Upon the provision of our consulting legal services, we follow the following principles:

• We aim to defend and promote our client’s interests, within the framework of legality and fair pursuit of their objective, by all legal means.
• We also aim to the protection of the members of the management and the executives of the organization, to the extent of their liability for their actions or omissions, always keeping into consideration that personal liability may concur during the exercise of their duties.
• We do not merely underline the possible risks that may be involved in each transaction. To the contrary, we attempt to propose feasible solutions which reduce the legal risks and allow for the beneficial realization of every transaction pursued by the management. In other words, we are convinced that as much as the management of the organization is the instigator of every business endeavour, legal counsel must not work only in cases of risk but instead must facilitate the management to achieve their objectives by proposing the adequate solutions.

Within the framework of our consulting services, we shall also work as follows:

Meetings

• communication, cooperation with the executive officers and the departments of the company
• participation in negotiations and meetings with the company counterparties (clients, suppliers, associates)
• Legal opinions, informative and opinion memos on issues set by the administration

Contracts

• as the case may be, reviewing or compiling, commenting and negotiating contacts between the organization and third parties
• creating workable standard contracts for the current and repeated transactions of the company
• Collection of data, research and assessment of the reports on issues falling within the scope of duties of the legal counsel.

Due to the slowness and to the generally prejudicial conditions under which the ordinary civil courts, which rule upon civil and commercial disputes, usually operate, we propose to our clients to initially proceed to mediation in order to resolve relatively complex or major disputes, or to amicable settlement thereof and, ultimately, to arbitration.

In the globalised market of goods and services, reliable rules for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) are already set, such as, among others, the ΙCC – International Chamber of Commerce and the FIDIC – International Federation of Consulting Engineers et.al. Furthermore, the Greek Legislation has already introduced the institution of mediation in civil and commercial cases (law 3898/2010), which also offers a satisfactory setting for amicable resolution of a dispute and – mainly – grants any agreement, stipulated between the parties, the power of an enforceable deed.

Even if the alternative dispute resolution or the amicable settlement fail, arbitration may offer a favourable ground for a quick resolution of the dispute, with decisions which are usually taken via a reliable and individualized legal diagnosis, following a procedure which presents quality characteristics which the judicial procedures before the courts usually lack. Our lawyers are familiar with appearing before courts of arbitration and, in particular, within the framework of large projects (i.e. Attiko Metro projects), so as to be in a position to efficiently defend every case of our client. Furthermore, our law firm contributes to deciding the appropriate legal framework (international or national arbitration, according to the Hellenic Code of Civil Procedure or any other regulatory framework etc.), so as to achieve cost reduction and speeding of the expected results in every case.

Our law firm has undertaken at times complex and large projects requiring on the one hand, the establishment and administration of a large team of attorneys and on the other, the collaboration with technical, financial and other consultants, within the framework of providing full services to the client. Our attorneys are familiar with participating in multi-person workgroups and managing complex assignments, in such a way so as to achieve the best results.