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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:

  • Energy Projects Dispute: Panayotis Bernitsas, Christos Paraskevopoulos, Dimitris Roussis and team represent an renewable energy company developing PV parks in Greece in disputes before the Council of State.
  • ​ICC Arbitration: Christos Paraskevopoulos and team have successfully represented a leading Spanish manufacturer in ICC proceedings against their former Greek distributor. 
  • Landfill Tax Dispute: Dimitris Roussis and team advises a company on a €136m dispute arising from the imposition of landfill tax on municipal waste.

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What the Team is Known For

Bernitsas Law maintains a top-tier ranking on account of its strong market recognition and consistent presence in high-profile cases. The law firm has proven capabilities in public law litigation, including cases linked to public tenders and the breach of public contracts. The team handles IP litigation, often defending companies in enforcement actions taken by the Greek data protection regulator or other domestic public bodies. It also assists with employment law disputes and civil action claims. Bernitsas Law has a strong reputation for the capacity to handle complex commercial arbitration.

Work Highlights

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  • Bernitsas Law advised Kosmocar on the EUR8 million civil proceedings initiated by a former dealer.

Strengths

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Bernitsas Law does a spectacular work and goes through a lot of details in a short period of time. The firm gives an outstanding performance in hearings and provides excellent and to-the-point memos.

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The team at Bernitsas is very responsive and customer friendly.

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The firm offers fully substantiated advice with minimal response time.

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The firm possesses very high-qualified partners and associates at all levels.

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Notable Practitioners

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Christos Paraskevopoulos
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Christos Paraskevopoulos
Head of Dispute Resolution
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Christos Paraskevopoulos is a well-established litigator with significant experience in contentious intellectual property matters, civil claims, and employment and shareholder disputes.

Christos is a great litigator.

Christos is very responsive, knowledgeable and personable.

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Dimitris Roussis
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Dimitris Roussis
Head of Dispute Resolution
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Dimitris Roussis represents clients before the administrative courts in actions against the Hellenic Republic, including notable cases relating to environmental decisions and results of public tenders. He is also active in arbitration.

Dimitris is an experienced, customer-centric professional with considerable expertise.

Dimitris is very committed to the task, hardworking, resilient and responsive.

He has a high scientific knowledge.

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Evangelos Mamalakis
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Evangelos Mamalakis
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Evangelos Mamalakis assists clients with product liability cases and litigation relating to terminated distribution agreements.

Evangelos is very available.

Evangelos is an efficient and strong litigator.

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Christos Paraskevopoulos
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Christos Paraskevopoulos
Head of Dispute Resolution
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Dimitris Roussis
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Dimitris Roussis
Head of Dispute Resolution
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Evangelos Mamalakis
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Evangelos Mamalakis
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Members

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Anna Meletiou

Christos Paraskevopoulos

Christos Paraskevopoulos

Head of Department

Chryssa Andresaki

Dimitris Roussis

Dimitris Roussis

Head of Department

Fotini Karra

Ioanna Stamou

Lina Mastrogiannopoulou

Maira Drymoussi

Mara Lissari

Panayotis Bernitsas

Pelina Leontiadou

Vasiliki Fasfali

Clients

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BMW Hellas SA

CNP Zois SA

Diesel SA

Fresenius Kabi Hellas

Helleniq Energy

Orion Pharma SA

Viomes SA

Industries

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Industry specialisations include medical, pharmaceutical, food, beverages, retail, electronics, car manufacturing, infrastructure, energy, insurance.

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