Real Estate & Investment (Golden Visa) Entry
The acquisition of property in Greece requires disciplined legal examination and procedural precision. We represent domestic and international clients in residential and commercial real estate transactions, conducting thorough due diligence and supervising contractual negotiations through to completion.
For foreign investors seeking residency under the Greek Golden Visa framework, we provide integrated guidance that aligns property acquisition with immigration compliance. Our involvement ensures that investments meet statutory requirements while remaining structurally sound and commercially rational.
Our firm has advised on the acquisition, development and construction of private and business assets, such as hotels, hospitals, offices, shopping centres and entertainment venues for a number of clients. It has also adviced the Greek government on the privatisation of the biggest real estate project in Europe, the development of the former airport of Athens (Hellinikon).
This pillar concerns the secure execution of entry and acquisition.
Investment Strategy & Wealth Protection
Ownership structure determines the long-term efficiency and resilience of any investment. We advise clients on whether assets should be held personally or through corporate entities, how co-investment arrangements should be governed, and how liability exposure may be mitigated.
In parallel, we provide tailored succession and estate planning solutions that address cross-border inheritance complexities and preserve family wealth. Our approach integrates corporate, property, and generational considerations into a coherent legal framework designed to protect both capital and continuity. Our services include wills, gifts, trusts and related structures, with particular attention to asset protection, intergenerational wealth transfer and the interaction between Greek and foreign legal and tax regimes.
We further advise foreign retirees and high-net-worth individuals relocating to Greece on comprehensive estate planning and cross-border succession structuring, ensuring the efficient transfer and protection of assets across multiple jurisdictions. Our services include strategic tax residency planning, optimization under the Greek Non-Dom regime, and the design of tailored wealth preservation structures that align with both Greek and international legal frameworks.
This pillar concerns architecture and preservation.
Private Strategic Counsel
Certain clients require a relationship that extends beyond individual transactions or isolated structuring advice. For high-net-worth families and entrepreneurial investors maintaining ongoing interests in Greece, we provide continuous legal stewardship designed to support long-term stability and informed decision-making.
Within this framework, we advise on matters that evolve over time rather than conclude at closing. These may include regulatory developments affecting assets or short-term rental activity, governance issues within corporate holding structures, coordination of cross-border contractual relationships, and succession considerations that intersect with business or real estate ownership.
For entrepreneurial clients, this role often involves reviewing new investment opportunities, assessing legal exposure before commitments are made, and providing discreet second-level evaluation of strategic decisions. For families, it may involve preserving structural integrity of ownership arrangements, preventing future disputes, and aligning asset holding frameworks with generational planning objectives.
Our involvement is proactive rather than reactive. By maintaining continuity and direct senior engagement, we enable clients to operate with confidence, knowing that legal risk is monitored, not merely addressed after it materializes.
This pillar concerns long-term partnership.
Corporate & Business Law
Avgerinos & Partners advises corporations, entrepreneurs, and investors across the full spectrum of corporate and commercial law matters, delivering strategic, solution-oriented counsel at every stage of the business lifecycle. Our services encompass company formation and structuring, corporate governance frameworks, shareholder and partnership arrangements, and the design and negotiation of joint ventures and strategic alliances.
We also provide comprehensive guidance on corporate reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and group reorganizations, ensuring legal robustness, tax efficiency, and regulatory compliance. On an ongoing basis, we support clients with day-to-day commercial operations, including the drafting and negotiation of complex commercial agreements, supplier and distribution contracts, financing arrangements, and cross-border transactions.
Throughout all mandates, we maintain a disciplined focus on risk assessment and mitigation, regulatory clarity, and the protection of our clients’ long-term strategic interests. Our approach combines technical precision with commercial insight, enabling clients to operate confidently, manage exposure effectively, and create sustainable long-term value.
Civil Litigation
We represent clients before the Greek courts in high‑stakes civil and commercial disputes. Our litigation practice combines thorough legal analysis with strategic case management, from pre‑litigation assessments and settlement negotiations to trial advocacy and enforcement, aiming to secure effective and durable outcomes.
Key Services
Banking and Financial Law
AVGLaw advises financial institutions, corporates and sophisticated borrowers and investors on banking and finance transactions, regulatory matters and security structures. We handle loan and security documentation, compliance issues and contentious banking matters, ensuring that complex financial arrangements are structured and executed with legal and regulatory rigor.
Our team analyses and reviews proposals for both international and domestic regulatory change, and maintains close links with all relevant regulatory organisations, including the Greek Capital Market Commission and Exchanges. Members of the team are closely involved with Greek and EU regulatory reform and active participants in key industry and legal forums commenting on and seeking to influence the development of new domestic and European legislation
Competition Law
We advise on Greek and EU competition law, including merger control, restrictive practices, abuse of dominance and state aid. Our services cover transactional filings, compliance programmes and investigations before the authorities, helping clients structure their commercial conduct and collaborations in a way that minimises antitrust risk.
Our practice is led by Dr Yannis Avgerinos, who served as a permanent Member of the Plenary Session of the Hellenic Competition Commission, bringing extensive institutional experience and in-depth insight into competition enforcement and decision-making processes. We assist clients in structuring their commercial conduct and collaborations in a manner that minimises antitrust risk and ensures regulatory compliance
Family Law
We provide measured, confidential advice on sensitive family law issues, including marriage and partnership arrangements, divorce, parental responsibility and financial provision. Our approach is both discreet and practical, seeking solutions that preserve dignity, protect vulnerable parties and safeguard long‑term family and financial interests.
Tax Law
Avgerinos & Partners provides focused and technically robust tax advisory services in connection with corporate transactions, strategic investments, and private wealth structures. We advise domestic and international clients on the tax implications of mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, cross-border investments, holding structures, and asset transfers, ensuring alignment between legal structuring and fiscal efficiency.
Our practice includes comprehensive analysis of Greek and international tax frameworks, double taxation treaties, EU tax directives, and evolving regulatory developments. We assist clients in identifying and assessing tax exposure, structuring transactions within the boundaries of applicable law, and implementing compliant and sustainable tax-efficient solutions.
In addition, we represent clients in tax audits, administrative proceedings, and disputes before the competent tax authorities and administrative courts, providing strategic defense and procedural guidance. Our approach combines technical precision with pragmatic commercial insight, enabling clients to manage tax risk proactively while safeguarding their long-term business and wealth objectives.
Health & Pharmaceutical Law
The firm acts for pharmaceutical companies, healthcare providers and related stakeholders on regulatory, commercial and contentious matters. We advise on market authorisations, compliance with healthcare and promotional rules, pricing and reimbursement issues, and complex contractual arrangements within the life sciences sector.
Vassilis Avgerinos, who leads the team is a former Chairman of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Technology (IFET), where he worked extensively on matters relating to the work of the Health Care Financing Administration, now the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS.
By integrating international health-related knowledge in our practice, we represent clients involved in virtually every facet of the health care system, including national and regional hospital networks and individual hospitals, managed care organisations, health insurers and fiscal intermediaries, medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies. Our firm has been actively involved in the setting up and operation of a number of hospitals in Greece, such as FILOKTITIS Recovery & Rehabilitation Centre, ERASINIO Oncological Hospital and REA Maternity Hospital.