Kelemenis, Yannis

Dr. Kelemenis is the founder and managing partner of Kelemenis & Co. He obtained his LL.B from the University of Athens and his M.Phil and D.Phil degrees from Oxford University. He went up to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship awarded by the John Cecil Rhodes Trust of Oxford University. He is a member of the Athens Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Institute of Energy of Southeast Europe (IENE). Dr. Kelemenis' expertise lies primarily in corporate and commercial matters (mostly M&As, project finance, venture capital transactions, corporate governance) corporate fraud, and litigation. In terms of sectoral expertise, he has been heavily involved in energy and natural resources, a field in which he is considered a leading expert throughout Southeast Europe. He has been repeatedly selected by the EU Commission and the World Bank to advise on the legal approximation (primarily of trade and of energy legislation) of Eastern European transition economies with the EU acquis communautaire. In so doing, he has advised the governments of FYR Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Albania. Dr. Kelemenis has authored several articles and chapters in edited volumes including the Greece chapter for Sweet & Maxwell’s leading loose-leaf publication “Energy Law and Regulation in the EU”. He has been named a recommended lawyer for M&A, corporate & commercial work, energy, and litigation in various leading international legal directories (e.g. PLC Handbooks, European Legal Experts, Legal 500). He is authorized to appear before the Supreme Court of Greece.

E-mail: yk@kelemenis.com

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