Mr Fotis Kotsis > Moratis Passas Law Firm > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile

Moratis Passas Law Firm
15, VOUKOURESTIOU STREET
106 71 ATHENS
Greece
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Work Department

Investment Services, Banking and Finance, Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution / Litigation / Arbitration / Mediation (Banking & Commercial Civil), Insolvency, Restructuring, Medical Law, Administrative Law

Position

Partner

 

Career

Fotis is an experienced and highly skilled professional and at the same time a valued member of our team, since joining in 2008. He has been a Partner since 2017 specializing in Investment Services and Banking Law, advising major financial institutions and other corporate clients on their day-to-day business. He is also well experienced in Dispute Resolution as well as in Arbitration/Mediation. Foti’s practice has covered a full range of consumer and corporate lending, financial instruments or other investment products and services, leasing and factoring agreements, and the restructuring of credit and loan facilities. Furthermore, Fotis is defending credit institutions as well as insurance companies in relation to liability issues arising from the retail business activity such as the validity of their terms and conditions, the provision of investment, banking and insurance services and, the distribution of investment products.

Fotis is admitted before the Supreme Court.

Languages

Greek and English

Memberships

Fotis is a member of Athens Bar Association  2003

  • Elected board Member of the Athens Bar Association from 2011 to 2021
  • Elected Vice-President of the Athens Bar Association from 2020 to 2021
  • President of the “Athenian Mediators’ Training Centre (A.M.T.C.) – Prometheus” (2012-2014)
  • Member of Greek Delegation in Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) (2011-2015)

Education

  • University of Bristol, (LL.M.  in Commercial Law)
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, (LL.M. in Civil Law)
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B.)

Lawyer Rankings

Greece > Dispute resolution

Demonstrating significant ‘expertise and experience’ in complex cross-border litigation and out-of-court dispute resolution, the team at Moratis Passas Law Firm is highly regarded for representing clients in commercial disputes, and banking and financial cases, alongside shareholders’ claims. Operating out of Athens, co-founder Dimitris Passas frequently represents companies from across the insurance and shipping sectors, whilst Nikos Syrmas and Fotis Kotsis are described as ‘excellent litigators’, focusing on commercial and civil disputes.