Ballas Pelecanos Law combines strong competition law expertise with distribution and agency law. The team handles contentious and non-contentious matters, offering a broad range of competition services, including concentrations, state aid, trade, sanctions, and free competition. Practice head Gregory Pelecanos, ‘a specialist in vertical distribution law’, advises clients across sectors such as automotive, oil and gas, pharma, energy, and telecoms. Konstantina Sideris focuses on abuse of dominance and state aid matters. The team is also adept in company and commercial compliance.
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- ‘Good ondustry knowledge.’
- ‘Ballas Pelecanos is a Greek boutique firm, and is very competent in distribution law and competition law as well as in international private law. The founder, Gregory Pelecanos understands the business issues very well.’
- ‘The team has very good reputation in the market, and are experts. We have not lost any litigation cases working with them. The team is very responsive to our needs and support needed. ’
- ‘Expertise, and responsiveness, as well as the fact that they support each other.’
Key clients
- Ford Motor Greece SA
- Volvo Greece SA
- Star Automotive Hellas SA (formerly Mercedes Benz Greece)
- Geo Mobility Hellas SA (a wholly owned subsidiary of Geo Mobility Ltd)
- Amer Exports Sports GmbH
- Mitsubishi Electric Europe- Italy BV
- SAS SA
- AGET-HERACLES SA Lafarge Holcim Group
- De’ Longhi SpA
- Ford Motor Greece SA
- Volvo Greece SA
- Star Automotive Hellas SA (formerly Mercedes Benz Greece)
Work highlights
Advised Volvo Car Greece on roll-out of suite of new distribution contracts in Greece in line with new distribution policy of Volvo Car Corporation.
Advised Star Automotive Hellas SA (formerly Mercedes Benz Hellas SA) on roll out of new distribution system for 'smart' vehicles in Greece.
Advised the University of Patras Technology Transfer Office on technology transfer (patent licences, etc.) according the Technology Transfer Regulation 316/2014 and applications of competition law to innovation.
Practice head
Gregory Pelecanos
Other key lawyers
Konstantina Sideris