Theodore  Pistiolis

Theodore Pistiolis

Office Managing Director/Partner

Theodore Pistiolis is a Managing Partner at Andersen Legal in Greece and also the Head of the Corporate & Commercial practice.

Theodore is one of the foremost corporate practitioners in Athens with particularly strong credentials in the TMT, energy and construction sectors. His clientele includes energy and utility companies both in private and public sector, top tier construction companies, high profile venture capital funds, multinational  software  houses, commercial companies and companies from virtual every industry in Greece. 

Theodore has standout expertise in the high-profile Greek tech start-up sector. At the same time, he runs corporate transformation projects, commercial contentious and non-contentious issue, and he is able to efficiently organize legal departments of major Greek and international companies.

He is a Lawyer recommended by the Legal 500, EMEA edition for more than 10 consecutive years in the areas of Corporate and M&A, Employment, TMT, Construction & Real Estate. 

He is an appointed Arbitrator to the Euroleague Basketball Dispute Resolution Chamber (EDRC).

Theodore was a Legal Counsel to the Greek Minister of Trade of Commerce where he played a hands-on role in legislative initiatives, specializing in public tenders, competition and intellectual property.

Other previous roles include working in the European Commission’s energy arm, where he specialized in the homogenization of electricity and gas networks, and as a Public Relations Counsel to the Greek Ministry of Defense. Theodore’s advising has helped his clients succeed in transactions and in court since the firm’s inception.