Financial and corporate
Tsibanoulis & Partners is a Greek business law firm founded in 1996 and based in Athens. The firm is especially well known for its work in capital markets and the thought leadership of its Managing Partner, Dr. Dimitrios Tsibanoulis. This year, Dimitris Tsibanoulis and his team provided legal services to the Ministry of Economy and Finance within the Greek government, including the review and drafting of legislative provisions relation to capital markets, real estate investment companies, and crypto assets, among others. The team has also provided specialised regulatory advice to Eurex Clearing related to the licensing regime applicable to credit institutions under Greek law, particularly the interaction between the Greek legal framework and Eurex Clearing’s Elementary Credit Model. Key clients of the firm include the Cooperative Bank of Epirus, Eurobank, Hellas Direct Insurance, BNP Paribas, Export Credit Greece, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Kappa Securities, Eurex Clearing, Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations, Technical Olympic, Cooperative Bank of Chania, Iatriki Diagnosi Group, Covariance Private Company, Hellenic Opportunity Fud, Tsiknakis Construction, and Pavdim Hellas.
Testimonials
‘The depth of technical expertise of Mr. Dimitrios Tsibanoulis personally, whose academic background and decades of practice in banking, capital markets and financial regulation are reflected in every piece of advice rendered. His command of both Greek and EU financial law (CRR/CRD, MiFID II/MiFIR, MAR, Prospectus Regulation, Securitisation Regulation, the SSM/SRM framework) provides a level of analytical precision rarely encountered in the local market.’ (Banking & Finance)
‘The firm's ability to combine doctrinal rigour with operational pragmatism. Advice is consistently delivered in a form that is directly usable for legislative drafting, regulatory interaction and policy decision-making, without sacrificing legal accuracy or completeness.’ (Banking & Finance)
‘The firm's bench depth and ability to mobilise specialised expertise across banking, capital markets, financial sanctions, AML/CFT and corporate governance, when required, ensures that mandates are handled with the appropriate breadth of perspective.’ (Banking & Finance)
‘Dimitrios Tsibanoulis combines exceptional doctrinal command of Greek and EU financial law with a rare ability to translate complex regulatory analysis into operationally usable advice. His expertise across banking law, capital markets regulation, MiFID II/MiFIR, the prudential framework (CRR/CRD), market abuse and prospectus law, and the SSM/SRM architecture is consistently of the highest professional standard.’ (Banking & Finance)
‘Dimitrios Tsibanoulisis distinguished by analytical rigour, precision of legal reasoning and an ability to identify the critical regulatory issue at the earliest stage of a mandate. His advice is delivered with clarity, brevity where appropriate and full doctrinal depth where required. He demonstrates absolute discretion and professional integrity.’ (Banking & Finance)