Elina Filippou

Partner

Full Biography

Elina heads the firm’s private client practice. She brings in years of experience in international tax matters and the way they impact the structuring of wealth and the performance of investment activity. She has been working with multijurisdictional family offices, asset managers and family-owned businesses on wealth structuring and estate planning, multi-generational governance and estate planning matters. She is active in the start-up ecosystem, working with start-ups and their investors, on tax aspects over the life of the activity from set up to exit, with a particular focus on compensation mechanisms for founders and executives.

Elina is acknowledged as a highly regarded tax practitioner in Greece by a number of professional directories, such the International Tax Review (ITR), Legal 500, Who is Who Legal and Global Elite. She has been with Zepos & Yannopoulos since 2004 and is a member of the firm’s executive committee.

Education

  • Athens University of Economics and Business (Postgraduate Diploma in Tax Law)

  • University College London (LL.M. in Banking and Finance Law)

  • University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B.)

Languages

  • Greek

  • English

  • French

Awards

ITR World Tax

2024

ITR World Tax

Global Elite 2024

2024

Global Elite 2024

Global Elite Filippou 2023

2023

Global Elite

Legal500 next generation partners 2023

2023

Legal500