Spyridon Pantazis

Spyridon Pantazis is a registered lawyer with the Athens Bar Association, holding an LLB from the University of Essex, an LLB from the Democritus University of Thrace, an LL.M from the University of Nottingham and an LL.M from the European University Cyprus. He was awarded a scholarship by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). He has handled a large number of criminal cases both in Athens and across the rest of Greece — Crete, Rhodes, Kos, Komotini and Mytilene among them — where he travels weekly. Defending the rights of the accused is his personal compass.

He provides 24-hour availability for urgent criminal matters requiring immediate legal representation, particularly in flagrant crime proceedings, where the time between arrest and appearance before the competent authorities or the court can be very short.

Spyridon Pantazis is a criminal lawyer with experience defending the accused across a broad range of criminal cases, with particular emphasis on the substantive and effective protection of his clients' rights at every stage of the criminal process.

He takes on cases across the entire spectrum of criminal law, from complex and serious felonies to lesser misdemeanour offences. Procedural safeguards, the assessment of evidence and respect for the rights of the accused are of critical importance to him.

Cases involving asylum seekers and refugees facing criminal prosecution under Greece's migrant smuggling legislation occupy a particular place in his practice, as do drug cases and matters concerning the execution of international and European arrest warrants. His work on these cases has attracted international attention, with his defence — and the questions raised about fair trial guarantees — covered by international media including the Guardian, Reuters, BBC News, BBC Arabic, Deutsche Welle (DW), TIME, Inkstick Media, La Tribune, Al Jazeera and CGTN.

For Spyridon Pantazis, criminal defence is not confined to answering the charge. It extends to the overall protection of the client's rights, the careful assessment of the facts and the evidence, and ensuring that every procedural safeguard provided by law is observed.

This combination — rigorous criminal defence technique alongside a genuine commitment to due process for the most vulnerable defendants — gives Spyridon a distinct voice within the firm's litigation practice, and informs how the firm approaches criminal matters more broadly. Urgent criminal matters can reach him directly, at any hour.