7 billion acquisition of the Finnish food-delivery company Wolt Enterprises;
  • Nexi Group, in connection to the acquisition of Alpha Bank’s merchant acquiring business focusing on the TUPE issues/application and other employment issues;
  • Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp. (NYSE: CRHC) in connection with the public listing on the NYSE of Allwyn Entertainment (the group-wide brand of SAZKA Entertainment AG) with a total enterprise value of approximately $9.3 billion,
  • United Group B.V. in its acquisition of WIND Hellas, one of Greece’s three mobile operators with a total of 4.2 million users and revenues in excess of EUR 500 million annually,
  • Leading European provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation data centre solutions in connection with the acquisition by 100% of the largest colocation and interconnection provider in Greece,
  • Major systemic bank on TUPE issues in the context of the envisaged hive down of its banking sector,
  • Major international Group of companies in the retail sector on the Greek law related elements of the group restructuring and internal separation and transfer of business assets undertaken within the year 2020 focusing on the TUPE issues/application,
  • The sponsor on the concession of the exclusive right to own, use, administer, operate and exploit the Marina of Alimos for a total consideration of EURO 57.5 million focusing on the arising employment issues and TUPE application,
  • Major multinational pharmaceutical company on redrafting of the Internal Work Regulation and of the standard employment agreements and on conducting various employee terminations,
  • Major bank on termination of the agreements of the ex-management team as well as of other key employees through mutual or unilateral termination and drafting special, high-level, employment agreements for the new management,
  • Major real estate fund on the acquisition of real estate companies owning/operating shopping malls and strategic assets in Athens through private tenders,
  • Major international company on the acquisition of a multi-floor office building in the centre of Athens with a value of more than 2.5 million,
  • Major real estate companies constructing/operating shopping centers on its day-to-day issues mainly relating to the commercial cooperation agreements,
  • Major oil company with respect to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in CODO stations,
  • All four Greek systemic banks in relation to the existing facilities granted to major food company by such banks focusing on the drafting and registering of relevant pledge agreements on IP rights, major Greek bank on IP registrations and litigation before Greek Trademarks’ Office and EUIPO.

Publications

  • Contributor of the article on the current trends in Greece’s real estate ecosystem in ProdExpo magazine (2022).

  • Co-contributor of the chapter on the Greek market in European Council of Shopping Places’ European review/analysis of lease contracts (2022).

  • Co-contributor to the project of the World Bank “Doing Business 2020 Comparing Business Regulation in 190 Economies” in the chapter of Employing Workers (2020).
    Contributor of the chapter on UBO framework in Greece in “UBO in Europe – Definition and registration in European countries”, Wolters Kluwer (2019).

  • Co-contributor in the survey conducted by the Allen & Overy Global Law Intelligence Unit on international real estate law (2016).

  • Co-contributor of the chapter on Greek Port Regulations in the Greek Law Digest (2016).

  • Contributor of the chapter on Succession Law in Greece in “International Succession” edited by Louis Garb, Solicitor, Louis Garb & Co, and John Wood, Consultant, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Oxford University Press (2015).