PARASKEVI GEORGAKI

Our office provides legal guidance before the conclusion of any type of agreement (sale, lease, works contract, joint ventures etc.), having extensive and long-term experience in negotiating and drafting big commercial transactions.

In this context, we guarantee the best and most effective solutions for our principals, as well as their correct and complete understanding of the risks and consequences involved in any transaction. In this way, we limit to a great extent any unexpected problems in the execution of the contract, while, in any case, we ensure the existence of effective legal remedies.

In addition, our office handles any dispute arising from the breach of contractual obligations or from the illegal act of a third party (tort), claiming compensation for the restoration of damages, as well as monetary satisfaction due to moral damage or mental anguish.

Our services in this area also include the provision of legal services in case of liability arising from bad-faith negotiations, defamation of natural or legal persons, illegal processing of personal data, electronic fraud, liability from car accidents, but also cases of unjust enrichment.

Finally, our office undertakes your legal representation in lawsuits for annulment of legal acts and in particular contracts due to mistake, fraud or threat, as well as in cases of fraud to the detriment of creditors.

Our office provides top-tier legal services regarding any transaction concerning real property anywhere in Greece. We have extensive experience in this area and we undertake in a prompt and efficient way the whole process for the completion of a property transfer such as legal research of encumbrances and title deeds’ history at the local competent Land Registry Office, drawing up of a preliminary contract, representation in the purchase and sale contract etc.

In case you are a citizen of an EU country or a citizen of a third country, we also take care of further actions required for you to acquire real property in Greece such as obtaining a personal tax number from the Greek Tax authorities, creating a bank account, translating and validating the necessary documents and generally completing the process, including the signing of any pre-contractual agreement and the final contract itself, without the presence of our principal in Greece being necessary.

In addition, we ensure the judicial protection of your property rights,  when they are violated, as well as the judicial or extrajudicial resolution of neighbour law disputes. Or office also guarantees the restoration of the accuracy of the cadastral records, through judicial or administrative actions. Finally, we undertake the registration or removal of legal encumbrances on real estate (mortgage pre-notification, mortgage, easements).

Our office handles with absolute discretion and respect any family law dispute that concerns you. In this context, we undertake the conclusion and dissolution of a registered partnership, the issuance of a mutual-consent or contested divorce, as well as drafting of an agreement regarding the issue of custody, contact and maintenance of minor children during separation or after divorce.

In addition, we have great expertise in the judicial claim of sole or joint custody, in the regulation of contact rights for the parent who does not reside with the children, but also in the handling of maintenance claims, achieving for our clients immediate, effective and personalised solutions that primarily serve the interests of their children.

Our office also provides strong representation in actions regarding paternity recognition (the legal process through which a father of a child born out of wedlock formally declares that he is the biological parent) and paternity challenge (the legal process by which someone contests the paternity of a child), that are required to restore the biological truth.

Finally, we undertake legal actions for all types of financial disputes that arise between spouses, in particular the exercise of maintenance claims both during separation and after divorce, as well as your representation in lawsuits regarding the claim to participation in assets (namely a claim of one spouse to the assets obtained by the other during marriage).

Inheritance law is one of the most complex branches of civil law with great moral and economic importance. Our office undertakes your legal guidance in every matter concerning the acceptance or renunciation of inheritance, obtaining permission in the event of a renunciation involving a minor, the issuance of a Greek or European certificate of inheritance, etc.

In addition, we provide you legal advice regarding drawing up a will, in order to ensure its validity and force against any judicial challenge, as well as regarding the regulation of relations between co-heirs (debts, expenses, etc.).

Our office provides top-tier services as far as your legal representation in any inheritance law dispute is concerned, such as lawsuits to challenge a will or to annul a fictitious acceptance of an inheritance, legal actions regarding the protection of a reserved portion (namely a part of the inheritance protected by law), joint bank accounts or any other asset, claims for the inheritance right of the surviving spouse or surviving partner from a registered partnership, distribution of estate property, etc.

Banking transactions constitute a large and important part of the economic activity of both individuals and undertakings, while the existence of numerous and complex legislation, which often originates from EU law, has led to the need for in-depth specialization in this field.

Our office has extensive experience in all types of banking transactions and handles effectively any dispute arising from the breach of any credit agreement (loan, overdraft account, bond loan, credit cards, etc.), their termination and the subsequent enforcement procedure.

In order to avoid an unfavorable consequence for the debtor, such as the termination of their credit agreement, we have great expertise in achieving the regulation or/and the final settlement of debt, having always as a guideline the protection of the debtor’s whole property.

In addition, we provide legal representation in cases of investment products and investment services by financial institutions, as well as lawsuits regarding the bank’s liability because of unauthorized payment transactions, mainly resulting from electronic fraud (phishing).

Our office undertakes the establishment of companies with any legal form (SA, General or Limited Partnership etc), the conversion, merger of companies, as well as the transfer of a business. We provide consulting services on any issue concerning the day-to-day operation of a company, such as an increase in share capital, amendment of articles of association, drafting of corporate minutes, replacement of a partner, hereditary succession of corporate participation, compliance with publicity formalities (GEMI) etc.

We also take care of the extrajudicial or judicial exercise of minority rights of partners/shareholders, accountability actions, as well as the general safeguarding of the property rights of partners/shareholders.

In addition, our office provides top-tier consulting services and legal guidance before making investment decisions in third-party companies, undertaking their legal due diligence, as well as decisions related to the company’s financial flows (bond loans, pledge on shares, etc.).

Finally, our office undertakes the registration of a national, european or international trademark, the acquisition of a patent and the judicial protection thereof, as well as the formulation of terms of use for websites and online stores (cookie policy).