Dr. Alexandros Karakitis

Professional Experience

Alexandros Karakitis is the lawyer in charge of the firm. He has more than 20 years of experience in tax and business law matters. In particular, he has vast experience in transfer pricing, including transfer pricing policy design, documentation, preventive dispute elimination mechanisms, i.e. APA (Advance Pricing Arrangements) and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, i.e. MAP (Mutual Agreement Procedure), in permanent establishment taxation, in business acquisition structuring and due diligence, in tax controversy support and in tax litigation. Since the establishment of the firm in 2018, he has successfully completed tax litigation projects, relating to transfer pricing, out-of-books reassessment and taxation of business profits and to withholding taxes, and advised companies regarding the expansion of their activities outside Greece and foreign investors regarding the optimal implementation of their investments in Greece. His services have also included corporate law and immigration law advice and coordination of the procedure for the acquisition of permanent residency and of the residence permit procedures for executives.

He is member of the Athens Bar and he is admitted to the Supreme Courts of Greece

Practice Areas/Industries

  • Tax Advice
  • Tax Controversy and Litigation in Administrative and Criminal Courts
  • Commercial and Corporate Law Advisory and Litigation
  • Immigration Law
  • Real Estate and Hospitality
  • Life Sciences
  • Oil & Gas
  • Start-ups
  • Consumer Products
  • Energy

Academic Background

  • Dr. iuris in International Tax Law from the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (1995)
  • Post-graduate degree in European Law from the Europa Institut der Universität des Saarlandes (1989)
  • Law degree (LL.B) from the Faculty of Law of the Aristotles University of Thessaloniki (1988)

Languages

  • Greek
  • English
  • German