Dr. Yannis Kelemenis
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. Dr. Kelemenis' expertise lies primarily in corporate
and commercial matters, corporate fraud, and litigation.
In terms of sectoral expertise, he has been heavily involved
in energy and natural resources. He has been repeatedly
selected by the EU Commission and the World Bank to advise
on the legal approximation 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 is a recommended lawyer for M&A, corporate
& commercial work, energy, and litigation in all leading
international legal directories (e.g. PLC Handbooks, European
Legal Experts, Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, IFLR).
PLC Which Lawyer 2008 describes him as a “prolific
and respected deal-focused corporate advisor with acknowledged
advisory experience in deals involving the hotel and leisure,
energy and food industries”, whereas Legal 500 2008
as “a versatile business lawyer who can inspire colleagues
and clients alike”. Dr. Kelemenis is authorized to
appear before the Supreme Court of Greece.
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”, as well as the Greece
chapter on both Electricity and Oil Regulation for the “Getting
the Deal Through Series”; on renewable energy for
the "Renewable Energy Finance Yearbook 2007/2008"
published by Euromoney; on M&A for the "European
M&A 2007/2008” published by the Global Competition
Review; and on dispute resolution for ICGL’s "Litigation
& Dispute Resolution 2008" and PLC’s “Dispute
Resolution Handbook 2008/09”. He was recently commissioned
by Oxford University Press to write the Greece chapter for
the Digest of Commercial Laws of the World.
E-mail: yk@kelemenis.com
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