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Greece
Banking, finance and capital markets
Banking, finance and capital markets - ranked: tier 1
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright's 'very constructive' team of banking lawyers is 'always available to respond, support and provide for clients on complex matters', and its 'vast experience across the market gives it in-depth knowledge of market developments'. Clients also appreciate that the team's 'experience and know-how doesn't lie with one partner, but is evident across their staff'. The, which is led by Dimitri Sofianopoulos, handles English and Greek law advice to both borrowers and bankers. Other key names include Yianni Cheilas and Vassilis Koroxenidis.
Leading individuals
Dimitri Sofianopoulos - Norton Rose Fulbright
Yianni Cheilas - Norton Rose Fulbright
Commercial, corporate and M&A
Commercial, corporate and M&A - ranked: tier 2
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright is rare among Athens-based international firms, in that it extends beyond the maritime sector and is a significant player on the corporate scene, advising on English and Greek law. Elena Tsohou heads the highly-respected team, which includes energy expert Dimitris Assimakis, Vassilis Koroxenidis, and managing partner Dimitri Sofianopoulos. Energy is one particularly strong sector.
Dispute resolution
Dispute resolution - ranked: tier 3
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright has a good track record advising banks and international companies on their cross-border disputes. The firm is particularly strong in shipping litigation, in which John Liberopoulos enjoys an excellent reputation.
Energy
Energy - ranked: tier 1
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright has 'vast experience in the sector and an ability to follow up all developments'. Clients also appreciate the team's 'outstanding due diligence work' and how it 'proactively informs clients on legal developments not yet on their radars'. Practice head Dimitris Assimakis is 'acknowledged in the market as one of the best for energy project finance'. The firm is especially noted for its advice to lenders.
Leading individuals
Dimitris Assimakis - Norton Rose Fulbright
Projects and privatisation
Projects and privatisation - ranked: tier 1
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright is 'always up to date and ready to drive our focus on what really matters', and is credited for its 'outstanding skills in managing the process'. In the past year the firm has been involved in several major renewables deals. Dimitris Assimakis is 'great value', while Vassilis Koroxenidis and Elena Tsohou are both leading players in the market.
Leading individuals
Dimitris Assimakis - Norton Rose Fulbright
Real estate and construction
Real estate and construction - ranked: tier 2
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright 'differs from its peers with its exceptional due diligence capacity' while bringing the benefit of 'an internationally established legal firm'. Elena Tsohou heads the high-quality team.
Restructuring and insolvency
Restructuring and insolvency - ranked: tier 1
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright acts for an impressive range of major banks and corporates. Practice head Yianni Cheilas and Vassilis Koroxenidis are highly recommended.
Shipping finance
Shipping finance - ranked: tier 1
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright boasts some of the best-known lawyers in the field, including office head Dimitri Sofianopoulos and banking partner Yianni Cheilas. The firm acts for both borrowers and lenders.
Leading individuals
Dimitri Sofianopoulos - Norton Rose Fulbright
Shipping litigation
Shipping litigation - ranked: tier 1
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright has a 'down to earth' and 'friendly' team, which is praised for its 'quick responses'. Esteemed partner John Liberopoulos leads the group, which handles the full range of matters, including admiralty claims, charterparty and shipbuilding disputes.
