Something of a heritage firm, the respected and long-standing Lambadarios Law Firm has made an avowed aim to modernise its overall product. The firm consolidates the gains it made in the rankings last year with another solid 12 months....
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Something of a heritage firm, the respected and long-standing Lambadarios Law Firm has made an avowed aim to modernise its overall product. The firm consolidates the gains it made in the rankings last year with another solid 12 months.
Though the firm that carries a lot of weight in business and corporate circles, Lambadarios has worked on a few different types of deal this year. Arguably its stand out deal was a M&A transaction, which marked the first successfully completed cross-border merger in Greece under the new law. The deal involved a major Japanese electronics concern, and took in over a dozen separate jurisdictions.
Regarding the capital markets team, a rival partner had this comment to make: "Lambadarios used to be traditionally very famous for their capital markets work, but not so much anymore. They lack exposure." This seems a strange remark however when you consider the deals the team has worked on. Lambadarios advised Deutsche Bank in regard to a bonds issue by the Greek state, which was for payment of healthcare receivables that were owed to the government. This was to the tune of €5 billion, and the team also advised the same client on the restructuring of the secured portion of a covered bond issue worth over a billion Euros by the National Bank of Greece.
The project finance practice at Lambadarios made its way into the rankings for the first time last year and has remained very busy. The team is active with one PPP (public-private partnership) project concerning the port security for all Greek ports, a project that was stalled briefly by the financial crisis but will resume shortly.
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