Consistency, seriousness, honesty and a sense of responsibility are the guiding principles of our firm when handling each client’s case, from the simplest to the most complex. Always with the client’s best interests in mind, we strive to provide the ideal solution to the client’s legal problem.
Antonios Epitropakis was born in Heraklion, Crete, in 1976 and he is the Founder and Managing Partner of Epitropakis & Associates Law Firm, which was established in 2001 in Heraklion, Crete, continuing the family tradition since 1960.
He graduated from the Law School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and he litigates at the Courts of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court as Attorney at law for more than 25 years. Over these years, he has represented international companies, politicians, top-tier football teams, associations and others in court and he has handled a diversity of criminal law cases throughout Greece, achieving significant success in this field.
Antonios specializes in Accident law and Criminal law, mostly in economic crime (investment fraud, online fraud, tax evasion, bribery / corruption etc.). He has attended a multitude of seminars and training sessions related to criminal law, accident law, tax law, medical law and human rights. For him, continuous education, achieving the best possible outcome in his cases and building a relationship of trust between client – lawyer is his primary goal.
He is fluent in Greek, English and Russian.
Nikolaos was born in Anogia, Rethymno, and is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is an active member of the Heraklion Bar Association and has been an associate at Epitropakis & Associates law firm since 2017.
Nikolaos practices both litigation and advisory law and handles cases across a wide legal spectrum, with specialization in Civil Law. He has participated in legal and scientific conferences and seminars and has attended training sessions covering all branches of law, indicatively: contemporary issues in Inheritance law, the changes introduced by Law 4800/2021 to Family law, the institution of cohabitation agreement, Greek National Land Registry Law, GDPR, the changes introduced by Law 5090/2024 to Criminal law and Code of criminal procedure, issues in International & European Law, addressing cases of gender-based and domestic violence, trademark registration process in Greece etc.
He is fluent in Greek and English.
Ioanna A. Papantonaki was born in Heraklion, Crete and is a graduate of the Law Department of the Democritus University of Thrace. She later graduated from the University of Central Lancashire, England, with a postgraduate research degree (MSc) in Criminology.
She has participated in scientific legal conferences, seminars and workshops on Civil and Criminal Law, Criminology and particularly in economic crime and crimes against sexual freedom, forensic graphology and interrogational methodology. She has also been trained in the management of special witness population, in facial and behavioral analysis and detecting lies and deception during the interrogation and court hearings. She has also received a certificate of actual attendance of the special training seminars for the assistance of the Lawyer in the recognition, registration, modification and dissolution of an association according to no. 787 CPC and has been included in the relevant list of the Heraklion Bar Association.
She practices litigation and counseling and deals with all kinds of legal cases and especially criminal and civil law cases. She has been an associate of our Firm since 2020 and is an active member of the Heraklion Bar Association.
She speaks Greek, English and German.
Michael Vidakis was born and raised in Heraklion. He is an Attorney at Law, member of the Heraklion Bar Association and he specializes in Criminal, Traffic and Immigration Law. He graduated from the Law School of Neapolis University of Pafos and he has been an associate at the firm since 2018.
He is fluent in Greek, English and Italian.
