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Mergers & Acquisitions

IFLR 1000 (The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms) 2013 ranks the Firm in the First Tier for its Mergers & Acquisitions practice. Panayotis Bernitsas, Nikos Papachristopoulos, Athanasia Tsene, Yannis Kourniotis and Dionysis Flambouras are all ranked as leading lawyers.
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The European Legal 500 2012 ranks the Firm in the First Tier for its Corporate and M&A practice and Panayotis Bernitsas and Nikos Papachristopoulos as Leading Individuals.
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Chambers Global 2012 and Chambers Europe 2012 rank the Firm in the First Band for its Corporate and Commercial practice and Panayotis Bernitsas and Nikos Papachristopoulos for their work in this area.
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PLC Which Lawyer 2012 ranks the Firm as Leading for its Corporate and M&A practice and endorses Panayotis Bernitsas, Nikos Papachristopoulos and Linda Vasaka for their work in this field.
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M. & P. Bernitsas Law Offices is particularly well known for its work in this area of law and has extensive experience in advising participants in some of the major transactions in terms of value and innovation to have taken place in Greece. We have often drafted documentation to cover groundbreaking transaction structures in this sector and represent purchasers, acquirers, financial advisors and minority shareholders.

Practice Focus

Advising on:

  • mergers and acquisitions, demergers and restructuring
  • takeovers
  • the local arm of cross-border transactions
  • the financing aspects of mergers and acquisitions
  • joint ventures
  • the implications and effect of national and European legislation
  • compliance with the regulatory and legislative framework

For more information on our Mergers & Acquisitions practice, please contact Linda Vasaka (private companies) or Nikos Papachristopoulos (public companies).
Practice Highlights

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Practice Highlights

Representative matters include acting on behalf of/advising:

  • Societe Generale in connection with their sale of their entire stake in Geniki Bank to Piraeus Bank.
  • Paine & Partners in their €45m acquisition of c.67% of Eurodrip. A tender offer will follow for the remaining stake.
  • the Marinopoulos Group, as local advisers, in their acquisition of sole control over Carrefour Marinopoulos and subsidiaries, over which the Marinopoulos Group exercised joint control together with the Carrefour Group until the completion of the transaction, and the subsequent restructuring of Carrefour Marinopoulos by means of a re-financing and share capital increase.
  • Henkel AG & Co KGaA in connection with the proposed merger of its two local subsidiaries, Henkel Hellas and Rilken Cosmetics, to be effected through payment of cash by the former to the latter’s shareholders.
  • EFG Eurobank in connection with its proposed acquisition of Emporiki Bank from Credit Agricole.
  • Selonda Aquacultures in connection with its merger with Interfish Aquacultures.
  • Crown Group in connection with the merger of its two local subsidiaries, Lomond Metal Products Services and Crown Hellas Can Packaging.  
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