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Why Us? |
2006 Annual Report
ELIAS PARASKEVAS 2006 HIGHLIGHTS
2006 has been an outstanding year for Elias Paraskevas. We have continued to represent primarily international clients in sophisticated, innovative, high value added transactions. Our work this year has included many challenging transactions requiring fresh, creative approaches in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, bond subscriptions, finance arrangements, general corporate and finance work, and complex litigation. Some of our 2006 highlights include:
BANKING AND FINANCE
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Representing a multinational household name in a potential €300m investment in Greece;
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Representing two of the world’s largest international defence contractors on a number of issues related to public procurement; and
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Advising a leading international food company with regard to a corruption investigation.
CORPORATE
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Acting on behalf of a leading private equity house as to its first investment in Greece;
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Acting as local counsel to the world’s largest interbank broker in its merger with a company that provides services in the spot foreign exchange trading community;
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Acting as local counsel for one of the world’s largest hotel groups, with respect to its internal reorganization, share sale and purchase agreement, shareholder’s agreement, taxation issues, negotiation of a major hotel management contract, and participation in a tender for another hotel management contract;
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Representing a multinational household name in a potential € 300m investment in Greece;
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Representing two of the world’s largest international defence contractors on a number of issues related to public procurement; and
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Advising a leading international food company with regard to a corruption investigation.
LITIGATION
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Acting for an American university formerly operating in Greece, in litigation involving over seventy plaintiffs and seven different actions connected with its decision to cease its academic operations in Greece, including complex and ground breaking employment law issues of first impression in the Greek courts;
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Defending a client who is a global leader in the design, implementation, and management of electronic systems with respect to a multimillion euro claim brought against it in the Greek court system; and
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Acting in complicated litigation involving alleged corporate corruption and fraud in the shipping industry.
REAL ESTATE
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Representing several international investors with respect to potential investments and property acquisitions in Greece, including most recently advising a trust company as to a purchase of a sizeable parcel of property on a Greek island; and
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Advising a number of clients outside Greece as to their property holdings within Greece and all applicable legislation pertaining to the use, disposal, and taxation of these investments and holdings.
We are pleased that our managing partner, Dimitris Paraskevas, has again been rated one of the two top merger and acquisition attorneys in Greece by the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers (2006) and one of the five best M&A lawyers by the Legal Media Group Guide IFLR 2006.
The international legal directory Chambers Global consistently ranks us as one of the eight leading law firms in Greece for corporate and commercial work, and designates Dimitris Paraskevas as one of the leading practitioners in corporate and commercial law in Greece. The Legal 500 ranked us again first in the area of Privatisations and Projects. And finally, we are pleased that a floor in the new academic building of the London School of Economics will be named after the firm’s founder, Elias Paraskevas.
For further information, please contact Dimitris Paraskevas at: +30.210.36.10.333 or dparaskevas@paraskevaslaw.com
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