Nikos Salakas Moves In-House as Alpha Bank Chief of Corporate Center and General Counsel

Former Koutalidis Partner Nikos Salakas has left the firm to join Alpha Bank as its new Chief of Corporate Center and General Counsel.

Salakas has been with Koutalidis since 1999 and has been in charge of the firm’s Banking and Finance practice from 2008 to 2019. According to Koutalidis, Salakas will now be “undertaking a key managerial role as Chief of Corporate Center and General Counsel at Alpha Bank, having a seat at the bank’s Executive Committee and reporting directly to the CEO. In his above capacity, he shall be responsible for the areas of Strategy, ESG, Legal Department, Corporate Affairs, and HR, where he will be closely collaborating with the Chief of Human Resources.”

Following Salakas’s departure, Koutalidis Managing Partner Nikos Koritsas will head the firm’s Banking and Finance department together with Partners Effie Papoutsi and Ioannis Kaptanis.

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