FIRM OVERVIEW
Managing Partner: Nondas Lambadarios,
Senior Partners: Dimitrios Lambadarios, John Filiotis, Maria Fronista
Number of partners worldwide: 6
Number of other lawyers worldwide: 20

THE FIRM: Lambadarios Law Offices was founded in 1863 by Konstantinos E Lambadarios Sr in Athens and has been operating continuously since then with a well respected Greek and international clientele. The firm today numbers 20 lawyers and six partners, all located at its offices in the centre of Athens. Many of the firm’s partners and associates are well respected individuals in their fields of expertise both nationally and internationally. Specifically, two of the partners are alumni of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, giving the firm a unique advantage in working with international clients. Mr Constantinos Lambadarios Sr (1915-2002), after completing his studies at Harvard Law School, returned to Greece with unique expertise in foreign investments. Through his hard work and considerable experience the firm established itself as a leader in the field of foreign direct investments during the 1960s and 1970s. Since then, it continues to advise a number of international corporations that came to invest in Greece during that era.With a solid base of clients, the firm has grown under the leadership of Mr Epaminondas Lambadarios and Mr Dimitrios Lambadarios, who, after completing their studies at Harvard Law School and the University of London and joining the firm in 1970, have successfully and considerably diversified the categories of work that the firmoffers to its clients. It is also worth noting that name Partner, Dimitri Lambadarios, was appointed in 2006 as the President of the Greek Tourism Organisation. It is the firm’s policy to strive to provide a high level of legal advice without disregarding personal contact with clients. Proof of this approach is that the firm has clients who have been with it for 30 years.

MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE: The firm specialises in a wide variety of both
domestic and international commercial work offering a high level of legal services to its clients worldwide to include: Corporate law and M&A,EU and competition, banking and finance, litigation, commercial arbitration and ADRIT, telecommunications and intellectual property, project finance, public works and procurement and securities law. The firm’s client base includes banks, financial institutions, insurance corporations, large industrial and commercial sector corporations and private individuals. Since the early 1960s, the firm has advised foreign clients who wish to establish businesses in Greece. Moreover, the firm has represented foreign and domestic clients in numerous litigations and arbitrations in the ICC. The firm’s intellectual property expertise includes trademark, patent and copyright law. Recently the firm, recognising the impact of environmental legislation on the way business is conducted, decided to create an Environmental Law Department that advises clients on issues relating to their business.

Banking & Finance & Capital Markets: The firm’s Banking and Finance
Practice represents clients in all aspects of financing transactions. Transactions range from origination and negotiation to documentation and closing, and when necessary, to enforcement and reorganisation. The firm also advises clients on the issuance of Bond loans and IPOs. The firm also advises a major international bank on dept capital and securitisations. Advised Nireus Aquaculture in the issuance of a 90 million Euro Corporate Bond loan. The firm advised A.I. Partners, an FSA regulated entity, on its prospectus.

Corporate & Real Estate Investment Fund: The firm’s five-member team is dedicated to corporate law and has developed an extensive practice covering the full extent of company law and commercial transactions. The firm’s expertise includes due diligence reviews, initial public offerings, acquisitions as well as an active advisory role to a number of clients listed in the Athens Stock Exchange on their day to day corporate affairs. Recently, the firm advised on the establishment of the SegaFredo Zanneti subsidary in Greece. The firm also advised during the past year on the major corporate restructuring of the wholesaler of Absolut Vodka in Greece due to the V&S buyout by Pernot Ricard. This deal included a series of acquisitions and divestments as well as a significant portfolio upgrade by the acquisition
of a new vodka brand with trademarks in several EU jurisdictions.

