Specialising in the shipping, hospitality, and real estate industries predominantly, Saplegal - A.S. Papadimitriou & Partners Law Firm is well versed in complex shareholder disputes, alongside asset recovery and enforcement proceedings. The team acts for prominent shipowners, multinationals, and foreign corporations in cross-border commercial litigation. From Athens, Alexander Dovles and Elena Kossena co-head the practice, each boasting substantial experience in civil cases before the Greek and Cypriot courts. Pavlina Galati and Nantia Kyprouli are both also highlighted as integral players, especially in maritime disputes and IP claims.

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Key clients

  • Icap Outsourcing
  • Kordelos S.A.
  • Rivers Group Shipping of Turkey
  • Grecotel Group
  • Alexander S. Onassis Foundation
  • Interunity Management Corporation
  • Olympia Group
  • V. Theoharakis Group of Companies
  • Rivulis A.V.E.G.E.
  • Mitsis Hotel Group
  • Euroclinic of Athens S.A.
  • Andromeda S.A.

Work highlights

  • Represented members of a family, minority shareholders in ELBISCO, in their dispute with the majority shareholders and the company.
  • Advising and representing a major group of Greek companies in connection with litigious unilateral conversion of fixed-price clauses in energy supply contracts into floating-price.
  • Represented Euroclinic of Athens, a group of Greek private clinics, in numerous disputes, including malpractice cases.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alexander Dovles, Elena Kossena

Other key lawyers

Pavlina Galati, Nantia Kyprouli, Orestis Angelopoulos