Director

Dimitra is Head of Corporate & Commercial practice, due to her extensive experience to corporate and commercial law, as well as to M&A issues. She advises clients on the wide array of legal issues arising from their pursuit of commercial practice, from day-to-day operations through complex transactions that transform their business.  

Dimitra is also a member of our construction, real estate and land development practice. 

She was previously a senior in-house counsel at Intrakat, a listed company and one of Greece’s largest construction companies. She has also provided legal assistance at other significant clients in a part –time basis, as a detached in- house counsel, so that she covers their temporary needs. Therefore, due to her double capacity (as in-house and external Lawyer) her experience is extended as regards the handling of a wide range of legal matters.  

Her wide-ranging expertise includes conducting due diligence reports, starting new ventures, ensuring corporate governance compliance, conducting strategic planning, raising debt or equity financing, buying or selling all or part of a business or carrying out corporate reorganizations, handling bid protests, drafting a variety of commercial, civil, construction and maintenance contracts, lease contracts, real estate and purchase agreements. She has also played a key role to the execution of multiple mergers & acquisitions as well as to the capital increase of Intrakat.

EDUCATION

• Law Degree, Dimokritio University of Thrace, Law School
• LL.M in Commercial Law, University of Kommotini

PRACTICES

• Corporate & Commercial
• Construction & Real Estate
• Antitrust, Competition & Regulatory

ADMISSIONS

• Larissa Bar Association

RECOMMENDATIONS 

• Recommended Lawyer by “The Legal 500”

Legal 500 EMEA – 2024 Edition

“Dimitra Gkanatsiou has strong expertise in corporate law and issues of corporate governance and she has the ability to explain to her clients the most complex issues in simple words. Always a good legal advisor.”

Legal 500 EMEA – 2023 Edition

“Stand-out partners are Theodore Pistiolis and Dimitra Gkanatsiou. What is impressive is their commitment to guarantee delivery of results and their personal involvement in most projects. The practice promises the engagement of top people and this promise is honored, something that does not happen so often in the market.”

Legal 500 EMEA – 2022 Edition

“Dimitra Gkanatsiou works in a highly efficient and effective manner. Her advice is always insightful and her feedback is always to the point.”

Legal 500 EMEA – 2017 Edition

“Dimitra Gkanatsiou is solution – oriented”

LANGUAGES

• Greek
• English