Apostolos Georgiades & Associates

Chairman | Professor Apostolos Georgiades

Managing Partners | Stavros Georgiades, Prof. George Georgiades

Number of partners | 6

Number of lawyers | 6

Languages | English, German, Greek

Apostolos Georgiades & Associates is a highly respected law firm actively involved in both domestic and international transactions and disputes, with a long legal tradition and profound expertise in most areas of Greek law. The firm has been established in 1969 and in the past fifty years has grown and expanded steadily to become one of the leading corporate firms in the country. Currently the firm advises a wide range of national and international corporate clientele and wealthy individuals on all areas of Greek business law and has developed strong and long-lasting liaisons with leading foreign and international law firms in Europe and the USA.

Commercial & Civil Litigation

Arbitration

Banking & Finance

Securities

Corporate

Mergers & Acquisitions

Venture Capital Investments

Construction

Public Tenders & Public Contracts

Joint Ventures

Franchising

Property & Real Estate

Foreign Investments Consulting

International Arbitration

International Transactions

Agency & Distributorships

Antitrust & Trade Regulation

Trademarks

Copyright

Information Technology

European Union Law

European Convention of Human Rights

3 partners, 4 fee earners

The firm stands out for its leading expertise in dispute resolution and for its international arbitration practice. The senior partners of the firm in particular have been serving as umpires, arbitrators, counsellors and experts for more than thirty years in some of the most important disputes in Greece and abroad. The firm has a strong reputation for international arbitration, but also regularly undertakes civil and commercial litigation work. The litigation team of lawyers of the firm has discreetly handled some of the weightiest cases ever presented before the Greek and European Courts of Justice. In recent years the firm has acted in a large number of cases involving product liability, commercial agreements, torts and competition issues, some of which are considered as landmark cases. Litigation on private matters of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (like divorce, inheritance, control or distribution of assets) also absorbs much of the attention of the dispute resolution team partners.

Contact: Professor Apostolos Georgiades | Tel: +30 210 6930 960 | Email: [email protected]

2 partners, 2 fee earners

Another major area of work is public procurement, public contracts and privatisation. The firm has represented and advised domestic and foreign bidders in international tenders for infrastructure projects and for capital share in public owned companies. It has also significant experience in contract management and administration in relation to infrastructure projects. In the last years the privatisation team headed by Stavros Georgiades has acted as advisor to a state-owned company on its acquisition by private investors for 652 million EUR. The same team has advised Hellenic Lotteries, the concessionaire awarded the exclusive right to operate and manage the State Lotteries for twelve years, in relation to the execution of the Concession Agreement. Furthermore, they are advising and representing TEMES (the owner of Costa Navarino resort) in its participation in the privatisation of the marina of Pylos initiated by the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund.

Contact: Stavros Georgiades | Tel: +30 210 6930 960 | Email: [email protected]

2 partners, 2 fee earners

The firm is also active in the fields of implementation of foreign investments in Greece focusing mainly on major real estate development projects. The practice includes choice of corporate vehicle, formation of companies, joint venture agreements, conception and implementation of commercial deals, licensing etc. The two partners in charge lecture property law at the University of Athens Law School and the firm is involved practically in almost every important real estate transaction in the country. This year the real estate team of the firm had again the chance to get involved in the sale of a private island to another wealthy individual; this was the fourth like transaction in the firm’s history. Besides the firm is advising the country’s largest developers and hoteliers on their ongoing real estate projects.

Contact: Nikolaos Georgiades | Tel: +30 210 6930 960 | Email: [email protected]

2 partners, 1 fee earner

The firm is extremely strong in the full spectrum of banking and finance issues. As times have changed the firm now mainly advises and represents many major clients on their debt restructuring efforts. The firm also advises regularly local and foreign financial institutions on major issues of banking transactions. Amongst the institutional clients of the firm last year were Alpha Bank, Eurobank, National Bank of Greece, BMW Bank, Volkswagen Bank and Credicom Consumer Services. In recent years the banking and finance team of the firm has come up against a vast array of novel issues in the fields of financing real estate projects, amongst which they have advised on the issuance of the very first high-yield bond issuance in Greece.

Contact: Stavros Georgiades | Tel: +30 210 6930 960 | Email: [email protected]