English Speaking Greek Lawyer and Accountant Service in Australia and in Greece
How we can help Australian Greeks, Dual Citizens and Expats with their legal needs
Our team of English speaking Greek lawyers are based in Athens and travel to our Australian partner offices semi-regularly to assist clients. We provide comprehensive legal services covering property, inheritance, citizenship, business and tax law to Australian and Greek Dual Nationals, Australian Greeks, Australian and Greek Expats as well as Australians of Greek heritage. We have experience dealing with the Greek Consulates across Australia including in Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide.
Our Greek law firm consists of the three lawyers that specialise in the types of issues Australian Greeks face on a daily basis. For example, we provide:
- Property advice for Australian expats in Greece and Greek Australians in Australia. This includes assisting with purchasing property, selling property and inheriting property. Many Australian Greeks inherit properties in Greece and need to firstly go through the inheritance process, and secondly ensure they comply with requirements and regulations. Our lawyers, in conjunction with our accounting team, can help ensure you comply with these requirements.
- Immigration and citizenship services for Australians moving to Greece. Many Australians of Greek descent come to us in order to secure citizenship. We act as your representative in Greece in order to work through the system on your behalf and get the documentation you need. We also help you with the citizenship application process and can guide you through the application process as well as undertake document discovery. Where your documents are in a remote village in Greece, or somewhere difficult to access, our team can communicate with a local lawyer or other representative (sometimes a family member) in order to gather the information you require.
- Business operations, tax and property management: Many of our clients, based in Australia including in Brisbane, Perth, Darwin and other parts of Australia have business operations in Greece that need to be taken care of. Sometimes, it’s simply business and company establishment, whilst many have inherited properties that require management or require legal advice on international tax law. Our English speaking lawyers are able to assist Australia based clients to manage their business affairs including property management. Where you have multiple apartments that need to be managed, we are not real estate agents or airbnb operators. However, we do have a trusted network of people who we can refer to you and are more than happy to work with any local real estate agents you have relationships with. Our role, is to protect your interests and ensure everything is compliant.
We also have a generalist lawyer as part of our team and are able to assist with a range of other legal needs such as advice on preparing a will.
How we can help Australian Greeks, Dual Citizens and Expats with their accounting and tax needs
As a multi-disciplinary firm, we also provide an accounting and taxation advisory service that compliments our legal service. Our Greek tax accountant for Australians speaks fluent English and is familiar with the double tax processes and crediting system. He understands the documentation required from Australia and the processes required by the tax department to comply with everything.
Our team of tax accountants specialises in international tax and compliance. We can help you:
- Complete your tax return as an expat or overseas resident.
- Establish a business in Greece.
- Comply with Greek tax requirements and regulations
- Undertake offshore company formation and international tax planning.
- Apply for Article 5A, 5B and 5C.
- Inherit property and buy and sell property (and comply with associated tax requirements).
- Other complex tax compliance with Australian and Europe (Greece).
We help Australian Greeks and Australian Expats comply with all Greek tax requirements and optimise their taxation outcomes.
Where to find our English speaking Greek lawyers and Accountants in Australia
Our English speaking Greek lawyers and accountants are based in Athens, Greece. We have a representative office in Sydney, as well as a presence in Melbourne, and Brisbane. Our Athens based team regularly visits Australia to undertake tasks, provide advice, and have documentation signed. This can fast-track the process especially when wait-times at the consulates can be quite long. We also have permanent legal representatives in Australia.