MOUSSAS & TSIBRIS advise on all types of mergers, acquisitions, privatizations and restructurings. In this field, our lawyers have acted on behalf of financial and strategic advisers, bidders and target companies, advising on the legal structure of the new entity, employment law issues arising from the proposed restructuring and the regulatory framework governing transactions in this area as well as drafting documentation and undertaking due diligence.

Practice highlights

• Advising a major metals trading group in its initially hostile takeover of a metals construction company by way of an acquisition through the Athens Exchange
• Acting on behalf of a leading Greek metals trading group and a listed metals construction company in the acquisition of a significant minority equity stake in the Hellenic Vehicle Industry S.A., a transaction in which major Greek and international banks and investment firms were involved acting as strategic and financial advisers
• Advising a listed metals construction company in the purchase of a 40% stake in a leading Greek construction company
• Representation of a major Greek metals trading group in its acquisition of a majority share in a company in the same line of business from the State Ownership Fund in Romania which formed part of the Romanian privatization programme
• Acting as local counsel to a major French banking group together with an international law firm in the negotiations for its proposed merger with one of the largest Greek private sector banks
• Advising a client in their participation in public tenders for the privatization of mines and metallurgies companies in the Balkans and a copper complex in Cyprus
• Advising a construction group based in Greece and with a large presence in the USA in relation to its intergroup mergers and spin-offs
• Advising a group of listed companies involved in sea farming in their corporate reorganization and restructuring

Our clients in this area are from a variety of industries including Agriculture, Construction, Financial and Minerals and Mining.