Rechtsanwalt Michail Pilios Athen

Michail Pilios

Athens

E   michailp@piliosandpartners.com

T   +30-210-6447700

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Attorney at Law

Michail Pilios has many years of experience in processing business law mandates in Greece, usually with a cross-border character. He is admitted to the bar in Greece and Germany.

As an expert in the tourism industry in Greece and specialist in tourism law, he mainly advices clients from this industry. He is the author of the chapter “Hotel Acquisitions in Greece” in the official guide to Greek law in English of the Trade and Invest Agency of the Greek State “Enterprise Greece”(www.greeklawdigest.gr), lawyer of the Tourism Group of the German Embassy Athens, has provided legal advice in the context of a consultancy assignment for the Greek Privatization Fund (www.hradf.com) on the development of seven spas to be privatized and has written other expert opinions on tourism law.

Together with his team, he has advised on corporate acquisitions with a transaction volume of up to EUR 60 million, submitted bids in bidding procedures of the Greek Privatization Fund and in the context of special liquidations of hotel companies.

In addition he advises companies from abroad in the areas of retail, medicine, electrical engineering, renewable energies and the automotive industry.

Practise areas
  • Business Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Tourism Law
  • Debt Recovery and Enforcement Law
Short Profile
  • 12 years professional experience in business law in Greece
  • Admitted to the Greek Appelate Court (Areopag)
  • Native speaker in German and Greek, fluent in English
  • Admitted to the bar in Greece and Germany
  • Studied law in Tuebingen/ Germany

Highlights

2020 - Establishing two hotel companies and corporate structuring
Establishing two hotel companies and corporate structuring
2020 - Representing a hotel management company in a dispute over 600K €
Representing a hotel management company in a dispute with the hotel owner over 600K €
2020 - Contracts for a Hotel company to secure claims worth 4 mio €
Drafting and negotiating contracts between a Hotel company and the owner over 4 mio €
2020 - Due Diligence in Greece for the Aldiana Deal
Providing a leading international Law Firm with the due diligence for Greece for the purchase of 50 % of Aldiana
2019 - Advising a foreign company on the tender (bidding process) before the Greek Privatization Fund (HRADF)
Advising a foreign real estate development company on the tender for the acquisition of a hotel property on an Aegean island. The total investment volume amounts to approximately € 8 million. Part of the mandate was the preparation of a due diligence, the review of the contracts and related changes as well as the submission of the offer documents.
2019 - Advising a foreign company on the liquidation of its Greek subsidiary
Advising a foreign retail company on the liquidation of its Greek subsidiary and carrying out all legal steps on site in Greece.
2019 - Advice on taking over the commercial representation of a German company
Advising the managing director of a Greek subsidiary on the takeover of the commercial representation of the German parent company after the subsidiary was closed

Publications and more

Greek Law Digest: Editor of the chapter "Hotel Acquisitions in Greece"
The Greek Law Digest is the official guide to Greek law in English, published by the leading legal publisher "Nomiki Bibliothiki" under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy & Development, Enterprise Greece, ACCI and Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund
Moderation "Networks in the tourism sector"
Moderation of the expert discussion on "Networks in the tourism sector" in the German-Greek Assembly in Sindelfingen on November 7th, 2017
Author of the expert opinion for GIZ on the "Legal framework for health tourism in Greece"
Author of the expert opinion for the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) on the "Legal framework for health tourism in Greece"
Moderation at the workshop in the Acropolis Museum "Growth Market Tourism"
Workshop topics: major investments, destination development, cluster formation and medical tourism
Speaker at the workshop "Perspectives of health and wellness tourism in Greece"
Speaker on the legal framework at the workshop on "Perspectives on health and wellness tourism in Greece"

Professional background

2020 Jan - Founding of Pilios and Associates Law Office
Founding of "Pilios and Associates - Attorneys at Law" focusing on cross border business law
2011 - 2019 Founding and managing partner of the law firm Athanassiadis Pilios Generalis (AP & Generalis)
Founding and managing partner of the law firm Athanassiadis Pilios Generalis (AP & Generalis)
2009 - Admitted as a Greek lawyer (Dikigoros) to the Athens Bar Association
Admitted as a Greek lawyer (Dikigoros) to the Athens Bar Association
2007 - Admitted as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) to the Stuttgart Bar Association
Admitted as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) to the Stuttgart Bar Association
2004 - 2006 Legal trainee at the District Court of Stuttgart
Legal trainee at the District Court of Stuttgart
1998 - 2003 Studied law at the University of Tübingen
Studied law at the University of Tübingen/ Germany