Magdalini-Christina Vlachou-Vlachopoulou focuses on Public Law, Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure Law, Energy and Environment Law, as well as Public Procurement Law and Utilities. She is a member of our Energy and Oil & Gas and Project Finance practice groups and advises both domestic and international clients on administrative, energy and environment, project finance and public procurement issues. Her expertise encompasses energy and environment, EU and national legislation, renewable and thermal energy projects, concession agreements, and administrative litigation.

Magdalini-Christina holds an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School (class 2023), as well as an LL.M. degree in Public Law from the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (valedictorian) (2019). She is a PhD candidate in Public Law at the same Law School since 2021, whereas she has taught European Union Law at Sciences Po (Paris, France). Magdalini-Christina is the author of two monographs focusing on Public Law and EU law, has contributed to several collective volumes and has published more than thirty-five articles and case law commentaries on Public Law, EU Law, Public Procurement, Energy and Environmental Law. She has also spent one semester at the Law School of the University of Heidelberg (Germany) (2016) and is fluent in English, French, German and Spanish.

A member of the Athens Bar Association since 2020, Magdalini-Christina has experience in advising on privatizations and mergers and acquisitions of oil, gas and utility companies, as well as of renewable energy project development companies. She is experienced in public tenders and the assignment of public contracts, in particular on the regulatory requirements for developing projects and public private partnerships, and on the restructuring of major infrastructure and energy projects.

Areas of expertise

Notable Project Finance & Development cases

Project Development

  • Advising a consortium of Glencore and Carlyle Group on the international public tender for the acquisition of a majority stake and the privatization of Hellenic Petroleum. This will be the largest privatization in Greece in last decade with the expected acquisition price to exceed €1.3 billion.
  • Advising Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment on the international public tender for the concession of a Casino License and the development of the Hellinikon Integrated Casino Resort, a seminal project for Greece with a total value exceeding €1 billion.
  • Advising FLNG RUS on the development and financing of floating power barges projects in selected areas of Greece.
  • Advising an international consortium of Autostrade, Aktor, Intrakat, Intrasoft International on the international public tender for the installation and operation of the new electronic tolling system in the Greek motorways, the first such system to be implemented in Greece, with a total value of approximately €400m.
  • Advising EYDAP, the public water company, on a €300m public procurement for the water and sewage treatment Operation and Maintenance contract of the City of Athens.

Major Concession Projects – Lenders & Sponsors work

  • Advised HRADF (Hellenic Republic Development Fund) on the €1.5 billion Egnatia Odos motorway concession project, the second-largest motorway project in Greece.
  • Advised HRADF (Hellenic Republic Development Fund) on every aspect of the tender process for the new concession of Attica Motorway, which is expected to be the largest project in Greece and estimated to cost over €2 billion.
  • Engaged by Hellenic Republic (Ministry of Public Works and Transportation) on the international public tender for the construction, operation, financing and maintenance of the Enipeas River Dam PPP project for €200m.
  • Advised A1 Yacht Trade Consortium on the concession project for the right to operate, exploit, repair and maintain a shipyard located in the Kanamat area in Rhodes for a 40-year period for €40m.
  • Advised EYDAP in its capacity as tender authority in the international public tender for the award of a public contract for the operation of the waste treatment plant of Psyttalia.
  • Advised Waterfall Capital Investors LLC on the development and financing of the €140m Advanced Greenhouses with High Efficiency Combined Heat and Power (HECHP) project in central Greece.
  • Advising the lenders of an international consortium on its participation in the public tender for the concession of the right to operate, maintain and commercially exploit the Egnatia Motorway.

PPPs

  • Engaged by Hellenic Republic (Information Society S.A.) on the project for the Development of General Methodology and Standardization of Procedures for implementing PPP road infrastructure projects.

Notable Energy cases

  • Advising DEPA the public gas corporation on the privatization process run by the HRADF for the sale of the DEPA Commercial to an interested investor for an estimated value of between €300m and €400m.
  • Advising DEPA the public gas corporation on the privatization of DEPA Infrastructure through a privatization process run by the HRADF for the sale of the gas grid infrastructure around Greece for an estimated €700m.

Notable Utilities cases

  • Advised EYDAP in its capacity as tender authority in the international public tender for the award of a public contract for the operation of the waste treatment plant of Psyttalia.

Notable M&A cases

  • Advised HRADF (Hellenic Republic Development Fund) on the €1.5 billion Egnatia Odos motorway concession project, which will be the second-largest motorway project in Greece.
  • Advised HRADF (Hellenic Republic Development Fund) on every aspect of tender process for the new concession of Attica Motorway, which is expected to be the largest project in Greece and estimated to cost over €2 billion.

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More related news for Magdalini-Christina Vlachou-Vlachopoulou
  • Member of Athens Bar Association (2020)
  • Certified Energy Trader at the Hellenic Energy Exchange (intraday and day-ahead electricity market) (2022)
  • Certified Energy-Gas Trader at the Hellenic Energy Exchange (natural gas trading platform) (2022)
  • Greek (mother tongue)
  • English (C2)
  • French (C2)
  • German (C2)
  • Spanish (C2)
  • PhD Candidate in Public Law, Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (since 2021)
  • LL.M., Harvard Law School (class 2023)
  • Certificate of Complementary Distance Education in “Law and Economics”, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (valedictorian) (2020)
  • LL.M. in Public Law, Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (valedictorian) (2019)
  • LL.B., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (valedictorian) (2017)
  • Erasmus, University of Heidelberg, Germany (2016)

Honors & Awards

  • Top Performing High School Graduate at the Pan-Hellenic University admission exams “The Great Moment for Education” – Program initiated by Eurobank EFG Group, with the support of the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (2012)
  • Award and Scholarship bestowed by the State Scholarships Foundation for her excellent performance at the Pan-Hellenic University admission exams and her admission ranking at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (valedictorian out of 315 candidates admitted by the Law School) (2012)
  • Erasmus Scholarship by the State Scholarships Foundation, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany (2016)

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