GREECE Law and Practice Contributed by: Anastasios Virvilios, Evangelia Sgountzou and Eirini Tsalapati, Machas & Partners
Machas & Partners was established in 2011 by Petros Machas. Known for its commercial pragmatism and pro-business approach, the firm serves both corporate and private clients across a wide range of legal matters, as well as public entities, public bodies and Greek govern - ment ministries. The firm has gained significant recognition in the field of public/administrative law, public procurement law and infrastructure
in the last few years. The firm’s core values of professional excellence, value-added service and ethical integrity along with the adoption of best practices have helped it grow and earn a solid reputation in Greece and abroad. Its multi- jurisdictional exposure as a law firm goes side by side with a team of lawyers who are qualified to practice under Greek, UK and US law.
Authors
Anastasios Virvilios is a partner at Machas & Partners and has many years of experience in administrative and public law cases (public works, service and procurement contracts). He has
Evangelia Sgountzou is an associate at Machas & Partners and focuses on public and administrative law, specialising in public tenders, public procurement and PPPs. She has
represented Greek and foreign legal entities in numerous cases regarding public contracts, payment orders and public tenders before the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Council of State, the Court of Audit and any competent administrative court. He also provides legal services of all kinds to contracting authorities, legal entities governed by public law, special universities accounts and legal entities governed by private law. He has the right of audience before the Greek Supreme Court and is a member of the Piraeus Bar Association, a member of the board of directors of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission and a member of the Union of Greek Publicists.
been systematically involved in daily and extensive practice in court, in co-operation with the administrative authorities as well as in legal research and legal document drafting. She acts as a legal counsel, providing legal support to contracting authorities concerning each aspect of tender preparation, as well as private entities (both Greek and foreign) concerning tender submission. She holds an LLM degree in public law and an LLM in social protection law) from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is also a member of the Athens Bar Association and is licensed to practice law before the Court of First Instance.
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