Haroula Constandinidou

Haroula Constandinidou is the senior partner of Constandinidou – Stavropoulos – Stavropoulou (CS Law Firm), an Athens practice with a long-standing dedication to family law and private international law. Her recognition as recipient of the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2026 — Family Law Firm of the Year in Greece reflects nearly five decades of specialist work in one of the most personal and demanding areas of legal practice.

The firm and its focus

The practice was founded by Haroula Constandinidou in 1977 and was restructured as a partnership in 2010. From its very foundation, the office has concentrated on family law — both Greek and international — and on private international law. That consistency of purpose over many years has allowed the firm to develop deep expertise in the questions that most affect individuals and families, from marriage and divorce to the arrangements that follow when relationships cross borders.

The firm provides legal services in both the Greek and the international sphere. It works with clients across the member states of the European Union and further afield, including the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Monaco, Israel, the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Central and Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Hong Kong. To support this international clientele the firm maintains a network of distinguished law firms abroad and operates flexible working hours to accommodate clients in different time zones. The office is located on Skoufa Street in central Athens.

Cross-border family law

The firm's dual focus on family law and private international law is particularly significant. As families become more international — through migration, mixed-nationality marriages, relocation for work, and the ownership of assets in more than one country — family disputes increasingly raise complex conflict-of-laws questions. Which country's courts have jurisdiction over a divorce? Which law governs the division of property or the maintenance of a spouse or child? How is a foreign judgment or a child-custody arrangement recognised and enforced? These are precisely the issues on which a practice combining substantive family law with private international law is equipped to advise.

Family law in Greece

Greek family law forms part of the Civil Code and governs matters such as marriage, divorce, parental responsibility, child maintenance, spousal support and the property relations of spouses. As an EU member state, Greece also applies the body of European regulations that coordinate jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition of judgments in matrimonial and parental-responsibility matters, as well as the international instruments that address child abduction and the protection of children. In this environment, families with connections to more than one country need advisers who understand both the domestic rules and the international framework that sits above them. A firm that has specialised in international and Greek family law since 1977 is well positioned to help clients navigate sensitive proceedings with both technical skill and discretion.

A specialist, client-focused approach

Family disputes are rarely only legal problems; they are also emotional and financial ones, often involving children and the future shape of a family's life. A practice that has chosen to concentrate on this field, rather than treating it as one service among many, signals a commitment to the careful, human-centred handling that such matters require. The firm's willingness to work flexibly and to coordinate with lawyers in other jurisdictions underlines its focus on the practical needs of an international clientele.

Recognition

By naming Haroula Constandinidou and Constandinidou – Stavropoulos – Stavropoulou Family Law Firm of the Year in Greece for 2026, the Corporate INTL Global Awards recognise a firm whose sustained specialisation in Greek and international family law, and whose established international network, make it a natural choice for individuals and families facing cross-border family matters connected to Greece.