Dimitrios Zanganas

Associate

Dimitris is an Associate of Machas and Partners Law Firm and specializes in criminal law with a particular focus on cases involving white-collar crime and medical malpractice. Prior to joining the firm in 2021, he worked at a top-tier law firm practicing exclusively in the area of criminal law.

As a member of the Criminal Law and White-Collar Crime practice of Machas & Partners Law Firm, Dimitris has gained extensive experience in handling cases of fraud, breach of trust, tax crimes, embezzlement, forgery, money laundering, abuse of a dominant market position, medical malpractice etc., representing both individuals and corporate representatives both at the preliminary level and before the Greek criminal courts of all levels, achieving excellent results.

Indicatively, Dimitris has:

  • successfully represented the CEO of a leading manufacturing company before the Three-Member Court for Felonies, achieving his acquittal on felony breach of trust charges of an amount exceeding €1 million;
  • successfully defended a former Director of a Public healthcare organization before the Three-Member Court of Appeal for Felonies, following court proceedings lasting over three months, achieving his acquittal on felony breach of trust charges of an amount exceeding €1 million;
  • successfully represented a former Branch Bank Manager before the Three-Member Court for Felonies, achieving his acquittal on felony fraud charges of an amount exceeding €500,000.

Dimitris is an LL.M. graduate of the renowned University of Munich (LMU).

His writing work includes several contributions in prominent legal journals, reflecting Dimitris’ continuous engagement with key topics in Criminal Law:

The new scope of extenuating circumstances: from the criterion of an honest to a law – abiding earlier life to the regression of the rule of law, Novacriminalia, April 2024;

Suicide and Assisted Suicide within the Framework of the Right to Self-Determination. Commentary on the February 26, 2020 decision of the Second Chamber of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany — The Art of Crime (Commented Case Law), November 2020;

Comments on Supreme Court Ruling (Criminal) 1114/2023 – Statute of Limitations for Tax Crimes: Principle of Retroactive Application of the More Lenient Law, Poiniki Dikaiosini, January 2024.

EXPERTISE
EDUCATION
University of Athens, Law School (LL.B.), 2017
Ludwig – Maximilians, Universität München (LL.M.), 2021
ADMISSIONS
Athens Bar Association, 2021
LANGUAGES
Greek English German
Ethics, integrity, professionalism, experience, knowledge, expertise. Legal500, 2025, Testimonials, White-collar Crime