Company Profile of the Law Firm Vassiliki Papaioannou and Associates, Greek French Law
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The firm was established in 1989 by Vassiliki PAPAIOANNOU, member of the Paris and of Athens Bars, who lives and works mostly in Paris and partly in Athens.
A graduate of the Department of Law at Athens University (Master of Law) and of the University of Paris X (Master of Sociology et DEA of social law) Vassiliki PAPAIOANNOU specializes in business law (french and greek), international commercial law, corporate law (french and greek), public works law (french and greek), employment law (french), and inheritance law (greek).
She has represented several Franco-Greek consortia on a number of large building projects in Greece (Athens airport, the Rion Bridge, car parks in Athens) and she has repeatedly negotiated for her clients with the Greek authorities (Greek government, Ministry of Public works and Environment, Municipality of Thessaloniki).
She has also represented several French institutions (Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie, Caisses primaires d'assurance maladie, Ministère de la défense, Centre français de fiscalité) in cases in Greece and France.
Thanks to her dual qualifications in French and Greek law, her dual membership of the Paris and Athens Bar, and her knowledge of French, Greek and English, Vassiliki PAPAIOANNOU is also an advisor to a clientele of company and individual clients from both countries, on projects or business in France or Greece (buying or setting up companies, opening subsidiaries in Greece or France, export, contracts, successions).
With her experience in international commercial law and thanks to a network of foreign lawyers on a high level established over a number of years, Vassiliki PAPAIOANNOU is able to intervene in other countries such as the United States, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, and the North-African countries.
Vassiliki PAPAIOANNOU is the author of several publications some of which are reproduced on this site (see "publications").
In order to guarantee personalized legal advice of excellent quality for her clients, Vassiliki PAPAIOANNOU sees it as vital to preserve the structure of her firm which allows it to work as a small team, in direct contact with a select clientele, and ensures personal commitment to the work on all the different cases. PAPAIOANNOU and ASSOCIATES attaches high importance to prompt and efficient intervention with respect to the delays and deadlines determined, and perfect transparency with its clients in their cases’ analysis, in order to ensure them a safe evaluation of the risks and chances of success. 
In Athens Vassiliki PAPAIOANNOU is a member of the « CONSTANTINIDOU and ASSOCIATES » law firm, situated in the center of Athens, at the start of Skoufa Street. She is often present there in order to follow personally her clients’ cases.
In Paris the « PAPAIOANNOU and ASSOCIATES » law office is a partner in the « JURI-DANTON SCP » law firm (former « OLTRAMARE Law Office »), situated at the start of Danton Street, less than a 100 meters from the Court of Justice and the Place Saint-Michel.
Apart from the Lawyers of the « PAPAIOANNOU and ASSOCIATES » law office (see « Members ») the « JURI-DANTON » law firm is composed by the following lawyers :
Marie-José CHARPENTIER - OLTRAMARE
Richard FOURCAULT
Denis GANTELME
Sabine du GRANRUT
Marie-Françoise HONNET
Emmanuel INBONA
Bertrand MAHL
Belaïd MAZNI
Elise NIVAUD
Alain OLTRAMARE
Françoise SALLIOU
Adeline VIETTE
Lawyers of the Court of Appeal of Paris whose specialisations cover most of the fields of law :
- commercial law and business law
- corporate law
- banking and finance law
- bankruptcy law
- collective procedures law
- transport law
- real estate and property law, commercial leases, co-ownership
- civil responsibility
- inheritance law and family law
- labor and employment law, corporal damage victims compensation law
- general practice
- criminal law
In order to serve its clientele and benefit from every member’s potential, the « PAPAIOANNOU and ASSOCIATES » is working in close partnership with each and every lawyer mentioned above. If a case demands thorough knowledge of an area of law other than those in which « PAPAIOANNOU and ASSOCIATES » law office is specialising, the specific case’s study and follow-up is, after the client’s consent, entrusted to the required specialist and at the same time to Vassiliki PAPAIOANNOU.
