Practice Area · Commercial & Corporate

Business law
with international experience

Commercial contracts, acquisitions, outsourced legal department services and regulatory compliance — with practical experience of running a legal department and of the business decisions behind it.

Fortune 50Sitting GC
8Jurisdictions Managed
EW+GRDual Qualified
2002Founded
Led by a sitting Fortune 50 General Counsel
Dionysios Pantazis has served for eleven years as General Counsel to a Fortune 50 technology group, running legal operations across eight countries and four business lines — and brings that in-house instinct to every business law instruction.
Our advice starts from practice
Commercial contracts, governance structures, employment frameworks and regulatory compliance programmes — drafted and negotiated by our team, not just reviewed.
Dual-qualified: England & Wales + Greece
A partner of our firm is dual-qualified in England & Wales and Greece, so English-law questions are advised on directly in-house. Court appearances remain before the Greek courts and international arbitral tribunals; English proceedings are conducted through instructed English correspondent counsel.
Publications and international speaking
The firm's lawyers contribute to leading international legal publications and are regularly invited to speak at international symposia.
Need business law support?
Tell us about your business and legal needs. We will propose the structure that fits — retainer, project-based, or one-off instruction.
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Sub-Practices Our Approach Experience

Sub-Practices

Commercial contracts, transactions and disputes.
One commercial perspective.

Our business law practice covers the full range of commercial and corporate legal needs — from ongoing outsourced general counsel support to discrete transactional and regulatory work. Business lawyers in Athens are most useful before a decision is taken, which is why the retainer model exists.

Our Approach to Business Law

We think like the client's
legal department — because we know the business from the inside.

Commercial legal advice is worth more when it comes with real experience of how a business runs. Dionysios Pantazis has eleven years as General Counsel to a Fortune 50 technology group, responsible for legal matters across eight countries and four business lines, managing legal risk and complex commercial decisions from the business side. Our commercial engagements work to an agreed scope, so the cost of the work is known in advance.

That perspective shapes every piece of advice we give. Legal analysis is worth something when it leads to a decision that can actually be carried out. So we prioritise the issues, set out the options plainly, and weigh the cost, the time and the risk of each approach. Tell us how your legal work arises and we will propose a structure that fits.

"The law is the starting point. The real value lies in knowing what to do next."

English law is a common choice in international commercial contracts. Our familiarity with both English and Greek law lets us approach such transactions under a single legal strategy.

Pantazis & Associates is recommended by a number of foreign embassies operating in Greece, including the UK, US and Australian embassies. The firm's lawyers are frequently invited to speak at international legal conferences and symposia, and the firm regularly provides opinions, analysis and commentary to international institutions such as the World Justice Project and the World Bank. In business law, our experience covers complex transactions and disputes with particular legal and commercial demands, beyond the scope of an ordinary commercial agreement.

In-house perspective
Led by a sitting Fortune 50 GC
Dionysios Pantazis handles legal matters across eight countries as General Counsel to a Fortune 50 technology group. That experience of running a legal department is what he brings to every business-law matter.
Cross-border capability
England & Wales + Greece, one instruction
Commercial contracts and questions spanning both legal systems are handled as one.
Regulatory depth
GDPR · EU AI Act · NIS2 · DSA
Genuine technical certification and advisory experience across the EU digital regulatory landscape — not generic compliance boilerplate.
Practical structuring
Retainer, project, or one-off — your choice
From an ongoing Outsourced GC retainer to a single discrete transaction, we structure the engagement around what your business actually needs.

Our Experience

Business law experience
at Fortune 50 scale.

In-House · Fortune 50
Fortune 50 GC experience
A partner of our firm, Dionysios Pantazis, has served for eleven years as General Counsel to a Fortune 50 technology group, with responsibility across four business lines and eight countries.
Transactional
High-Value Acquisitions & Corporate Structuring
Advisory experience on significant transactions including gold mine acquisitions in Greece, private island acquisitions and complex shareholder structures.
Publications · Speaking
Publications and international speaking
The firm's lawyers contribute to leading international legal publications and are regularly invited to speak at international symposia.

Need support
in business law?

Talk to us about your business and what you need legally.