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October 12, 2006

LSE and the Hellenic LSE Alumni Association Gala event 2006

in celebration of the Elias Paraskevas floor.

On October 12 2006, the firm helped sponsor a London School of Economics (LSE) and LSE Hellenic Alumni Association Gala Event at the Zappeion in Athens, and this event was a smashing success with over 1200 people in attendance. The event was organised to celebrate the new Academic Building of LSE and the Elias Paraskevas floor in this building, which will be the top floor and is named in honour of the late Elias Paraskevas, founder of the firm and father of our Managing Partner Dimitris Paraskevas. Dimitris Paraskevas is also an LSE alumnus and Chairman of the Hellenic LSE Alumni Association.

The guests enjoyed hearing opening remarks from the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dora Bakogianni, as well as the President of the Athens Bar Association Mr. Dimitris Paxinos. Guests further enjoyed a panel discussion/debate on the provocative topic "Can Europe provide a multilateral alternative to the American definition of global order." Speakers and panelists included Professor Conor Gearty, Rausing Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights, LSE; Professor Loukas Tsoukalis, Jean Monnet Professor of European Organization at LSE, President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission; Lord William Wallace, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, LSE; and the Honorable Thomas M. Countryman, Deputy Chief of Mission of the United States Embassy in Greece.

As Professor Sarah Worthington, Deputy Director and Professor of Law, (LSE) stated “the New Academic Building is the most significant strategic enhancement of the LSE estate to occur in the last 75 years. We now have an unrivalled opportunity to provide contemporary, active, flexible teaching space for our students, staff and executive partners. The Building is also a wonderful opportunity for the Law Department. It offers us the chance to create a far more cohesive department in a state-of-the-art setting.”

Please, click on links below to view information on the LSE Hellenic Alumni Association Gala Event, at the Zappeion in Athens, to celebrate the new Academic Building of LSE.