Stelios has considerable experience in advising corporations in agency, distribution, franchise, joint venture agreements and particular knowledge in litigation regarding enforcement proceedings and commercial lease disputes. He has represented clients from the financial services sector in contentions relating to financial instruments, corporate disputes, directors’ liability, minority shareholders’ rights and lending activities. He also has extensive experience in global anti-corruption investigations, white collar crime cases representing top executive members of a multi national pharmaceutical company in criminal cases and investigations in Greece and abroad.

Furthermore, he was involved as attorney of defence in the major criminal cases Energa-Hellas Power and De Puy-Johnson and Johnson regarding criminal offences of money laundering, fraud and embezzlement. Stelios finally has acted as tribunal secretary in more than twelve ICC international arbitrations regarding construction concession contracts as well as maritime disputes and has vast litigation experience in civil and criminal cases. Stelios was admitted to the Athens Bar in 2002 and joined our firm in 2019. He is admitted before the Court of Cassation in Greece (Areios Pagos)- Highest Court in the Greek Judiciary.

Academic Background

  • University of Piraeus: School of Economics (Department of Business Administration-B.Com-Expertise in Finance in the fourth year)
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Law (LL.B)
  • LLM in Criminal Law (White Collar Crime)

Languages

  • Greek
  • English

Professional Memberships

  • Member of the Athens Bar Association (Court of First Instance)
  • Member of the Association of Commercial lawyers
  • Member of the Association of Criminal Lawyers

Career Highlights

Recent work include:

  • Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp. (NYSE: CRHC) in connection with the public listing on the NYSE of Allwyn Entertainment (the group-wide brand of SAZKA Entertainment AG) with a total enterprise value of approximately $9.3 billion,
  • Rendering legal advice to major multinational pharmaceutical company in cross-border investigations and high-value international litigation proceedings in Greece and abroad,
  • Active member of a major team involved in the Hive Down Project of Alpha Bank, consulting on issues on Corporate Governance,
  • Representing Digea - Digital Services Provider S.A in its current litigation disputes regarding telecommunications and advising the company on commercial lease disputes and establishment of restricted property rights on land,
  • Providing legal consultation on lease agreements and commercial contract agreements to McArthur Glenn,
  • Providing multilevel legal support to multi million investor on corporate, contract, land and maritime issues,
  • Involved in two litigation disputes at the Court of Cassation (Areios Pagos) against a Commercial Bank regarding abusive contractual loan terms and against a company regarding matters of transfer of business (enterprise).