Efstathios Bakalis is the Head of the Tax Litigation practice group at KBVL Law Firm, Member of the Deloitte Legal Network, and is admitted to the Athens Bar Association.
He has extensive experience advising Greek and multinational clients, both individuals and legal entities, across a wide range of industry sectors, including real estate, banking, insurance, e-commerce, hotels and leisure, retail, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, gaming, shipping, energy, technology and education, throughout all stages of tax controversy matters.
He is a highly regarded tax litigator and has successfully handled numerous complex cases before the tax authorities, the Dispute Resolution Directorate and the competent Administrative Courts, in particular the Council of State. He has also contributed to the development of Greek tax jurisprudence through his involvement in a series of landmark cases before the Council of State, including the plenary decision on the statute of limitations applicable to the Greek State’s right to impose taxes.
In addition, he has successfully represented clients in tax-related criminal cases. He serves as Tax Counsel to the Athens Bar Association and to the Plenary of Greek Bar Associations, has actively participated in several preparatory committees on new tax legislation, and has authored several books and publications on tax law issues. He also lectured in and coordinated the Postgraduate Programme in Tax Law/Taxation at the Athens University of Economics and Business from 2010 to 2020.
