Recommendations

Avramopoulos & Partners assists with negotiating and drafting employment contracts and offers expertise in employee outsourcing. The team, which is jointly led by Athanassios Avgeros and Barbara Angelopoulou, also acts on employee disputes concerning working arrangements, including those relating to senior employees. Terminations and regulatory compliance matters form part of the practice's workload. (European Legal 500, 2023 ed.).

Avramopoulos & Partners has extensive experience within labor and employment matters, regularly handling litigation cases and dispute resolution. Advisory includes the oversight of employment contracts, termination, post-termination restrictions, developing employee handbooks, compliance of EU regulations, downsizing and restructurings. Its comprehensive service is regularly supported by the lawyers within its corporate, commercial and business development department. Athanassios Avgeros and Yanna N Antonopoulou head the practice. (European Legal 500, 2022 ed.).

Avramopoulos & Partners demonstrates excellence in the full array of contentious and advisory employment law matters. The department is headed by Athanassios Avgeros and includes Yanna Antonopoulou, who excels in advising on group restructurings and reorganisations, employee contract and benefit matters, and terminations. Other keystones of the workload include collective bargaining agreements, social security issues, EU regulation compliance, stock option plans and other incentives, and health and safety matters, in addition to disputes before the labour authorities, labour boards and courts. (European Legal 500, 2021 ed.).

At Avramopoulos & Partners, the team handles the full spectrum of employment law matters, including related litigation. Core pillars of the practice include advising on contracts, post-termination restrictions, compensation, benefit arrangements, downsizings and restructurings, health and safety issues, trade union negotiations and GDPR matters. Athanassios Avgeros heads up the department, which is also highly rated for its expertise in legal compliance audits, employee regulation and handbook development, EU regulatory compliance and outsourcings. (European Legal 500, 2020 ed.).

Avramopoulos & Partners has a 'very good team with wide legal knowledge' that is praised for its 'excellent co-operation and speedy process for any assignment'. The practice, led by Michael C Poulakos, represents a mix of multinationals and local clients across a range of industries. The firm's expertise includes collective bargaining, restructurings, litigation, social security and senior executive contracts and terminations. (European Legal 500, 2019 ed.).

Avramopoulos & Partners handles a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters. Michael Poulakos leads the team whose clients include Bonatti, Federal Express and Sabre Hellas. (European Legal 500, 2018 ed.).

Avramopoulos & Partners’ team counts Diamond Resorts, FedEx and Sabre International as clients. Michael Poulakos is the key contact. (European Legal 500, 2017 ed.).
 
The “well-resourced” and “timely” department at Avramopoulos & Partners acts for FedEx, First Data and MoneyGram International, among others. Michael Poulakos is highly regarded. (European Legal 500, 2016 ed.).
 
Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm provides very “good value for the problem areas” of employment law. International clients include MoneyGram International, Hill International and ThyssenKrupp. Practice head Michael Poulakos is recommended. (European Legal 500, 2015 ed.).

Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm’s team of ‘excellent communicators’ is ‘always focused on a reliable solution’. Michael Poulakos heads the practice, which includes Mina Manakidou, who has ‘the knowledge and energy to find the way out of difficult employment situations’. Clients include Diamond Resorts, Infoprint Italia, ThyssenKrupp and NCH. (European Legal 500, 2014 ed.)

Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm’s employment head Michael Poulakos is very active on contentious matters, and recently represented Attica Wealth Management, NCR Hellas, and Hill International in litigation. Barbara Angelopoulou is active on the advisory side. (European Legal 500, 2013 ed.)

Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm acts for public and private sector clients in contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Clients include Synovate, Sabre Hellas, Tie Rack, Marcus Evans and Federal Express. Michael Poulakos heads the practice. (European Legal 500, 2012 ed.)

Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm provides contentious and non-contentious employment law advice to Greek companies such as Synovate and the Lainopoulos Group as well as global market research firm ACNielsen. Michael Poulakos heads the practice. (European Legal 500, 2011 ed.)

The strongest aspect of Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm’s employment law practice is its contentious capability. The team, headed by Michael Poulakos, advises Lainopoulos Group, PDD Global, and key client Attica Bank on employment disputes. Name partner Vassilis Avramopoulos advised Affichage Holdings on an employment dispute with a top member of management. (European Legal 500, 2010 ed.)

