Apostolos Georgiades & Associates > Athens, Greece > Firm Profile
Apostolos Georgiades & Associates Offices
18 HATZIKONSTANTI STREET
115 24 ATHENS
Greece
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Apostolos Georgiades & Associates > The Legal 500 Rankings
Greece > Dispute resolution Tier 4
The litigation department at Apostolos Georgiades & Associates , a team that is noted to have an ‘impressive understanding of business issues’, handles deals in a range of sectors such as banking, shipbuilding and leisure. The team is led by Stavros Georgiades, who has experience of handling investment and shipping disputes.Practice head(s):
Stavros Georgiades
Other key lawyers:
Anastasia Mageirou; George Georgiades
Testimonials
‘Excellent knowledge, prompt attendance, professionalism.’
‘Vast experience, deep knowledge of company law and impressive understanding of business issues.’
‘George Georgiades is an excellent expert on his field with personal commitment in the cases.’
‘Excellent legal knowledge, high quality legal documents, diligence and accuracy.’
‘Engagement and efficiency.’
‘The team is eager to understand the client’s background and needs and will do its best to fulfill its expectations and reach a positive outcome.’
‘The individuals we worked with have thorough knowledge of their respective field of the law and a very practical mindset when it comes to dispute resolution.’
Key clients
Angeliki Frangou
John Coustas
Helios Hotels & Resorts – P. Mantonanakis Group
Grecotel – N. Daskalantonakis Group
Cosmote Group
Olympia Group – Panos Germanos
Hellinikon SA
Eastern Mediterannean Maritime Ltd
HSBC Bank
Dimitris Koutsolioutsos
ENTEKA SA / ENORA SA
Eleni Koutsouda-Iolas
Work highlights
- Represented Grand Resort Lagonissi in seven arbitration proceedings against the Public Properties Company (ETAD) that awarded a total sum exceeding €600m for damages for breach of contract.
- Represented Angeliki Frangou, head of Navios Group, in successfully defending a lawsuit by her brother John Frangos regarding their common shipping business in the past.
- Represented Cosmote Group in successfully defending a €19m claim filed by a former employee for purported health damage from exposure to GSM signals.
Apostolos Georgiades & Associates > Firm Profile
The firm:Â Four decades ago, name partner Dr Apostolos Georgiades opened his law practice in Athens to begin a brilliant career as a distinguished attorney and leading authority in Greek civil law. His passionate commitment to serving the law, both as practitioner and one of the most renowned Greek jurists, not only charted an inspirational course for Apostolos Georgiades & Associates, but set a standard of excellence that the firm continuously pursues. The core values of the firm are rendering best-quality services and promoting best practice of law by upholding business ethics.
Today AGA is an integrated Greek law firm of highly experienced attorneys committed to offering the best-quality services. AGA is distinguished by the academic focus of its partners’ exceptional expertise in Greek civil law and dynamism in the courtroom. The firm’s prestigious portfolio of long-term clients reflects the shared commitment to a set of core values. Widely respected in the area of legal advice on all matters of Greek business law, the well-educated, dedicated team of legal practitioners has represented and advised a wide range of national and international private and corporate clientele.
Partners Apostolos Georgiades and George Georgiades often provide legal opinion on novel issues preoccupying the legal community. These legal opinions are often published in Greek law reviews and adopted by the courts in the reasoning of their resolutions. Furthermore, members of the firm have participated intermittently in the preparation of legislation and regulations, particularly in the area of financial transactions and real estate.
Areas of practice: The firm is distinguished for its leading expertise in dispute resolution. AGA’s litigation team has discreetly and successfully handled some of the weightiest cases ever presented before the courts. The firm is also renowned for its arbitration practice (international and domestic; institutional and ad hoc). Members of the firm serve as umpires, arbitrators, counsellors and experts in some of the most significant disputes in Greece and abroad.
AGA is also a leading firm in public procurement, public contracts and privatisations. AGA’s team of attorneys provides legal services for Greek and foreign bidders in international tenders for infrastructure projects and for capital shares in public-owned companies. Noted for significant experience in contract management and administration of infrastructure projects, the firm is also highly regarded for expert legal insights. Name partner Apostolos Georgiades, Professor Emeritus at the University of Athens Law School, has given several legal opinions on issues pertaining to public tenders and privatisation projects.
Furthermore, AGA has profound expertise in the real estate and construction market representing a wide range of developers, local and international investors and high-net-worth individual clients. The firm’s practice includes the full range of real estate and construction issues, such as due diligence, tax-related concerns and drafting of relevant contracts. Further, AGA renders legal opinions to clients, based mainly abroad, on all major real estate-related issues. The firm also has significant expertise in the tourism, leisure and gaming market providing comprehensive law services for all aspects of legal issues regarding this industry. Its highly skilled team has advised and represented the major and most renowned hotel/resort owners and developers in Greece, throughout the years, as well as entities involved in the gaming industry.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Dispute resolution | Apostolos Georgiades | ||
Dispute resolution | Stavros Georgiades | ||
Litigation | Stavros Georgiades | ||
Litigation | Anastasia Mageirou | ||
Arbitration | Apostolos Georgiades | ||
Arbitration | George Georgiades | ||
Real estate | Nikolaos Georgiades | ||
Real estate | Christos Tsatalas | ||
EU competition and distribution | Nikolaos Georgiades | ||
EU competition and distribution | Danai Bougioukou | ||
Data protection | Nikolaos Georgiades | ||
Data protection | Danai Bougioukou | ||
Project finance | Stavros Georgiades | ||
Project finance | Anastasia Mageirou | ||
Banking | George Georgiades | ||
Banking | Nikolaos Georgiades | ||
Corporate | Stavros Georgiades | ||
Corporate | Eirini Stappa | ||
Medical malpractice | Stavros Georgiades | ||
Medical malpractice | Anastasia Mageirou | ||
Energy law | George Georgiades | ||
Energy law | Danai Bougioukou |
Staff Figures
Number of lawyers : 12Languages
English German Greek- Dispute resolution