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M. & P. BERNITSAS LAW OFFICES

Firm Name: M. & P. Bernitsas Law Offices

Address: 5, Lykavittou Street
106 72 Athens, Greece

Telephone: +30-210-36-15-395 (10 lines)
Fax: +30-210-36-22-305-6
Website: www.bernitsaslawoffices.gr

Main contact:
Prof. Panayotis M. Bernitsas, Managing Partner

E-mail: m&p.bernitsas@bernitsaslawoffices.gr

Other office locations: None

Year established: 1946

Size of the firm: 35 professionals; 10 partners, 18 associates, 3 counsels, 4 trainee lawyers and several independent experts ...more

The firm is currently one of the largest in Greece and its lawyers are all foreign language speakers. M. & P. Bernitsas Law Offices are one of the first law firms in Greece to have made the training and professional development of their lawyers a priority.

Languages: Greek, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish

FIRM PROFILE: M. & P. Bernitsas Law Offices is currently one of the largest firms in Greece and its lawyers are all foreign language speakers. It is one of the first law firms in Greece to have made the training and professional development of their lawyers a priority.

M. & P. Bernitsas Law Offices was founded in 1946 by Marinos Bernitsas at which time the firm practised civil and commercial law. Its current managing partner, Panayotis Bernitsas, joined the firm in the early 1970’s, under whose direction the firm continued to expand steadily throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s to become one of the leading and largest firms in Greece today. The firm’s areas of practice now include specialisations in Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment, European Union and Competition, Human Rights, Food and Beverages and Medicinal Products and Medical Devices, Intellectual Property and IT, Labour, Land and Property, Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Mergers and Acquisitions, Privatisations, Project Finance, Public Tenders and Public Works, Tax and Telecommunications and Media.

M. & P. Bernitsas Law Offices has long been a proponent of the provision of an international level of service which has earned it a reputation both in Greece and abroad as one of the foremost providers of services in Greece in all sectors of commercial law. The firm has consistently been at the forefront of shaping Greece’s legal and regulatory framework and has acted in many pioneer transactions.

M. & P. Bernitsas Law Offices is ranked first in the Greek section by Chambers & Partners Global 2002-3 and 2003-4 for its Corporate and Commercial practice and by The Legal 500 2003 in the first tier rankings for its Banking, Finance and Securities, Corporate and Commercial, European Union and Competition, IT and Telecoms and Privatisation and Projects practice. Global Counsel 3000 2003-4 ranks M. & P. Bernitsas Law Offices as a highly recommended firm in Banking and Finance and Panayotis Bernitsas as a leading individual lawyer in the Banking and Finance, Company and Commercial, Dispute Resolution and Mergers and Acquisitions practice areas.