PPT Legal > Athens, Greece > Firm Profile
PPT Legal Offices
15 FILIKIS ETERIAS SQUARE
106 73 ATHENS
Greece
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Greece > Intellectual property Tier 2
From Athens, Alexandros Kalantzis and Eleni Kokkini co-head the PPT Legal intellectual property team, providing copyright and trade mark advice to foreign companies and domestic entities. The practice has vast experience in representing clients in infringement claims in front of the Greek Administrative Trademarks Committee and the Athens Court of Appeal. Kalantzis focuses on a wide range of IP matters, including protection and registration of trade marks, while Kokkini is an expert in unfair competition litigation.Practice head(s):
Alexandros Kalantzis; Eleni Kokkini
Testimonials
‘First comes people and the collaboration with them. Experience, knowledge as well as the status of the firm bring confidence and safety for our cases.’
‘Eleni Kokkini: We appreciate her knowledge, experience, concern and also that she continues to grow as a professional. She really listens to our issues. Her explanatory way creates a sense of safety. She is personal and familiar without losing her professionalism. On the contrary, it is an extra skill that helps more our communication and collaboration.’
‘Eleni Kokkini possess strong knowledge of IP matters. Great analysis capability. Great understanding of business.’
Key clients
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Alpargatas Europe SLU
Bournas Medicals
CBRE, Inc.
Cibusmed Limited
Comis Entertainment EE
Dentons Canada LLP
JA Kemp
Melpomeni Tsoukali / M.A.G. Culture Single Member P.C.
Olympic Brewery SA
Playboy Enterprises International
Praxi SpA
Roschier Brands, Attorneys LTD
Santorini Brewing Company SA
Seaborne Shipbrokers SA
Taylor English Duma LLP
Eleftheriou SA
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP
Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
RCF Protecting Innovation, S.A.
Belron International Limited
Croma-Pharma GmbH
J.P. Karsenty and associes
AWA Sweden AB
PRAXI Intellectual Property SpA
Work highlights
- Represented CBRE in an opposition matter against the registration of a similar Greek trade mark application.
- Represented and successfully defended a client in an alleged trade mark infringement court dispute initiated by a Greek exhibitions and events provider.
- Advised a client on a possible future dispute with one of its partners in the production and sale of merchandising items and assisted in the expansion of the client’s trade mark portfolio.
Greece > Banking, finance and capital markets Tier 3
Drawing upon ‘vast and impressive knowledge across the banking, finance and capital markets fields’, PPT Legal is well positioned to advise stakeholders engaged in a wide array of new money and refinancing mandates. The transportation sector is a particularly rich source of work (both in relation to aviation and shipping finance), with a client base including banks, operators and lessors that ensures the firm has an excellent perspective on transactions from both the creditor and debtor side. Team head John Papapetros
is at the forefront of the majority of the team's high-profile deals, including a number of recent bond issuances in the hospitality sector.
Practice head(s):
John Papapetros
Other key lawyers:
Alexandros Kalantzis; Vicky Katsouli; Sonia Horvathova; Dimitris Manolopoulos
Testimonials
‘The very friendly team provides to-the-point, expert advice without being arrogant.’
‘PPT Legal’s team has vast and impressive knowledge across the banking, finance and capital markets fields, which ensures they are capable of dealing with the most critical situations in a swift and professional manner, while proficiently adapting to any new situations that may suddenly arise.’
Key clients
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc
Aegean Baltic Bank S.A.
CANFORNAV Inc. Group of Companies
Atlantica Hotels
Harbor Shipping and Trading Sa
Premierway Enterprises Limited
Iera Poli Athens 2018 SA
Textron Financial Corporation
Eurobank SA
Fortress Aviation USA and its subsidiary WWTAI Airopco II Dac Of Ireland
Work highlights
- Represented certain ship owning companies belonging to Canfornav Group in the amendment and restatement of a $22.25m Hamburg Commercial Bank AG facility.
- Advising Navios Maritime Holdings on a $550m debt financing transaction.
- Advising Intrum in connection with the transfer of the rights and obligations of Piraeus Bank under a certain loan agreement and related documents to Piraeus SNF Designated Activity Company.
Greece > Shipping finance Tier 3
Combining ‘an excellent knowledge of Greek shipping law procedures’ with ‘great commercial acumen’, PPT Legal is well-positioned to advise banks, funds and shipping companies across a broad array of financing and commercial activity. Managing partner John Papapetros is well-versed at advising on large multi-jurisdictional debt financing mandates, from a both new money and refinancing perspective. Practice head(s):
John Papapetros
Other key lawyers:
Aleka Tatagia; Vicky Katsouli; Dimitrios Manolopoulos; Sonia Horvathova
Testimonials
‘The team has great commercial acumen and displays an excellent knowledge of Greek shipping law procedures.’
Key clients
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation
Aegean Baltic Bank
Canfornav Inc. Group of Companies
Harbor Shipping and Trading
Agathonissos Finance
Work highlights
- Represented Navios Maritime Holdings on a $550m debt financing transaction.
- Represented Aegean Baltic Bank acting as lender, agent, arranger and security trustee in a $21m financing to two ship owning companies.
- Represented certain ship owning companies belonging to Canfornav Group on the amendment and restatement of a $22.25m bank facility.
Greece > Dispute resolution Tier 4
Headed by the Athens-based duo of Eliana Paschalides and Rosemary Rontiri (who has extensive experience of handling high-profile litigation), the team at PPT Legal frequently acts on behalf of domestic and international clients in complex corporate disputes involving shareholders, along with multi-jurisdictional shipping claims. Dimitris Psicharis consistently represents companies in marine, civil, and commercial cases.Practice head(s):
Eliana Paschalides; Rosemary Rontiri
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Expertise in disputes.’
