Dracopoulos & Vassalakis, Your Legal Partners, and Alexiou-Kosmopoulos have been appointed as legal advisors to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund on the privatization of regional ports of Alexandroupolis, Heraklion, Igoumenitsa, and Volos through the sale of majority stakes in the state-owned port operating companies.

Koutalidis has advised Aktor Concessions S.A. on its successful bid to own, use, administer, operate, and exploit the Marina of Alimos. The concession, which is good for 40 years, was granted by the Hellenic Asset Development Fund. The HADF was advised by Dracopoulos & Vassalakis and Your Legal Partners.

“I believe that Greece has become an example of how early response to COVID-19 works,“ says Yanos Gramatidis, Partner at Bahas, Gramatidis & Partners. “In particular, Greece’s response helped to stem the crisis of public health and has allowed the Government to undertake a minor digital revolution.”

Former Reed Smith Partner George Panagopoulos has joined Waterson Hicks, where he will manage the firm’s Piraeus office.

Orestis Omran, Head of DLA Piper's EU-Greek practice, has been promoted to partner in the firm's Belgium office.

In The Corner Office feature of CEE Legal Matters we ask Managing Partners at leading law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their unique roles and responsibilities. In light of current events, the question for this online occurrence of the feature is: "What have been the top three most often asked COVID-19 related questions that you have gotten from clients in the last month?”

Bird & Bird and Kyriakides Georgopoulos have advised Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego on a credit agreement annex.

“While the Greek government has responded well to the COVID-19 crisis, shutting down a lot of social hotspots very early on, there are some areas which remain troubled,“ says Virginia Murray, a Partner at Watson Farley & Williams Partner in Athens. “Tourism is a massive part of the Greek economy and the crisis stands to leave a huge impact, which is a real shame given that Greece has started to turn a corner, economically speaking, particularly since the start of the year."

In The Corner Office feature of CEE Legal Matters we ask Managing Partners at leading law firms across Central and Eastern Europe about their unique roles and responsibilities. In light of current events, the question for this online occurrence of the feature is: "How are you managing your team working remotely during this challenging period?"

White & Case and Zepos & Yannopoulos have advised Centerbridge Partners, L.P. and Elliott Advisors UK Limited on the acquisition of a EUR 900 million portfolio of secured non-performing small business lending and SME loans secured by Greek real estate from the National Bank of Greece. Karatzas & Partners reportedly advised the NBG on the deal.

The Buzz in Greece: Interview with Dimitris Assimakis of Norton Rose Fulbright

There's a high level of activity in the Greek energy sector, says Dimitris Assimakis, Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright in Athens. “Renewables are going to be huge in the near future,” he says, “mostly due to the fact that Greek authorities have put forward an ambitious plan to have the share of renewables in the final gross electricity consumption at 60% by 2030.“ According to Assimakis this doubling of the current 29% share will require “a very aggressive investment program – mostly from the private sector.”

Koutalidis has advised Alpha Bank S.A. on matters of Greek Law related to its issuance of a EUR 500 million Tier 2 subordinated bond.

Zepos & Yannopoulos has advised ZOIA, a Greek real estate investor, on the acquisition of 16 real estate properties in Athens from various unnamed sellers.

The Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm has been chosen by State Grid International Development Limited as its exclusive legal advisor in Greece, following what the firm describes as "a competitive negotiation tender process organized."

Stamatis Drakakakis has joined Zepos & Yannopoulos' Antitrust & Competition Law practice.

Ioannis Giannakakis, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the G+P Law Firm, has become Group General Counsel at The Andromeda Group.

The KLC Law Firm has advised Forum S.A., a Greek company specialized in the field of trade show organizations and trade magazine publications, on the acquisition of an 80% stake in the NuernbergMesse Group.

Koutalidis has advised the Southbridge Europe Mezzanine investment fund and other unidentified sellers on the sale of the Arivia group to Upfield.