Headed by the ‘phenomenal’ Pavlos Masouros, the Athens-based Masouros & Partners practice covers all aspects of corporate matters arising in the energy industry, including M&A, reorganisations and spin-offs. The team’s expertise spans the traditional energy and renewable spheres, including oil and gas initiatives and hydroelectric projects. Masouras specialises in financing projects, development agreements and cross-border investment opportunities. The group also has in-depth experience of handling joint ventures and public procurement projects.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Masouros & Partners is experienced in all matters pertaining to energy infrastructure for prominent clients in both the renewables space and the oil and gas industry. Frequently assists clients with first-in-kind projects.’

  • 'We found their practice to be outstanding in comparison to other well-known energy law practices in Greece. They have a clear expertise in the Greek energy regulatory environment and their unparalleled talent in M&A (which is well-known in the market) helps a lot in getting demanding energy transactions through.’

  • ‘Pavlos Masouros is a phenomenal lawyer. The very best in his generation and he easily beats lawyers who have 20 years more experience than he has. He brings into energy transactions the expertise of a bright M&A lawyer. Antonis Nikolaidis is an associate who seems have an answer for every regulatory energy law question we've got; always up-to-date, always speedy responses.’

  • ‘Pavlos Masouros leads the practice together with Nelly Peraki. Both very diligent. Pavlos is the brightest lawyer around and brings in his unparalleled M&A expertise into the world of energy. Nelly is also solid and reliable, while Antonis Nikolaidis is a clear rising star in the field of Energy law.’

  • 'Our clients have been very satisfied with Masouros' expertise in the energy field; they seem to clearly know their job when it comes to advising on energy law matters.’

  • ‘Pavlos Masouros and Antonis Nikolaidis are the key individuals here, with help by Christos Liapis. Antonis is quick and thorough. We send in a list of questions in the morning, by the afternoon he's got us covered. He's impressive.’

  • ‘The team is very responsive. Their feedback is quite quick and to the point.’

  • ‘Pavlos Masouros is very professional and he knows what the client really wants.’

Key clients

  • Petrolina (Holdings) Public Ltd
  • Public Power Corporation S.A.
  • Public Power Corporation Renewables
  • Glensol Energy Ltd
  • Herrenknecht AG
  • Alpha Bank

Work highlights

  • Advising Public Power Corporation on its first non-Greek energy project, the joint bidding with Archirodon for the 330MW Cebren hydro-electric project procured by the Government of North Macedonia.
  • Advising PPC in relation to a JV with Accenture regarding a three-year, €20mn project for the digital transformation of PPC’s retail division.
  • Advising PPC Renewables on its indirect partnership with Motor Oil’s renewables subsidiary in relation to the acquisition of Unagi, in which PPC Renewables and Motor Oil will together hold a portfolio of 1.9GW in RES projects.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Pavlos Masouros

Other key lawyers

Antonis Nikolaidis, Nelly Peraki, Christos Liapis