GREECE Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: John Dryllerakis, Claire Sergaki and Vasileios Plakoulas Dryllerakis Law Firm Dryllerakis Law Firm was established in Athens in 1971 and numbers more than 35 partners and asso - ciates. The firm has one of the largest dispute resolu - tion practices in Greece, with experience in managing disputes across all industry sectors and in handling high-stake commercial and investor-state arbitra - tions under the rules and procedures of all the major arbitral institutions. Members of the firm also serve as arbitrators. The arbitration team recently achieved a significant success in a multimillion-euro COVID-
19-related arbitration under the LCIA Rules. Key cli - ents of the firm’s dispute resolution practice include major operators across a diverse range of industries, such as ELAIS-Unilever Hellas S.A., Aegean Airlines, Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator S.A. (HEDNO S.A.), Helleniq Energy Holdings S.A., Mondelez Europe Services GmbH (Greek Branch), Burlington Books, Minoan Lines, Olympic Brewery (CARLSBERG Group), Lampsa S.A., Praktiker Hellas S.A. and Beiersdorf Group.
Authors
John Dryllerakis is the senior managing partner of Dryllerakis Law Firm and is active in all fields of business law, including specialising in corporate law, M&A, tax, competition law and arbitration. He has served as
Vasileios Plakoulas is a junior associate at Dryllerakis Law Firm. He is primarily active in domestic and international arbitration, and has participated in the handling of arbitration cases administered under
arbitrator, party representative and legal expert in numerous institutional and ad hoc arbitrations, and has advised and represented companies and state-owned entities in domestic and international arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL and Greek arbitration rules. John’s experience includes engineering, energy (electricity and natural gas), construction, mining, commodities, antitrust and state aid and shareholders’ disputes.
the ICC, LCIA and Greek arbitration rules, as well as arbitration-related litigation, such as set-aside and the enforcement of arbitral awards. Vasileios recently bolstered his energy arbitration experience by working as a seconded lawyer to a rapidly growing start-up company involved in the energy sector.
Claire Sergaki is a partner at Dryllerakis Law Firm and has
represented clients in both domestic and international arbitrations under the ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICSID and Greek arbitration rules. She has
extensive experience in handling disputes in the energy, construction and financial sectors, as well as disputes arising from concession agreements and agreements in the defence sector. Claire also represents clients in arbitration-related court proceedings (setting-aside or recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards). Before joining Dryllerakis Law Firm, she gained experience in international commercial and investment arbitration at leading international law firms in Paris and London.
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