BallasPelecanos Law
Led by Gregory Pelecanos, who demonstrates ‘unique specialisation’ and ’hardworking spirit’, the Athens-based BallasPelecanos Law competition team covers contentious and non-contentious competition and EU law matters. The practice represents international companies from across the automotive, technology and healthcare industries, with Pelecanos bringing over 36 years’ experience in acting before the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. Dimitrios Giannimaras is a skilled litigator focusing on competition distribution matters, while Maria Papageorgiou specialises in IP law proceedings and assessments of possible instances of abuse of dominance.
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Testimonials
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‘Full professionalism, excellent knowledge of their subjects, continuous availability, fair pricing, team spirit, technological sustainability.’
‘We work closely with Senior Partner Gregory Pelecanos who is characterized by unique specialization and hardworking spirit, providing us with state-of-the art legal services.’
‘Excellent knowledge of automotive business.’
‘Gregory is a long-time partner of our firm. We trust Gregory to handle the cases we work on together.'
- 'We sincerely appreciate Gregory's responsiveness, user-friendliness and ‘can do’ attitude.'
Key clients
- Amer Sport Exports Gmbh
- Volvo Greece SA
- Ford Motor Greece SA
- Star Automotive Hellas SA (formerly Mercedes Benz Greece S.A)
- Association of Motor Vehicle Importers and Representatives
- Aeroservices SA
- De’longhi SpA-De’ Longhi Kenwood Greece SA
- Mega Disposables SA
- Prenecon SA
- Nissan Europe
- Lamborghini Europe
Work highlights
- Advised on the joint venture between GT and MOH to establish an electricity production plant in Komotini, including the merger control aspects before the Hellenic Competition Commission.
- Advising Aeroservices SA on a dispute concerning a procurement run by NSPA regarding whether NSPA is immune from EU competition and procurement laws.
- Advised and represented Amer Sports Export (Amer) and an affiliate before the HCC in an investigation into allegations of vertical price fixing and market partitioning.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Gregory Pelecanos