Work Department
Head of Labor and Social Benefits and Aviation practice.
Other areas of practice: Aviation Law, Commercial Law.
Position
Senior Associate. Betty Smyrniou is the leading lawyer of Labor and Social Benefits and Aviation practice. She specializes in all aspects of employment law, acting principally for multinational corporations, international financial institutions, public and private companies and, occasionally, high profile individuals.
She is one of the leading Greek experts in aviation law, representing major leasing companies, as well as banking institutions, in aircraft finance, leasing, acquisitions and dealing with all sorts of issues (operational, regulator,y etc.) relating to airline companies.
She also has litigation experience in employment and aviation law dealing with repossession claims related to aircraft and engines, claims regarding lease contracts, liens, EC261 claims, etc.
She is an author in various publications on Aviation law (Aviation Law ICLG, Getting The Deal Through, Pillsbury World Aircraft Repossession Index) and Employment Law (Clifford Chance Publications).
Career
Practice Areas
Aviation Law
Commercial Law
Labor & Social Benefits
Languages
Greek, English, German
Memberships
Athens Bar Association,
Association of Commercial Lawyers of Greece,
EALA (European Aviation Law Association),
EDEKA (Greek association of Employment and Social Security Law EDEKA),
EELA (European Employment lawyers Association).
Education
Law School of the University of Athens (LL.B),
University of Bristol, England.
Lawyer Rankings
Bahas, Gramatidis & Partners provides ‘responsive and commercial’ advice to lenders and borrowers across a broad swathe of banking and capital markets transactional and regulatory matters, ranging from syndicated and bilateral loans through to NPL-related matters and due diligence ahead of listings on the Athens Stock Exchange. Managing partner Dimitris Emvalomenos is vastly experienced in the field and is particularly adept at advising banks on the securitisation of their NPL portfolios. Drawing upon experience gleaned from a previous in-house position at a major domestic bank, as well as in private practice, team head Marios Bahas has an excellent perspective on the commercial drivers affecting financial institution clients and provides rounded transactional and regulatory expertise. Betty Smyrniou handles commercial and financing work within the aviation sector.