Leading individuals
John Liberopoulos - Norton Rose Fulbright
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: arbitration and international litigation
- Islamic finance
- Real estate
Australia
Offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, and Canberra
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and trade
- Construction
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution: class actions
- Energy (transactions and regulatory)
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- IT and telecoms
- Labour and employment
- Labour and employment: workplace health and safety (WHS)
- Media and entertainment
- Natural resources (transactions and regulatory)
- Project development
- Project finance
- Real estate
- Regulatory compliance and investigations
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Transport : Transport: aviation
- Transport : Transport: shipping
Belgium
Offices in Brussels
Bahrain
Offices in Manama
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Islamic finance
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance: foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A: foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: foreign firms
- Fintech : Fintech: foreign firms
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property: foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy: foreign firms
- Regulatory/compliance : Regulatory/compliance: foreign firms
- Shipping : Shipping: foreign firms
- TMT : TMT: foreign firms
Canada
Offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary
- Banking and finance
- Business immigration
- Cannabis
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources: oil and gas
- Energy and natural resources: power
- Environment
- Indigenous law
- Infrastructure and projects
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International trade
- Labour and employment
- Public Procurement
- Real Estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Transport: aviation
- Transport: other transport
- Transport: Shipping
Germany
Offices in Munich, Frankfurt, and Hamburg
- Antitrust
- Banking and finance : Lending and borrowing
- Banking and finance : Project finance
- Capital markets : Equity capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized deals (sub-€500m)
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Employment
- Industry focus : Energy
- Information technology : Data protection
- Insurance : Advice to insurers
- Public sector : PPP
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Tax
- Transport : Maritime and shipping
France
Offices in Paris
- Aviation finance
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Compliance
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus : Industry focus: energy
- Industry focus : Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : Industry focus: IT, telecoms and the internet
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Project finance
- Shipping finance
- Tax
Ghana
Greece
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy
- Projects and privatisation
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Shipping finance
- Shipping litigation
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Antitrust and competition
- Asset finance (including aviation and shipping finance)
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets (equity)
- Construction
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: international arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution: litigation
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Shipping
- TMT
Indonesia
Offices in Jakarta
Latin America: International firms
India
Italy
Offices in Milan
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Industry focus: Energy
- Real estate and construction
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance – International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A – International firms and joint ventures
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy – International firms and joint ventures
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £500m+
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions – mid-tier – up to £250m
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: white-collar crime
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : Commodities disputes
- Dispute resolution : Competition litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Asset based lending
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives (including commodities)
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : Islamic finance
- Finance : Structured products and securitisation
- Finance : Trade finance
- Finance : Transport finance & leasing
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment: employers
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance : Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance : Insurance: insolvency and restructuring
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Investment fund formation and management : Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate : Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate : Commercial property: development
- Real estate : Commercial property: hotels and leisure
- Real estate : Commercial property: investment
- Real estate : Construction: contentious
- Real estate : Contruction: non-contentious
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Property finance
- Real estate : Property litigation
- Risk advisory : Brexit
- Risk advisory : Corporate governance
- Risk advisory : Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Risk advisory : Regulatory investigations and corporate crime
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment (including media finance)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Sport
- Transport : Aviation
- Transport : Rail
- Transport : Shipping
Luxembourg
Offices in Luxembourg
Myanmar
Morocco
Offices in Casablanca
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Projects and public law
- Tourism and real estate
Mexico
Offices in Mexico City
Malaysia
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
- Banking and finance: asset finance and structured finance
- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Banking and finance: lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&a
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Employment
- Energy: regulatory
- Energy: transactional
- Environment and planning
- Industry focus: Food
- Insurance
- Investment funds
- Project finance and PFI
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Transport
Papua New Guinea
Offices in Port Moresby
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Energy and natural resources
- Private equity
Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration
Russia
Offices in Moscow
- Banking and finance: Borrower side
- Banking and finance: Lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&a: Moscow
- Dispute resolution: arbitration and mediation
- Dispute resolution: Litigation
- Energy and natural resources
- Real estate and construction
- Transport
South Africa
Offices in Cape Town, Sandton, Durban, and Johannesburg
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Competition
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Mining
- Projects and infrastructure
- Real estate
- Shipping and transport
- Tax
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Asset finance : Asset finance – Foreign firms
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance – Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Capital markets – Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A – Foreign firms
- Energy : Energy – Foreign firms
- Financial services regulatory : Financial services regulatory – Foreign firms
- International arbitration
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy – Foreign firms
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency – Foreign firms
- Shipping : Shipping – Foreign firms
- TMT : TMT – Foreign firms
South Korea
Thailand
Offices in Bangkok
Tunisia
Turkey
Offices in Istanbul
United States
Offices in Washington DC, San Antonio, New York, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Denver, St Louis, and San Francisco
- Antitrust : Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Antitrust : Merger control
- Dispute resolution : General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : International litigation
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class actions: automotive/transport - defense
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class actions: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class actions: toxic tort - defense
- Dispute resolution : Securities litigation - defense
- Finance : Project finance
- Finance : Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance : Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Finance : Structured finance: securitization
- Industry focus : Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Energy regulation: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Industry focus : Energy: transactions: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy: transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Healthcare: life sciences
- Industry focus : Healthcare: service providers
- Industry focus : Transport: aviation and air travel - finance
- Industry focus : Transport: shipping - finance
- Intellectual property : Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- M&A/corporate and commercial : M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms : Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Real estate
- Tax : International tax
- Tax : US taxes: contentious
- Tax : US taxes: non-contentious