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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