Katerina Marini

Katerina Marini is the founder and managing director of Katerina Marini and Associates Law Firm, an Athens-based practice recognised as winner of the Investment Law Firm of the Year in Greece award at the 2024 Corporate INTL Global Awards. Leading a team drawn from across the legal profession, she heads a full-service firm that has developed particular strength in advising foreign investors on entering the Greek market, and that positions itself as a bold and solution-focused adviser working closely with its clients.

Established two decades ago, the firm has grown into a practice of around fourteen partners and associates offering broad coverage of Greek law. Its practice areas extend across real estate sales and rentals, commercial and corporate law, banking law, administrative and tax law, international tax, inheritance law, energy law and debt restructuring, among others. This range enables the firm to support both individuals and businesses across the transactions and disputes that arise in the course of investing and operating in Greece, combining transactional advice with representation before the courts and public authorities where required.

The firm's most distinctive specialisation lies in investment-related immigration and residence. It has become a recognised adviser on the issuance of residence permits for foreign real estate investors, having secured, by its own account, more than two hundred such permits since the relevant programme was introduced. This work sits at the meeting point of real estate, corporate and immigration law, and reflects the firm's ability to guide international investors through the practical steps of acquiring property in Greece and obtaining the residence rights that accompany qualifying investment. For clients drawn to Greece by its property market and residency options, this integrated capability is a central part of the firm's appeal.

Operating from offices in central Athens on Vasilis Sofias Avenue and in Acharnes, the firm serves a clientele that includes overseas investors alongside domestic clients. Its approach is described as an advanced one, working closely with clients to develop effective and confident solutions to their legal matters. That client-centred philosophy underpins a practice that treats investment not as a single transaction but as an ongoing relationship, addressing the tax, corporate, banking and real estate questions that continue to arise once an investment has been made.

Under Katerina Marini's leadership, the firm blends the personal engagement of a founder-led practice with the breadth of a multi-disciplinary team. Investment law in Greece requires an adviser able to coordinate several fields at once, and the firm's structure reflects that reality, allowing it to manage the legal, regulatory and administrative dimensions of foreign investment from a single point of contact. The recognition conferred by the 2024 Corporate INTL Global Awards affirms the firm's standing as a leading Greek adviser to investors and the reputation that Marini has built since founding the practice. It highlights, in particular, the firm's demonstrated experience in translating investment into secure residence and property rights for an international clientele.