Our law firm has extensive and specialized experience in the field of public contracts.

Our experience relates to many different subject areas, such as:

  • Infrastructure projects (metro, railroads, motorways, education infrastructure, health infrastructure, sports facilities, miscellaneous infrastructures etc.),
  • Technological projects (telematics, fare collection, energy efficiency, lighting projects etc.)
  • Concessions (motorways, tourist ports, tourist facilities, sports infrastructures, conference-shopping centers, logistics centers etc.)
  • Public and private partnerships – PPPs (motorways, building projects, fire stations, schools, telematics systems for urban transport, waste treatment plants etc.)
  • Supplies (hospital equipment, medicines, text books, information systems, etc.)
  • Services (provision of maintenance services, travel, cadastral, information, IT services etc.)

Moreover, we have successfully supported our clients both at the award procedures (from tender to award decision) but also at the implementation stage (project execution, procurements, services, dispute resolution, arbitration etc.).

Experience on both sides

Our law firm has provided counselling services to awarding authorities, even on major projects (General Secretariat for Infrastructure – North Road Axis of Crete, Road Axis of the Southwest Peloponnese, FLYOVER Road Axis, HRAF (TAIPED) concession of tourist ports OF Chios, Kalamaria, Itea, Argostoli, Zakinthos, Rodes, GAIAOSE – Concession of former Military Camp of Gonos, Ministry of Health – Framework agreements for drugs procurement, University of Crete – PPP contract for educational infrastructure, Demokritos University of Thrace - PPP contract for educational infrastructure, Municipality of Chania – PPP contract for schools, Municipalities of Athens, Loutraki, N. Smyrni, Peloponnese Region – Street Lighting Projects, OASA – Telematics for urban transport, Ticketing system, Solid Waste Management Entities - Construction of Waste Treatment Plants in the Peloponnese, in Attica, Serres etc.). On the other hand, we have provided counselling services to contractors of public contracts in major projects as well (Athens Metro Line 4, Athens Metro Line 3 Chaidari – Piraeus line, Athens Metro Line 2 Anthoupoli line, Concession of Faliron Marina, Concession of former Olympic installations for canoe-kayak slalom, a numerous Olympic projects, Korinthos – Patras motorway etc.).

This two-sided experience allows us to understand the way that all parties involved act and react in the awarding procedure, as well as during the implementation phase, and gives us the opportunity to orient ourselves more easily and to provide counselling services to our clients on the best and most effective way to react in each case.

Best international practices – FIDIC Certification

Our law firm’s lawyers are experienced and certified in the internationally recognized FIDIC model agreements (International Federation of Consulting Engineers). Moreover, our law firm co-organized in May 2013, in Athens, the first official FIDIC seminar in Greece. In March 2012, in collaboration with the Public Corporations and Organizations Center, the Hellenic Association of Consulting Firms and the London Matrix Seminars, we organized, under the auspice of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport & Networks and the Technical Chamber of Greece, an open day event to be introduced to the FIDIC model agreements.

 

Our certified experience in FIDIC model agreements, incorporating the best international practices in the market of projects and provision of services, allows us to counsel our clients on international projects or on projects involving international financing, but also to efficiently select the proper contractual schemes due to our accumulated experience and practice in FIDIC.

Extensive experience in PPPs and concessions

Our law firm’s lawyers have extensive experience on issues relating to public and private partnerships (PPPs), having participated in significant concession projects and PPPs. Our law firm is registered in the catalogue of Planning, Counselling Service Providers and Experts (p.d. 4/2002) of the former Special Secretariat for Public and Private Partnerships.