Global
Practice Areas
Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution, Compliance, Fraud.
Career
Evangelos is a Counsel at the Firm which he joined in 2017. His practice is focused on disputes arising from a range of commercial and financial contracts and relationships. Evangelos has considerable experience in advising corporations in disputes arising in all areas of corporate law, including agency, distribution, franchise, joint venture and commercial lease agreement disputes, medical liability as well as litigation arising from mergers and acquisitions.
Professional Memberships
Athens Bar; Supreme Court of Greece.
Work Highlights
Recent experience includes representing a Greek leader in constructions and infrastructure in two Equivalent Project Relief (EPR) claims relating to equivalent requests for a technical dispute to be initiated through the Concessionaire against the Greek State.
He is also part of the team acting for Kosmocar, the official importer of Volkswagen, AUDI and Skoda automobiles and Ducati motorcycles to Greece, in relation to civil actions filed against them by consumers allegedly affected by software, the purpose of which was to optimize NOx emissions in certain vehicle models. He successfully represented a leading Spanish manufacturer in ICC proceedings against their former Greek distributor.
Experience
He also advises clients from the financial services sector in disputes relating to financial instruments, bancassurance agreements, directors’ liability, shareholders’ rights and lending activities. Evangelos advises companies on labour and benefits related litigation, as well as on Intellectual Property disputes including trademark infringement, licensing, design, copyright and passing off disputes. He also has experience in medical liability disputes, pre-litigation due diligence and defamation actions. He is an expert in litigation involving conflict of laws and complex jurisdictional issues.
Evangelos is a Certified Mediation Advocate. He holds a Degree in Law (Summa cum laude) from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an LLM in Community Law (Summa cum laude) from the European Institute in Saarbrücken, Germany. He is admitted to the Athens Bar (2001) and the Supreme Court of Greece (2013).
Clients
Kosmocar, CNP Insurance.