Moussas & Partners

Managing Partner: Nicholas Moussas

Number of partners: 5

Number of lawyers: 8

Languages: English, French, German, Greek

Firm Overview:

With more than 35 years of collective experience, Moussas & Partners is a law practice that assists its clients in advisory as well as in litigation and arbitration providing outstanding legal services. The Firm has become widely acknowledged for delivering the best possible outcome in complex transactions and deals as well as in dispute resolution litigating before local courts and international arbitration fora. We are best equipped to take on a wide range of challenging cases acting for international and domestic clients from a variety of industries.

Main Areas of Practice:

Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Projects & Energy

Corporate & M&A/Commercial

Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

Intellectual Property & Data Privacy

Insolvency & Restructuring

Public Procurement

Real Estate

Employment

Administrative/Tax

Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution:

■ Τhe firm has developed a strong practice in the field of international arbitration and litigation and is a regular choice of foreign and local firms

■ Representing a UAΕ based private oil and gas company in relation to the recognition and enforcement of a US$2,4 billion arbitral award in Greece

■ Represented a project developer and EPC contractor, in LCIA arbitration proceedings and before Local Courts concerning an EPC solar dispute valued at €75 million

■ Won and collected a BIT arbitration claim for a global industrial conglomerate against the Republic of Serbia

■ Advising in our capacity as local member in Greece of a wider global team leading automobile manufacturers on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters arising out of the emissions' issue, a matter of worldwide interest

■ Recently handled international and local ICC arbitration proceedings stemming from construction projects as well as natural gas disputes

■ Advising multinational food and beverage companies in commercial disputes with former local partners

Key clients: VW AG, AUDI AG, SEAT S.A., Crescent Petroleum, Sony Europe Ltd, Mytilineos Holdings, Hellenic Halyvourgia, Air Mediterranean S.A., Siemens AG, Hugo Boss AG, Aluminium of Greece, The Kraft Heinz Company, Calzedonia, Cumis Insurance Society Inc

Contacts: Nicholas Moussas, Vassilios Moussas, Maria Malikouti, Charalampos Kondis, Christina Grigoriadou

Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Projects & Energy:

■ The firm enjoys a notable reputation for its robust knowledge of the energy sector, including gas, thermal, solar and renewables; the team advises leading clients on contentious regulatory issues and represents them before the Greek Courts and in international arbitration

■ Advising a world class EPC and O&M contractor for solar PV and energy storage projects on EPC projects pertaining to the development of power projects in Greece

■ Ongoing advice to a leading automobile manufacturer: Smart island of Astypalea, a model for climate-neutral mobility and transport on demand services

■ Advising a global industrial and energy conglomerate on EPC projects pertaining to the development of various power projects in the Middle East and Africa

Key clients: Mytilineos Holdings, Hellenic Halyvourgia, Elastron S.A.

Contacts: Nicholas Moussas, Maria Malikouti, Christina Grigoriadou

Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Corporate & M&A/Commercial:

■ The firm is significantly experienced in M&A agreements, shareholder agreements as well as in all types of commercial contracts and activities

■ Advising a global industrial and energy conglomerate in three major energy acquisitions

■ Providing a full spectrum of advice to a music media group that owns radio stations and specializes in radio and event productions, on all its corporate and commercial issues

■ Advising one of the largest German clothing companies and its Greek arm on various corporate and everyday matters

■ Contributed to the global regulatory audit for a leading U.S. multinational telecommunications conglomerate after the acquisition of α networking services company.

■ Supported a multinational information technology services and consulting company on the acquisition through a wholly owned subsidiary of all shares of a provider of silicon design and verification services.

■ Advising an airline in a cross-border shareholder dispute and on other corporate matters and also representing the airline in a million-worth lawsuit stemming out of the performance of an aircraft lease agreement.

Key clients: Mytilineos, Frontstage S.A., Hugo Boss Hellas Ltd, The Nielsen Company, Skoda Auto as, Silicon Graphics, AXA Insurance, Allianz, Amvis, Calin S.A.

Contacts: Vassilios Moussas, Maria Malikouti, Charalampos Kondis, Georgia Patsoudi

Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], g[email protected]

Banking, Finance & Capital Markets:

■ The firm, being at the forefront of the regulatory overhaul in the Greek banking sector, provides advice on the full spectrum of financial products and has extensive experience in securities litigation.

■ Assisted a leading global asset manager on its acquisition of a highly diversified global investment manager from a Japanese multinationalinvestment holding company, with respect to regulatory considerations pertaining to the holding of an entity in Greece regulated by the Bank of Greece

■ Advised a global industrial and energy conglomerate on the issuance of a common bond loan, of a total amount of up to €300m

■ N. Moussas & C. Kondis act as counsels to the Hellenic Deposit & Investment Guarantee Fund and contributed to the drafting of the regulatory regime for the implementation of new directives on deposit guarantee and bank resolution and restructuring

■ Advised Black Sea Trade & Development Bank on a €10m Loan Agreement with Aegean Baltic Bank along with an Assignment Agreement

■ Successfully represented one of the largest Greek state pension funds, TEADY in its civil and criminal claims arising from a €10m bond fraud

Key clients: Mubadala, Black Sea Trade & Development Bank, TT Hellenic Postbank, TEADY, TEA-EAPAE

Contact: Nicholas Moussas, Charalampos Kondis

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Intellectual Property & Data Privacy:

■ Advising national and international clients conducting business in Greece on a wide range of intellectual property matters

■ Advising one of the largest German clothing companies in relation to the protection of its trademarks

■ Successfully represented a company against infringement of its IP rights

Key clients: Hugo Boss AG, AB InBev, OKI, Lexmark

Contacts: Vassilios Moussas, Konstantina Margariti

Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Insolvency & Restructuring:

■ Current times strengthened the firm’s expertise in insolvency and debt restructuring; it implements creative solutions for clients to smoothly undergo the consequences of insolvency

■ Involved in insolvency cases in the media sector

Key clients: Silicon Graphics, Imako

Contacts: Georgia Patsoudi, Konstantina Margariti

Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Public Procurement:

■ Providing ongoing advice in large infrastructure projects, covering the full project life cycle, from regulatory advice to bidding and tender disputes

■ Represented a leading company in construction in becoming the preferred bidder for the construction of a new railway line; in proceedings to win a competing position to a nation-wide electricity network infrastructure tender

■ Advising a leading company in pharmaceutical & vision care products throughout its participation in public tenders

Key clients: METKA (Mytilineos works unit), Amvis

Contacts: Georgia Patsoudi, Eirini Kontrafouri

Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Real Estate:

■ Providing advice on issues relating to due diligence, acquisitions and development of all kinds of real estate transactions (residential, leisure, industrial) as well as on expropriation, environmental and city planning matters

■ Advised the HRADF on the privatization of high value real estate owned by the Greek state

Key clients: HRADF, Tatoi Club

Contacts: Vassilios Moussas, Loukia Papachatzi, Eirini Kontrafouri

Emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Employment:

Advising international and domestic corporates on their employment contracts with upper tier executives, on redundancy programs and on expat issues.

Contact: Vassilios Moussas, Nikos Sakkas

Email: [email protected], [email protected]