About Nadia Karabatsou | Athens Lawyer & Accredited Mediator

A Note From Nadia

Why I built this practice.

When I came back to Athens after years in Los Angeles, I noticed something specific about Greek law firms. The good ones were excellent — but they were built around clients who lived in Greece. Diaspora clients, expat clients, international investors — they were treated as exceptions, not as a category.

My own family is on three continents. I know what it feels like to need a lawyer in another country and to be treated like an inconvenience. That is the practice I refused to build.

This office is for the Greek who has not lived in Athens for thirty years and wants to do right by their grandfather's house. It is for the family in California whose inheritance has been frozen for a decade. It is for the investor who has chosen Greece as their second home and wants to be looked after by someone who understands what "international standards" actually means.

I will tell you in plain English whether you have a case. I will quote you a fixed fee. I will reply within one business day. And I will stay until the matter is closed.

Welcome.

— Nadia Karabatsou · Athens, May 2026

Credentials

Every credential below is verifiable.

Education

Law degree — Sorbonne University, Paris. Continuing legal education in cross-border estates, international real estate and ADR.

Bar Admissions

Athens Bar Association — Member. Cyprus Bar Association — Member. Greek Ministry of Justice — Accredited Mediator. Hellenic Mediators Association — Member.

Professional History

Practising attorney in Athens and Cyprus, 2014–present. Associate, Los Angeles law firm, 2010–2013 — corporate, real estate and cross-border practice. Trainee lawyer, Athens, 2007–2009.

Languages

Greek (native). English (fluent — US-trained). French (working — Sorbonne). All client communication, contracts and correspondence handled in English.

Nadia Karabatsou, Athens lawyer and accredited mediator

2007 — Begins Legal Training in Athens

Completes law degree and begins trainee practice in Athens, learning Greek procedural law and civil litigation from the ground up.

2010 — Moves to Los Angeles. Joins a US Firm as an Associate

Works as an associate at a Los Angeles law firm with a focus on corporate, real estate and cross-border matters. Develops fluency in US legal standards and international deal practice.

2013 — Returns to Greece to Build a Cross-Border Practice

Moves back to Athens with a clear vision: a Greek law practice built around clients who live outside Greece. The niche that most firms treat as an afterthought becomes the foundation of the practice.

2014 — Admitted to the Athens Bar

Full admission to the Athens Bar Association. Begins independent practice in Athens, specialising in property law, family law and cross-border matters.

2017 — Admitted to the Cyprus Bar

Extends practice to a second jurisdiction, enabling full representation of clients in both Greece and Cyprus — two of the most common combinations for diaspora families and international investors.

2019 — Accredited as a Mediator by the Greek Ministry of Justice

Completes the accreditation process and joins the Hellenic Mediators Association. Mediation practice focuses on inheritance disputes, family matters and partnership splits — cases where the court timeline is too slow for the relationship damage at stake.

2024 — Opens Secondary Office in Pylos, Messinia

Establishes a second office in the Peloponnese to serve the growing number of clients purchasing property in the region — and to serve the Messinian community directly.

2026 — Launches karabatsoulegal.com

Launches this website to serve the international Greek diaspora and foreign investors directly — with guides, fixed-fee transparency and a booking link on the front page.

Diaspora Cases

When the client is abroad and Greece is complicated

Cases that involve clients abroad, documents in two or three languages, and Greek bureaucracy that has not been touched in decades. Most lawyers find these cases painful. Nadia built her practice around them.

Citizenship by descent

Mediation

When the relationship matters as much as the outcome

Family inheritance disputes, divorce settlements, partnership splits. The Greek courts move slowly — the relationships often cannot wait. Most of Nadia's mediation cases close in three to five sessions.

Inheritance & Estates

Cross-Border Property

Buying and managing Greek property from abroad

Buying, selling and managing Greek property for owners who live elsewhere. Title due diligence at international-firm standards. Power of Attorney workflows refined over a decade of handling international purchases.

Property Purchase

Athens — Glyfada

16 Marangou Street, Glyfada, Attica

(+30) 213 046 3497 / (+30) 697 337 4802

kfk@karampatsos.com

WhatsApp: +30 697 337 4802

linkedin.com/in/nadia-karampatsou-4699b573

Peloponnese — Pylos, Messinia

Trion Navarchon Square, Pylos, Messinia

(+30) 27230 23474