Mr Vassilis Stergiou > POTAMITISVEKRIS > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile
POTAMITISVEKRIS Offices
11 Omirou Str
10672, Athens
Greece
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Mr Vassilis Stergiou
Work Department
Privatizations, Corporate and M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring
Position
Partner
Career
Vassilis has a broad expertise in mergers and acquisitions acting in numerous transactions across South-East Europe.
During the last years he has focused his practice on advising clients (credit institutions, funds and distressed companies) regarding insolvency restructurings as well as on the sale and purchase of loan portfolios.
Vassilis is also a dedicated expert in the area of competition law and has undertaken a number of merger control filings both with the Hellenic Competition Commission and the EU Commission.
He also advises clients in relation to cartels, abuse of dominant position and state aid issues.
Languages
Greek, English, French, Italian
Memberships
Admission:
New York Bar Association, 2007
Athens Bar Association, 2006
Education
Education:
University of Pennsylvania Law School LLM, 2005
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens LLB, 2003
Lawyer Rankings
Greece > EU and competition
(Next Generation Partners)Greece > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Next Generation Partners)Displaying extensive expertise in advising corporations from the banking, energy, and pharmaceutical industries, POTAMITISVEKRIS fields a team of ‘experienced lawyers at all levels’, routinely handling the sale of shares and corporate transformations. The practice is especially strong in assisting domestic and international clients with tender offers, cash-out mergers, and refinancing matters. Based in Athens, Stathis Potamitis is an expert in the banking sector, while George Bersis frequently acts on behalf of banks and financial institutions. Alexandros Kortesis is knowledgeable in relation to commercial law affairs, and Alexander Metallinos has extensive experience in M&A and corporate law. Vassilis Stergiou and Maria Perifanou focus on high-profile M&A transactions.
Greece > Restructuring and insolvency
(Leading individuals)Leveraging extensive knowledge of Greek insolvency legislative changes, POTAMITISVEKRIS combines an ‘innovative‘ approach with strong advisory skills, ensuring that both creditors and debtors are well supported across both formal insolvencies as well as restructuring processes. Group head Stathis Potamitis‘ insolvency expertise encompasses domestic and cross-border matters, and as well as his role as one of the key architects helping to draft the newly reformed insolvency code in Greece, he is also currently part of a European Commission expert group on the preparation of an insolvency and restructuring directive. This level of insight ensures that Potamitis is a popular choice for clients, including a number of debtors, who are well protected in relation to the negotiation of rehabilitation agreements. Vassilis Stergiou ‘excels in providing out-of-the box solutions’ to banks and funds as creditors and has ‘gained valuable experience by working on some of the largest and most difficult restructurings in Greece’. Much of this work has been handled alongside associate Konstantinos Rachianiotis, with one client lauding the pair as ‘two of the best legal advisors one can have not only in Greece but throughout the SEE region’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Greece
- Leading individuals Greece > Restructuring and insolvency
- Next Generation Partners Greece > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Next Generation Partners Greece > EU and competition
- Restructuring and insolvency Greece
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy
- EU and competition
- Projects and privatisation
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- TMT
- White-collar crime