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Nikos  Christoforidis

Nikos Christoforidis

LCI Law, Greece

Position

Partner

Career

Nikos is a partner in our Dispute Resolution and Real Estate practice and joined our firm in June 2024.

He started his career in 1987 and worked as a sole practitioner until 2000 when he became the head of the newly founded Thessaloniki office of Zepos & Yannopoulos Law Firm.

In 2008 Nikos moved to Athens to lead the Dispute Resolution practice of Zepos & Yannopoulos, which he did for the next 15 years, representing before all levels of the Greek Courts many major multinational companies, such as

A major European multinational-commercial and military Airplane manufacturer A major U.S. multinational, leader in Information Technology systems A major Italian multinational, manufacturing and selling clothing under its famous brand A major French multinational, manufacturing and selling women’s and men’s bags and other women’s and men’s accessories A major American multinational, manufacturing and selling clothing under its famous brand A major American multinational, producer and seller of bananas A major Spanish-German multinational, manufacturing and selling wind turbines and generators and in general wind parks. A major American multinational, producer and seller of clothing. Experience

Nikos has a wealth of experience acting as lead counsel in representing clients in complex court litigation covering all range of civil, commercial, and corporate disputes, domestic and international. He is also very experienced in proceedings before the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court in Greece. He has also handled as lead counsel several ICC and SCC arbitration cases, where, in the ICC cases, he has represented the Greek State Gas Company (DEPA) against some of the major retail providers of gas in Greece and, in the SCC case, a major port cranes’ greek manufacturer on a monetary claim against the buyer of the cranes.

Accreditations

Nikos has been ranked for many years in Tier 2 of The Legal 500, Greece and in Band 4 of Chambers Global/Chambers Europe for Dispute Resolution, Greece, at his previous firm.

Languages

Nikos is fluent in Greek and has a professional working proficiency in English.

Memberships

Athens Bar Association

Mentions

Greece

Dispute resolution