‘What stands out is the team depth and collaborative attitude.’
PPT Legal > Firm Profile
PPT Legal (Papapetros, Papangelis, Tatagia & Partners Law Firm) (previously known as V&P Law Firm) is a corporate and business firm which was established in 1983. With offices in Athens and Piraeus, PPT Legal is one of the largest law firms in Greece, incorporated as a professional partnership. The firm enjoys an international reputation for providing professional service of the highest quality, combining legal expertise and commercial awareness. The firm’s policy of selective growth places emphasis on the quality of lawyers and enables the firm to render high calibre services for its clients. The firm’s clients include international banks, financial institutions and equity funds, multinational companies and joint ventures, local and foreign-based manufacturers, insurers and service companies, foreign law firms and shipping companies.
Main Areas of Practice
Banking & Finance:
The firm regularly advises banks, financial institutions, equity funds, strategic buyers, agents, issuers, underwriters, trustees and borrowers on a broad range of banking and finance matters including cross-border and domestic transactions dealing with a large variety of financial products, loan refinancing, restructurings and workouts, banking and finance disputes and banking regulations.
Capital Markets:
The firm advises clients including issuers, underwriters, guarantors, trustees, financial and credit institutions, investors and listed companies in relation to a wide variety of capital markets issues, including tender offers, listing of securities, investment services and fund management as well as in relation to regulatory framework governing capital markets and compliance matters.
Mergers & Acquisitions:
The firm’s M&A practice combines advice on all aspects of finance, corporate, competition, employment, regulatory, insolvency and tax law in transactions ranging from private to cross-border acquisitions. The firm advises domestic and multinational companies during every stage of a transaction including post-integration matters.
Aviation:
The firm’s aviation team provides international clients, as well as local aircraft owners, operators and financiers, with a full legal service on all aspects of the aviation transactions and aviation related matters, claims and disputes, including aviation agreements, registration, finance, tax, customs, insurance, regulatory, commercial and corporate aspects of the aviation industry and litigation.
Litigation & Arbitration:
The firm handles litigation in relation to a broad spectrum of commercial, corporate and administrative matters representing clients before a wide range of courts and tribunals. The firm also handles domestic and international arbitration offering broad experience in complex matters.
Mediation & ADR:
The firm offers the full range of alternative dispute resolution services including but not limited to negotiation and mediation assisting clients in developing a strategy in alternative ways of dealing with dispute resolution.
Real Estate & Construction:
The firm represents local and international developers, investors, private equity funds and major corporations on all aspects of real estate property acquisition, development and construction in Greece.
Intellectual Property:
The firms advises clients on the acquisition, exploitation, use and enforcement of intellectual property on both a domestic and European level. The firms assist clients in identifying, registering and protecting their intellectual property rights including patents, trademarks, copyright, industrial design and trade secrets and in IP litigation matters.
Shipping:
The firm’s maritime lawyers advise on all aspects of international and domestic ship related affairs including financing transactions, sale and purchase, charterparties, sale and lease-back and joint ventures, fleet acquisitions, public offerings and securities, loan restructurings and workout arrangements, maritime and insurance claims, arrests and loan foreclosures and shipping litigation. The firm represents lenders (including banks and other financial and credit institutions and private equity funds), arrangers, agents, insurers, ship owners and operators.
Competition & Antitrust:
The firm deals with matters of competition law including regulatory responsibilities, investigations, compliance, joint ventures, co-operations and distribution schemes. The firm provides antitrust services to clients across a range of industry sectors.
Insurance:
The firm handles high profile litigation insurance law cases, representing clients as plaintiffs or defendants and advising clients, local and international insurance and reinsurance companies, banks and commercial companies, on a wide variety of insurance law matters.
Tax:
The firm represents corporate clients across the industry, banks and financial institutions, aviation and shipping companies, foreign and domestic investors, as well as high net worth individuals providing made to measure advice on all aspects of tax.
Travel & Tourism:
The firm renders all-embracing legal advice to clients in the travel and tourism industry, including hotel owners, hotel managers, tour operators and major financial institutions, addressing matters including hotel management and hotel marketing agreements, distressed asset acquisitions, hotel loan work-outs, real estate development matters, state subsidies, project financing, licensing, guest and labour claims and environmental affairs.
Gaming:
The firm advises casino owners and other entities involved in the gaming industry assisting them to navigate the complex regulatory matters and licensing procedures, limit potential liabilities as well as providing advice on other issues related to gaming operations related to company, tax, corporate, intellectual property and contract matters.
Data Protection:
The firm represents local and international corporations, including pharmaceutical and insurance companies, credit institutions and commercial legal entities on all aspects of data protection and processing, compliance obligations and privacy.
Energy:
The firm advises clients on all aspects of renewable energy with particular expertise in relation to wind power and solar energy. The firm provides legal advice throughout the life of a project on matters including financing, tax, regulation, employment, trading, litigation, dispute resolution, mediation and arbitration.
Health & Pharmaceuticals:
The firm advises major international and domestic drug and pharmaceutical clients on issues arising in the highly regulated pharmaceutical, medical devices and cosmetics industries in conjunction with issues arising with regards to competition, administration, distribution and tax.
International Work:
The firm’s international work includes crossborder M&A, international commercial agreements, overseas investment in Greece, including acquisition of commercial property, construction, shipping and transport. In planning and providing international service to clients the firm has adopted a strategy which is designed to provide each client with high quality legal advice and an integrated service in all major jurisdictions.
In order to deliver this, the firm maintains close relationships with leading law firms in foreign jurisdictions and works with them on particular transactions as a combined team in order to provide the most practical and effective solutions.