Mr Gregorios MICHAILOPOULOS > Michailopoulos & Associates > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile
Michailopoulos & Associates Offices
7,PINDAROU STR.
10671 ATHENS
Greece
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Mr Gregorios MICHAILOPOULOS
Work Department
Project Finance; Public Procurement Law; Public Law; EU Law & State Aid; Co-financed projects (NSRF, RRF EU Funds and Institutions); Regulatory and Compliance; Corporate & Commercial Law; Dispute Resolution / Litigation.
Position
Managing Partner
Career
Gregorios (Greg) Michailopoulos is the Managing Partner of MICHAILOPOULOS & ASSOCIATES Law Firm.
He has substantial experience in providing legal advice and counseling upon Business and Public Law matters.
Greg has consulted and represented many multinational and local business operators, active in several sectors such as infrastructure, energy, consulting, real estate and health, as well as public entities and organisations.
Greg’s litigation experience spans to all jurisdictions of Greek Courts and extends as well to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), where he pleaded cases related to Public Procurement Law.
Greg’s robust and creative advocacy, demonstrated also through his involvement in cases of major importance, such as the amendment of the concession contracts of the Greek motorways, the privatization of the regional airports in Greece and the provision of legal counseling upon concession contracts and PPP agreements, has gained wide recognition. Greg has also acted as Head of numerous legal teams providing legal services to the public sector, such as the codification of the legislative framework of Local Government Authorities (municipalities) and of Social Security Law, the modernisation of the ‘Public Investments Program’ legislation and of the ‘Fishing Code’.
From his previous capacity as Head of the Legal Support Unit at the General Secretariat for Investments and Development, attached to the Ministry of Development and Competitiveness (2007-2013), Greg has handled many complicated investment plans and co-financed projects and has been involved in the legal fine tuning of many important legal acts related to development and competitiveness issues. He has also served as an Executive Member at the Management Board of the Hellenic Public Real Estate Corporation and has dealt with the management of several delicate public estates.
Greg is the author of the books “Legal Handbook of Contracts” (Dashöfer publication), “Contracts of Private and Public Law” and “Contracts of Contemporate Commerce” (Sakkoulas publication) and is often invited as speaker to legal seminars, conferences, and educational initiatives, sharing his knowledge and insights in the field of Public Procurement, PPPs and State Aid Law.
Languages
Greek, English, French and German.
Memberships
Greg has been admitted to the Thessaloniki Bar Association since 1998 and to the Supreme Court of Greece since 2012.
Education
LL.M. in European and International law, Faculty of Law, University of VUB, Brussels, Belgium (2002-2003).
LL.M. in European Community Law, Faculty of Law, University of Heidelberg, Germany (1998-1999).
Law Degree, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1993-1998).
Lawyer Rankings
Greece > Projects and privatisation
Michailopoulos & Associates is a boutique law firm specialising in the preparation and implementation of investment plans and co-financed projects. The team has substantial expertise in the construction, energy, and real estate spheres, and routinely works with government agencies on contentious and litigious matters. The ‘excellent expert’ Gregorios Michailopoulos leads the Athens-based team, focusing on public finance and public procurement law issues, whilst Marios Markatos and Eftychia Pournara consistently advise multinational and local businesses.