Alkistis Spentzou

Alkistis Spentzou, Senior Counsel

Alkistis Spentzou is Senior Counsel at Katsouris Law Firm, with more than 30 years of experience in banking, regulatory compliance and data protection law. She is admitted to practise before the Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) and the Council of State, is a certified Data Protection Officer (DPO Executive, ISO/IEC 17024), and works fluently in Greek, English and French.

Her career was built in banking law. She joined the legal services division of Interbank in 1995, handling enforcement, mortgage and insurance matters and representing the bank in civil trials. In 2000 she moved to the Eurobank group, first advising Eurobank Cards on consumer credit, card business contracts, data privacy, anti-fraud and anti-money laundering compliance. From 2004 she worked in Eurobank’s Legal Services Division, and from 2014 to 2020 she headed the legal department supporting the Group’s Clients’ Relations Office. In that role she advised on consumer protection, MiFID, payment services and personal data protection, drafted legal opinions on legal and business risk, prepared the bank’s responses to investigations by the Data Protection Authority, the Bank of Greece, the Hellenic Capital Market Commission and the Consumer Ombudsman, and represented the bank in administrative, civil and data protection proceedings.

From 2021 to 2025 she served as Legal Officer at the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), supporting the Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum. She advised on migrant integration projects and drafted and reviewed agreements with international organisations and NGOs.

Alkistis began her career in 1990 in industrial property and trademark law at Patrinos & Kilimiris Law Office. She holds a law degree (LLB) from the University of Athens and a degree in Criminological Sciences from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), and has been a member of the Athens Bar Association since 1993.