Catherine Karatzas

Specialises in corporate and banking law. Acted as counsel to major Greek or international clients in the areas of capital markets, banking and M&A. Worked on almost all the major equity offerings, M&A and tender offers in Greece. She was awarded the pan-European award in the category of financial regulation in the International Financial Law Review Europe Women in Business Law awards in 2015.

Associate with Shearman & Sterling in New York (1988-92). She has been with Karatzas & Partners since 1992 and she became Managing Partner in 1996.

Athens and New York Bar Associations.

LLM, Columbia University, New York. She speaks fluently Greek, English and French and has a working knowledge of Italian and Spanish.