Iro holds an LL.B. from the Law School of the University of Athens. During her undergraduate studies, she was awarded scholarships by the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) in recognition of her academic performance and graduated with first-class honours and Valedictorian of her class. She continued her studies at the University of Heidelberg, where she obtained an LL.M. (in corporate law), and at the University of Athens where she was awarded her Ph.D. (in corporate law). She has also attended the programme “Tax Law for Legal Professionals” at the Athens University of Economics and Business. Prior to joining Kelemenis & Co. in 2008, she did her traineeship at ATE Securities, a subsidiary of ATEbank.

Iro is a lawyer specialising in corporate and commercial law, with professional experience spanning twenty years. Her practice covers a broad range of commercial law matters, including company law, commercial contracts, insolvency and corporate restructuring, banking law – particularly its regulatory aspects – as well as competition and intellectual property. She has extensive experience in the structuring and operation of commercial agency, distribution and franchise networks. In this context, she has been involved both in structuring and negotiating the contractual framework for the establishment of such networks and in managing, pursuing and defending claims arising from the termination of such contracts.

She is active in both advisory and transactional work as well as the resolution of complex commercial disputes, representing companies, investors and business groups before civil courts and arbitral tribunals. She has extensive experience in handling complex matters involving corporate and commercial disputes, shareholder and partner disputes, directors’ liability issues, as well as disputes arising from commercial agreements and business transactions. Beyond her specialisation in commercial law, Iro also advises clients on a broad range of business law matters, including employment and tax law, regulatory compliance, corporate governance and the regulatory framework governing business activity, assisting companies and business groups in matters relating to their organisation, operation and development. She regularly handles matters with an international dimension and works comfortably in English in the context of negotiations and the drafting of legal documents.

Iro acts for Greek and international companies at all stages of complex business transactions, from the legal structuring and planning of the transaction through to negotiation and completion. She has particular experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), often of a cross-border nature, as well as in conducting legal due diligence and drafting complex agreements, including share purchase and shareholders’ agreements. She also has significant expertise in insolvency and corporate restructuring, advising and representing companies, investors and creditors in bankruptcy, restructuring and corporate reorganisation proceedings. She frequently provides legal opinions on commercial and regulatory law matters, combining her strong academic background with extensive practical experience in demanding business matters.

Iro has represented clients across a wide range of sectors, including tourism and hospitality, banking, information and communications technology, medical and pharmaceutical companies and medical equipment suppliers, retail companies with a particular focus on distribution networks, energy companies (particularly in the solar energy sector), and real estate development companies.

Clients she has advised or represented include Chevron, Hanesbrands, Champion, The Athlete’s Foot, General Electric, Imperial Tobacco, Geox SpA, Raisin Bank, China Development Bank, Stryker, Sunpower, Eco Atlantic (Oil & Gas), Endesa Hellas, DA Strategy, Meeting Point Hellas, FTI Touristik GmbH, Aurenza Hospitality, Pylones Hellas S.A., IKnowHow S.A., IKnowHealth S.A., Inter Cars, Lamda Star, the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AEPI), ABH Medical Group, Caffè Bristot, Labomed, Nikolis Group, Avantis Estate Winery, P. Kelemenis A.E.B.E. and Real Lesvos.

Publications (indicative list)

• “Principal (independent) intervention, ancillary intervention, third-party notice to necessary co-litigants, third-party notice to the true owner or possessor, third-party notice to a procedural guarantor, and third-party notice (notice of proceedings)”, in: N. Leontis (ed.), Templates in Civil Procedure, Nomiki Bibliothiki, Athens, 2022 (2nd ed.), pp. 93 ff., 104 ff., 124 ff., 132 ff., 136 ff. and 147 ff., respectively.
• “Article-by-article commentary on Articles 173, 200, 320–334, 374–388 and 922 of the Civil Code”, in: N. Leontis (ed.), Commentary on the Civil Code, Nomiki Bibliothiki, Athens, 2020.
• “Templates for actions seeking annulment of a General Meeting resolution of a société anonyme, nullity of a General Meeting resolution of a société anonyme, and judgment ordering a declaration of intent pursuant to an extra-corporate agreement”, in: G. Triantafyllakis (ed.), Commercial Law Templates, Nomiki Bibliothiki, Athens, 2019, pp. 54 ff., 65 ff. and 101 ff., respectively.
• “Application for court intervention in the event of failure to convene an extraordinary General Meeting (Article 141(1) of Law 4548/2018)” and “Refusal of judicial review regarding the validity of a refusal to provide information to a shareholder (Article 141(8) of Law 4548/2018)”, in: P. Masouros (ed.), Actions and Applications under the Law of Société Anonyme, Nomiki Bibliothiki, Athens, 2019 (2nd ed.), pp. 184 ff. and 254 ff., respectively.
• “Application for convening an extraordinary meeting of partners (Article 11 of Law 3190/1955) or an ordinary meeting in the event of managers’ inaction (Article 10(3) of Law 3190/1955)” and “Application for the appointment of a temporary administration (Article 69 of the Civil Code)”, in: P. Masouros (ed.), Actions and Applications in Private Companies, Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies, Nomiki Bibliothiki, Athens, 2017, pp. 292 ff. and 546 ff.
• Statutory Freedom in the Société Anonyme, Nomiki Bibliothiki, Athens, 2014 (monograph)
• “Greece: On-going legal reform as a key to social change and financial growth in Greece”, in IFLR1000 – The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms 2014, London: Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, 2013.
• “Arbitration: Greece”, in PLC Cross-Border Dispute Resolution Handbook, Vol. 2, 2010/2011, London: Practical Law Company.