Examples

• Provision of on-going legal advice to a U.S. multi-national client and its Greek subsidiary on all aspects of labor and employment law with special focus on employee outsourcing transactions and “Acquired Rights Directive” transposition into local law and implementation, employment contract negotiation, drafting and termination, redundancy formalities and procedures in general, including severance package calculations, advice on breach by employee of non-compete clause, employee rights on potential business acquisition, etc.
  Provision of legal services with regards to: drafting various forms of amendments of the employment contracts, reflecting several schemes of working out of office, such as exclusive remote working or a combination of working from home and at the office.
• Provision of advice to clients on various employment matters and drafting of agreements for various types of employees (from top management to office employees) as well as independent consultants. 
• Provision of legal advice to the subsidiary of a U.S. company with regards to claims related to overtime working of a senior executive, also under the perspective of remote working.
• Provision of legal advice with regards to adjusting the international employment contracts to be put in place with employees working in Greece so as to ensure compliance with local law. 
• Provision of employment law advice with regards to a dispute with a senior executive of the client, who was claiming having been degraded, because of the change of the employee’s role as a result of implementing a new organizational chart across all subsidiaries of the Group in various jurisdictions.
• Provision of legal advice on Greek Labor Law and review/revising of the international employment contracts to be consistent with mandatory local law, including various types of employment schemes, such as part-time or remote working etc. 
• Provision of legal services and advise with regards to the employment of Greek crew members to serve on board a super yacht owned by a British company. Drafting Crew Contracts of Employment, providing for strict bribery and confidentiality clauses, to ensure performance, excellence and the highest possible quality in the services rendered by the Crew. Provision of legal services and advise with regards to the crew members’ insurance with the Greek Seaman’s Pension Fund.  
• Legal advice and assistance in relation to the issuance of working Visas for various Thai (non-EU) individuals to be employed in a construction project assigned to the company in one of the major oil refineries of the country. 
• Legal advice regarding the renumeration and additional benefits/allowances applying to fuel truck drivers in Greece. 
• Legal advice to a UK company following the acquisition of a business in Greece and in particular in relation to Greek mandatory employment law, including review and revising of the template employment agreement for the UK-based employees. Our advice focused also on IP Greek law concerning employees’ inventions. 
• Legal advice for a U.K. University in relation to the relocation of employees to Greece and the option available for their engagement, focusing particularly on the advantages of a consultancy agreement as opposed to a dependent employment scheme. 
• Provision of legal advice to the company regarding the handling of an employee’s request to work remotely on grounds related to the employee’s health, which were not evidenced. Advice whether the employee’s denial to return to the office would constitute valid cause for termination. 
• Legal advice to a Company regarding the impact to the employees of the transfer of part of its business in particular because of the decision of the new employer to discontinue an insurance policy benefit, focusing on accruals in place and ways to continue the policy. 
• Legal advice regarding the implementation in Greece of the TUPE Directive (98/50/EC), focusing particularly on the notification to be made to the employees concerning the upcoming transfer of business and the formalities to be taken care of by the client as a transferring employer. 
• Review of numerous Employee Privacy notices in cooperation with a leading UK Law Firm for various companies, having a presence in Greece, for the purpose of ensuring compliance with GDPR and local employment law. 
• Legal advice on the new regulatory framework which has introduced stricter monitoring obligations in relation to actual working hours spent by employees. In particular, a new system involving the use of digital cards to be checked upon starting and ending each day’s employment, has been introduced and we are providing advice on the actual implementation to the Company’s staff, including outsourced employees. 
• Provision of legal advice and assistance in relation to the transfer of all the employees of Connect Business, in a newly established company, following the Separation and Transfer of the Connect Business. 
• Provision of on-going legal advice to a U.S. listed client on employment contract termination and redundancy formalities and procedures in general, including severance package calculations including employment contracts’ revision. 
• Provision of ongoing legal advice to an international hotel group on all aspects of labour and employment law, with special focus on employee dismissals, following COVID-19, in conjunction with benefits granted by the Hellenic Republic to the affected travel industries. 
• Providing labor advisory services to a U.S. multinational company with presence in Greece with regards to several issues for working remotely on a permanent basis (including full home-based scheme and various blended schemes), as opposed to Covid-19 mandatory provisions, including amendments of the employment contracts in place, parental leave following recent review of the Greek legal framework, etc.