EU, Competition: The firm routinely advises both domestic and multinational
clients on all aspects of competition law and especially on the formation of selective and exclusive distribution networks in Greece. Recently, the firm advised Isuzu Trucks and Scania Trucks in the formation of its selective distribution network. Members of the Competition Law Team have recently handled a number of high profile cases, including dominance and price fixing allegations. Recently, the firm worked on two cases involving allegations of concerted practices, abuse of collective dominance and export bans in the book sector and filed a merger with the Hellenic Competition Commission concerning the formation of a joint venture between two of the largest banks in Greece and a technology partner for the management of their POS network and the provision of acquiring processing services.

Intellectual Property: The firm’s practice includes IP portfolio management
and consulting as well as copyright, trademark and unfair competition litigation. The firm regularly advises its clients on their online practices as to copyrights, data processing, domain names and consumer protection. It has recently advised Procter and Gamble on the launching of its new website and a search engine on reviewing its website’s content. The firm also advises Sony Music on copyright issues relating to the production of music and artists’ rights. The firm has successfully litigated several cases involving collective management organisations and has recently achieved, on behalf of its client, the destruction of counterfeit goods seized at the Greek Customs.

Litigation & Arbitration: The firm’s Litigation and Arbitration Practice is well
established both in domestic litigation and international commercial arbitration. The Litigation–Arbitration Team represents clients in all types of proceedings, from applications for injunctions to complex, cross-border litigation as well as representation in the European Court of Justice. The firm has recently been involved in a number of high profile ICC arbitrations against the Greek state representing a group of private equity firms for claims arising out of a multi-million buyout agreement with the Greek State for a company that was privatised by the Greek State a few years ago. In the litigation front, the firm has recently represented Goodyear Tires and Athens Paper- Mill, in two precedent setting cases in the Athens Supreme Court and the European Court of Justice concerning disputes over collective redundancies with ex-employees resulting from the closing down of their factories in Greece. The firm was recently retained by the Ministry of Finance to defend Greece in the ECJ against the Commission.

Mergers & Acquisitions: Mergers and acquisitions is the core practise of the firm representing the largest part of its dealings. The firm advises on all aspects of M&A transactions, from the structuring of the deal, its negotiation and documentation and, if required, filings to the Hellenic Competition Commission. The firm has worked on advising on the Greek part of the acquisition by Sony Music of the part held by BMG in their joint venture created a few years ago. The firm advised Nireus Aquaculture in a major cross-border merger transaction for the acquisition of a listed Norwegian Company valued at 120 million Euros. Moreover, the firm was retained by a well known London law firm to advise Diamond Resorts International in the acquisition of a company in Greece.

LANGUAGES: English, French, Greek, German and Spanish.

CLIENTS
DowHellenic Chemical SA., Lockheed Aircraft International, Procter and Gamble Hellas LLC, Goodyear Hellas S.A.,Caterpillar Overseas, Mercedes Benz Hellas, Amstel Athenian Brewery S.A., Johnson Diversey, Thomson Holidays, Isuzu Trucks, The Bolton Group, Sony Music S.A., EFG Eurobank Ergasias, Calvin Klein Europe, SAIC S.A., Athens Paper Mill, Nireus Aquaculture Group, Aspis Pronia Group, Bombardier Transportation Gmbh, Gillette Inc., Diamond Resorts Inc., A.I. Partners, Samsung Inc., Solea Gmbh, SegaFredo Zanneti Hellas S.A.Massimo Zanneti Beverage Group, Heineken.

EUROPEAN OFFICES
GREECE
3 Stadiou st., 105 62, Athens
Tel: +30 210 322 4047 Fax: +30 210 322 6368
Email: c.lambadarios@lambalaw.gr
Website: www.lambadarioslaw.gr

CONTACTS
Corporate Law & M&A: Nondas Lambadarios
EU & Competition: Constantinos Lambadarios
Banking: Nondas Lambadarios
Structured Finance: Prokopis Dimitriadis
Litigation, Commercial Arbitration & ADR: John Filiotis
Intellectual Property: Chara Daouti
Real Estate: Maria Fronista
Project Finance: Dimitri Lambadarios
Public Works & Procurement: Dimitri Lambadarios
Securities Law: Nondas Lambadarios