Chara Zerva, Managing Partner of NKLAW and General Legal Counsel & BoD Legal Advisor at Enterprise Greece SA, participated yesterday April 29, in Athens in a cross-border dialogue that matters at the panel “Doing Business in the U.S. & Greece.”, co-hosted by the The Chicago Bar Association and the Athens Bar Association.
Mrs Zerva, along with the esteemed speakers Brian P. Liston, Liston & Tsantilis, Stratigou Rania, Attorney at Law and Greta Weathersby, Senior Corporate Counsel, WEC Energy Group, with the participation of US Supreme Court Judges, explored what it truly means to operate across two jurisdictions — and what has genuinely changed in Greece’s investment landscape: from regaining investment grade and posting FDI growth of +62.2% in 2025, to the structural reforms that have quietly dismantled the barriers that once defined Greece’s risk profile. Their insightful panel was moderated by John C. Sciaccotta, Aronberg Goldgehn; CBA Past President.
The session covered ground that matters for practitioners on both sides of the Atlantic — corporate governance divergence, GDPR compliance and exposure, the FCPA obligations that follow US companies into Greek operations, and the new mandatory FDI screening framework under Law 5202/2025 that every cross-border transaction team needs to understand before signing an LOI.
A particular focus: the sectors now requiring pre-closing regulatory clearance, and the timeline and SPA conditionality that deal structures must absorb.
The conversation between two legal cultures — one principles-based and harmonized, the other federal and sector-driven — is one worth continuing.