ALG Manousakis Law Firm

ALG Law Firm was established in 2011 by Ioannis and Alexandros Manousakis. ALG is an international law firm based in Athens with lawyers qualified in six EU jurisdictions and Switzerland and a total of 40 lawyers and 25 paralegals. With a broad knowledge base in corporate and commercial law and proven know-how in the industries we serve, our firm is organized to respond quickly and effectively to client needs.

Our clients include 30 pharmaceutical/biotech companies and 5 medical devices companies. Our focus is on serving their needs in both day-to-day and complex contracts and developing solid data privacy and other compliance programs including helping them to implement those programs. Both services require close engagement with business owners and makes our teams unique in the knowledge of the healthcare industry.

We encourage an open channel of communication where every client feels the full focus of dedicated teams in healthcare, corporate, tax, TMT and competition law.  Committed to personalized service, our top talents deliver innovative proactive solutions or troubleshoot –whenever, whatever and wherever the case may be.

Finally, we take pride in our track record in commercial and administrative litigation. We have a high rate of success especially in commercial claims, tax and administrative litigation in general.

Areas of practice
Corporate/commercial: ALG is a widely recognized expert in this field, looking after the clients  throughout their company life-cycle. This creates a trust-based partner  relationship, which provides us with a valuable insight into their commercial  objectives. In this regard, we offer close advice in all aspects of their daily operation (including corporate minutes, corporate governance  compliance, stock options schemes etc). Besides setting-up corporations  and local branches on a routine basis, we also handle strong shareholding  disputes, through strategic and business-oriented approach, especially in  deadlock situations.

Data privacy: We are providing a full range of data protection services, focused on optimal solutions for GDPR compliance tailored to serve the needs of each company and its industry (such as the life sciences field), keeping the “user experience” always in its implementation mindset. We are supported by a European team of professionals with extensive experience in the data privacy field both from a legal/consulting as well as an IT perspective.

Intellectual property: ALG has a long-standing track record in this field. We routinely handle cases of registration, renewal and investigation of national and EU trademarks and patents. Our practice also includes conducting trademark due diligence audits, as well as drafting assignment and licensing agreements. Our IP team also advises clients on patent licensing and technology transfer agreements, including confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements with employees, contractors and other parties. We are frequently involved in IP litigation before the Trade Marks Committee or the competent Courts, representing our clients in trademark/patent opposition and cancellation proceedings, as well as in trademark or patent infringement or unfair competition cases.

Real estate: ALG is very active in the real estate sector, with an excellent combination of tax practice, which ensures to our clients safe legal advice on how to structure and plan transactions and minimize tax exposure. Our long-standing experience is reflected in our consistent involvement in a large number of high-profile real estate cases, including concession and/or transfer of state-owned real property, sale and lease back agreements, construction contracts, as well as lease and commercial co-operation agreements for high profile retailers. Such involvement is ideally combined with our environmental and land planning practice focus.

Civil and commercial litigation: Our primary aim is to assist clients to settle a dispute  and avoid litigation if and when possible. When  litigation is unavoidable, ALG offers a well-  experienced litigation team, which successfully  handles complex civil and business law disputes.  Our focus on the business needs of the client  ensures proper targeting, which combines legal and  commercial assessment. On top of that, we have a long-standing  experience in public law litigation (including tax  cases), with a strong presence before the Supreme  Administrative Court (Conseil d' Etat).