Curriculum Vitae

Dimitris Paraskevas, Managing Partner

Dimitris Paraskevas is the managing partner of the firm, and practices primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, privatisations, corporate finance, equity capital markets, real estate and joint ventures.

Dimitris Paraskevas:

• has been named three times as one of the two top Merger and Acquisition attorneys in Greece by the "International Who's Who of Business Lawyers," and one of only 312 international leaders in Merger and Acquisition law worldwide

• ranks as one of the top Greek corporate lawyers by Chambers Global;

• has advised more than one hundred and fifty international companies, banks and investment banks with regard to transactions in excess of €40 bn;

• is a former Member of the High Level Group of the European Commission on the Future of Industrial Relations and Managing Change in Europe;

• has served as a Legal Expert and former Representative of Greece to the Hague Conference regarding the law applicable to disposition of securities held through indirect holding systems;

• has acted as an advisor to a number of international agencies and organisations including the OECD, the UNIDO, the Council of Europe, and the SOEC;

• has participated in several legislative committees as an industry expert, and his articles have been published in major international magazines such as "Euromoney" and the "European Competition Law Review." He has authored the chapter on Greece in "Cross Border Collateral: Legal Risk and the Conflict of Laws," edited by R. Potok, and published by Butterworths; and

• was the Chairman of the European Countries in the UNCTAD's working group on comparative experiences from privatisation in 1994.

TOP

Prior to returning to private practice, Dimitris Paraskevas served as the Secretary for Privatisation of the Ministry of Development (July 1993-July 1999). During his service, the Greek Privatisation Programme raised approximately €10 bn. Dimitris Paraskevas structured and led the negotiations in many successful complex privatisation transactions. For this work he was named by the Financial Times as Super Salesman (1999). He has also served as an Advisor to the Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology (1993), and as a Member of the Board of the Athens International Airport S.A. (1999-2001).

He ranked first in the Bar Exams of September 1987, received a law degree from the Athens University Law School (January 1986 - first class honours), holds an LL.M. in Commercial and Corporate Law from London University (September 1987 - London School of Economics and Political Science), and has received several certificates from professional and executive training associations including the Harvard Business School (Certificate in Leading Professional Services Firms) (Boston, 2003).

E-mail: dparaskevas@paraskevaslaw.com

<::back