• Provision of advice to an international client regarding the closing of its facilities in Greece and introducing a flexible working scheme, including working from home and making use of a Regus membership available to all Group employees. Review of the respective policy for Europe to ensure compliance with Greek Law, drafting of communication to be addressed to the employees. Our advice included also guidance on issues related to the termination of employment agreements as well as drafting of the necessary documentatiion and coordinating with all parties involved, such as Court Bailiffs, Payroll Services Providers, etc. for the completion of termination.
• Provision of advice on termination of services agreements, which under the circumstances qualify as employment agreements and the respective implications from an employment law perspective. 
• Provision of legal advice to a U.S. listed company with strong presence in Greece on various employment matters and consulting the company on the engagement of third country nationals as company’s executives, officers and Board members and applying for the issuance of their residence permits according to the new Immigration and Social Integration Code. 
  Provision of legal advice regarding Covid-19 related measures and in particular vaccination against Covid-19 and impact on employment relationships. 
• Advice with reference to the transfer of employees following the acquisition of a company based in Europe with activities in Greece, as well as with reference to the warrant plan in place and the affect the above acquisition may have to the latter. 
• Provision of legal advice to the client regarding the employment contract to be entered into with an employee relocating in Athens, in order to work under a home office arrangement. The advice included comparison between Austrian and Greek law provisions, the revision of the standard employment contract so as to comply with mandatory Greek law as well as the revising of the home office agreement, so as to reflect the scheme envisaged by the parties. 
• Provision of legal advice regarding working from home. Our advice included also the review of the said client’s Virtual Workforce Agreement and respective Policy to avoid any deviations from mandatory local law. 
• Provision of advice on termination of services agreements, which under the circumstances qualify as employment agreements, and the respective implications from an employment law perspective. 
  Provision of advice and support regarding an employment dispute with a new mother upon her return to work-Representation of the employer before the Labor Inspection Authorities and before the Greek Ombudsman.
  Termination of the respective employment agreement upon expiration of the protection period by law. 
  Drafting outsourcing agreements for employees to be employed in the implementation of a project for one of the said Client’s customers.
• Provision of advice on all aspects of Greek Labour Law to an international air carrier, in view of the envisaged entry in the Greek Market and drafting of relevant employment agreements. 
• Provision of legal advice to an international hotel operating company on various employment matters and consulting the company on the engagement of third country nationals as company’s executives, officers and Board members and applying for the issuance of their residence permits according to the new Immigration and Social Integration Code. 
• Provision of legal advice to a multinational printers manufacturing company regarding the transfer of the Greek branch's employees in accordance with TUPE rules and Greek labor law.
• Provision of legal advice to the Greek establishment of a global company specializing in industrial cleaning and maintenance regarding employment issues and, in particular, group dismissals, termination procedures, amendment of contracts, negotiations with employees, etc.
• Provision of legal advice to the Greek subsidiary of a US company on employees’ contracts for compliance with local labor legislation and permit issues relating to the engagement of third-country nationals.
• Provision of legal advice to the Greek branch office of a multinational corporation regarding various employment issues and contribution to the drafting of the Employer’s Dismissal Manual with regards to applicable Greek law in this respect.
• Provision of legal advice to a company on various employment matters, such as the imposition of a reduced working hour scheme for employees, according to the newly implemented legislation and consulting regarding its practical application.
• Provision of legal advice and services and court representation of a subsidiary of a Greek bank on certain employment litigation matters.
• Provision of legal advice and services and court representation of a company leader in consumer transaction technologies on certain employment litigation matters.
• Legal advice, representation and provision of legal opinions to a Greek organization in various commercial and employment dispute/litigation issues.
• Provision of legal advice to a global leader group of companies regarding management construction risk in relation to a court action brought by an engineer working on a project that was awarded by the European Agency for Reconstruction.
• Legal advice to a leading global information and measurement company on various employment matters, drafting and negotiating agreements for the provision of services.
• Legal advice to a leading Global Payment Services company on all employment law aspects associated with the review and implementation of a new Employment Handbook in Greece.
• Provision of on-going legal advice to a major International ATMs Manufacturer & IT Services Provider on a broad range of legal matters, including various corporate governance issues to complex commercial transactions (e.g., contemplating a recapitalization plan, negotiating contracts , drafting and advising on dispute resolution).
• Advising prominent software, metrology and automation local company in relation to employment matters.
• Legal advice to a prominent US market research company regarding the implementation of its global bonus scheme in Greece.
• Provision of legal advice to a leading market research company on various employment issues.
• Provision of legal advice to a leading global information and measurement company regarding access of employees of other countries or third companies to files containing personal data.