| 2007:
Advising and representing MAVA S.A., the Greek importer of Renault vehicles, with regard to a complaint brought before the Hellenic Competition Commission against MAVA, on allegations of imposing resale prices of vehicles upon its authorized distributors.
Acting as sole Greek law advisors to the Arrangers and the Agent in respect of a € 800,000,000 syndicated multicurrency facility to Titan Global Finance PLC, guaranteed by Titan Cement S.A.
2006:
Advising and representing IATA (the International Air Transport Association) successfully in proceedings before the Hellenic Competition Commission against Hellenic Petroleum S.A. and Motor Oil S.A., in a case related to concerted practices in determining sale prices of air fuel.
Advising and representing PepsiCo Ivi S.A. successfully in proceedings before the Hellenic Competition Commission against Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A., related to the imposition of fines for failing to comply with a previous decision of the Commission.
Acting as sole Greek law advisors to the Arranger and the Noteholders in respect of the issuance of € 60,000,000 bonds by Lamda Detergent S.A.
2005:
Acting
as sole Greek law advisors to the Noteholders and the
Arranger in respect of the issuance of US$ 114,000,000
and € 14,017,080 senior notes by M.J. Maillis S.A.
(December 2005).
Acting
as sole Greek law advisors to the Mandated Lead Arrangers
and the Agent in respect of the issuance
of € 200,000,000 bonds by Delta Holding S.A. (July
2005).
2004:
Advising
a world leading broadcaster on corporate and tax presence,
human resources and vendor sourcing issues relevant
to its television coverage of the Athens 2004 Olympics.
Advising
Jack Morton Worldwide Plc. in connection with the production
of the Athens 2004 Olympics opening and closing ceremonies.
Advising
Piraeus Bank S.A., as lead underwriter on the Marfin
Financial Group triple private-to-public holding company
merger, involving legal due diligence of 27 legal entities,
including two credit institutions, four investment services
companies, four portfolio management companies, two
mutual fund management companies and two venture capital
funds, as well as four parallel restructuring mergers
of direct and indirect holdings of the merging parents.
2003:
Acting
as sole legal advisor to the Hellenic Republic with
regard to the privatization of the Athens suburban railroad
by means of a management agreement with French operator
RATP.
Advising
Greek composers and artists in connection with the successful
complaint before the national competition authority
against AEPI S.A., the Greek de facto monopoly in collective
management of intellectual property rights.
Advising
bottler Agni S.A. in connection with the successful
2003 complaint before the national competition authority
on a case of abuse of dominant position, leading to
a landmark case on point-of-sale use of coolers.
Acting
as legal advisor to the Hellenic Republic with regard
to the privatization of the Piraeus Port Authority (completed
in July 2003), involving structuring a full concession
of infrastructure assets, supporting transition to private
sector accounting standards, corporate governance processes
and an initial public offering of shares, in view of
admission of shares on the Athens Stock Exchange. In
addition to the above, the firm’s work on the
Piraeus Port Authority privatization has involved support
of the Hellenic Republic on matters of Greek law in
connection with the exchange of Luxemburg listed Hellenic
Exchangeable Bonds (“Prometoha”) for Piraeus
Port Authority shares.
2002:
Advising
the Postal Savings Bank on the acquisition of 17.2%
of stock of Bank of Attika S.A.
Advising
OTE S.A. with regard to updating its annual disclosure
to the Securities and Exchange Commission
(Form 20-F) in 2002.
2001:
Acting
as legal advisor to the Hellenic Republic with regard
to the privatization of the Thessaloniki Port Authority
(completed in July 2001).
2000:
Acting
as Greek law advisors to OTE S.A. in respect of the
issuance of € 1.1 billion Eurobonds in 2000, the
first Euro-denominated corporate issue out of Greece.
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