About
Provided by Bernitsas Law
Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
Our practice has a strong track record in major administrative, civil and commercial and corporate crime disputes. We offer a highly specialised level of representation before the courts in Greece and Europe, industrial tribunals, the ICC and in arbitrations and mediations. We have an expertise in advising on Administrative & Compliance, Banking & Finance, Corporate & Commercial and Restructuring & Insolvency Disputes, Corporate Crime & Fraud and Fraud Investigations.
Recent Experience:
- Enforcement Proceedings Dispute: Panayotis Bernitsas, Christos Paraskevopoulos and team represent a prominent Greek energy group with global footprint in a €2.3bn dispute related to enforcement proceedings by a foreign creditor against their debtor.
- Concession Agreement Arbitration: Panayotis Bernitsas, Dimitris Roussis and team advise a joint venture of Greek and international construction companies, in ad-hoc arbitration proceedings arising under the respective concession agreement of the 'Olympia Odos' highway with the Greek State, regarding multiple claims against the Greek State, with a collective value of over €132m.
- Damages Claim: Christos Paraskevopoulos and team advise the Greek subsidiary of a leading multinational insurance company on client claims for monetary and moral damages.
- Landfill Tax Dispute: Dimitris Roussis and team advise a company on a €136m dispute arising from the imposition of landfill tax on municipal waste.