Kelemenis & Co. is an Athens-based law firm providing quality legal services in the key corporate and commercial areas. The firm advises a varied client base that includes corporations, governments, international law firms, financial institutions and high-net-worth individuals. It regularly advises international clients, including several leading international law firms (e.g. Clifford Chance, DLA Piper, Beachcroft), on cross-border transactions and regulatory matters. The firm draws on a team of lawyers with excellent academic qualifications from world-class universities (e.g. Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Heidleberg). Kelemenis & Co. has been active not only in Greece but in the wider region of Southeast and Eastern Europe (e.g. FYR Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine) where it has been advising local governments on legal approximation with the EU acquis communautaire and international investors on their cross-border ventures.

Kelemenis & Co. enjoys excellent rankings in all leading international legal directories (e.g. Legal 500, PLC Handbooks, IFLR and Euromoney Handbooks) and is a recommended law firm in all key practice areas such as corporate & commercial, M&A, litigation, energy and natural resources, banking, tax, project finance, capital markets, competition and shipping. It is regularly invited to contribute the Greece chapter to commercial law handbooks published by highly regarded international publishers (e.g. Sweet & Maxwell, Global Competition Review, Practical Law Company, Centre for International Legal Studies, International Comparative Legal Guide Series, Euromoney Yearbooks).

Kelemenis & Co. is a member of several professional associations and chambers. It is a sustaining member of both the British Hellenic and the Greek American Chambers of Commerce. The firm is the Greece member of Multilaw, a leading global law network consisting of more than 65 law firms worldwide and over 6,000 lawyers in over 150 commercial centres. Multilaw member firms are chosen on the basis of the highest standards of quality and ethics so as to make sure that they best serve the needs of the typical international business client. Being part of the Multilaw network ensures an instant global reach for clients who require multi-jurisdictional legal advice. Kelemenis & Co. is also the Greece member of First Law International, an international provider of legal services in all key commercial centres around the globe.

Kelemenis & Co. is dedicated to working across the full spectrum of corporate, commercial and tax matters and its experience ranges from routine day-to-day corporate governance and company formation to complicated cross-border transactions, international joint ventures and M&As, project finance, venture capital, tax structuring and compliance. The firm regularly advises international clients, including several international law firms, on partnering arrangements, corporate structuring and regulatory matters. In doing so, it often deploys auditors, accountants, tax consultants, recruiters and marketers for those clients who wish to be rendered a full range of corporate services.

The firm has built a strong reputation for its energy practice not only in Greece but in the wider region of southeast Europe. The practice, which is headed by name partner Dr. Kelemenis, is well-versed into both transactional and regulatory work. It has advised, inter alia, the regulators of Greece (RAE) and FYR Macedonia (ERC) and the governments of Romania, Moldova, FYR Macedonia and Albania. The firm has also been advising several energy undertakings in Greece and in southeast Europe and provides a one-stop shop service in any of the countries that make part of the Regional Energy Market of Southeast Europe.

In addition to its strong transactional and regulatory expertise, the firm has a fully-fledged litigation department with a convincing track record. The litigation department can advise on all contentious aspects of corporate and financial transactions and assists clients with pragmatic and strategic decision-making. It often maintains an aggressive approach to litigation pushing successfully for provisional measures and injunctions. The firm represents clients before all types of Greek courts and tribunals and can cover all types of commercial disputes, including contractual disputes, shareholder litigation, partnership disputes, maritime and international trade, banking and finance, insurance litigation and employment.