NIKOLAOS SAKKAS

– LLM in Shipping Law, at the University of SOUTHAMPTON (United Kingdom). Dissertation Title: “Theory & Practice of the Shipping Arbitration in England”. (1995 – 1996)

– ERASMUS DIPLOMA in International Business & European Law, at the Catholic University of LEUVEN (Belgium). Dissertation Title: “The Rules of International Arbitration”. (1994 – 1995)

– LAW DEGREE, at the Law School of the University of Athens (Greece). (1990 – 1994)

• Providing legal consulting and litigation services independently to Private Legal and Physical Entities on:
  1. Corporate Investments Licensing, Money Market & Investment Companies Regulatory Compliance, Capital Markets & Banking Law Class Actions, Shareholders’ Minority Rights Representation and Execution,
  2. Scouting targets for companies’ Mergers & Acquisitions (i.e. Securities Companies, Hotels and Touristic Enterprises, Energy Companies, Agricultural Production Companies t.c.) and Executing the Due Diligence,
  3. Project Finance through Banking or Alternative Financing Sources (i.e. EU or State Regimes, Public Internet Crowdfunding, Business Angels, Peer to Peer Digital Platforms, Private Placements, e.t.c.),
  4. International Trading Contracts (i.e. minerals, precious metals, main money market traded commodities, joint ventures, exclusive distribution agreements e.t.c.), Monitoring and Supervising the Regulatory Compliance (i.e. AML e.t.c) and Closing of Multilateral Transactions,
  5. Intellectual & Industrial Property Rights Protection and Trademarks Registration and Protection,
  6. Insurance, Transportation (i.e Shipping, Air, Railway & Road), Energy and Medical Negligence Liability Dispute Claims Court or Arbitration Resolution.

  (01/01/16 up today)

• Managing Partner of the “N. SAKKAS-T. SAKKA-H. SOROKOS & PARTNERS LAW FIRM” since January 2011, after merging and transforming an association of law offices founded on May 2001 under the title “NIKOLAOS SAKKAS & ASSOCIATES LAW OFFICES”. Personally I provided my Legal Services to Public and Private Legal and Physical Entities mainly on cases of Transportation Law (Air, Shipping & Insurance), Infrastructure Law (i.e. Networks, Public Construction & Energy, Claims for Contractors Fees’ and Damages, Administrative Claim Procedures, Court Orders for Final Construction unpaid Bills e.t.c.), Industrial & Intellectual Property and International Trade Marks and Patents Law (i.e. Registration, Deregistration and EU or National Law Protection Procedures e.t.c.), Company Law (i.e. Corporate Governance & Minority Rights, Shareholders’ Claims, Liquidations & Solvency Procedures, Due Diligence for Mergers & Acquisitions e.t.c.), Securities, Capital Markets and Banking Law (i.e. investors’ damages claims, shareholders and BOD members compliance to Securities Regulations and disputing in court fines of the Securities Commission, drafting public offer newsletters in the Stock Exchange, stock trading supervision and public offerings, drafting Banking loan agreement forms, enforcement of claims  e.t.c.), Business Law Contracting (i.e. Franchise, Joint Ventures, Transfer of Technology, Leases e.t.c.), Civil Law Damages’ Claims (i.e. Labor Law, Car Accidents Law, Medical and Professional Negligence Law e.t.c.) and Arbitration & Law Enforcement (especially against Greek Public Entities). As regards to my Managerial Duties, amongst other, I supervised, monitored and performed all the Tax declarations, duties & accounting statements, the suppliers’ & clients’ payments, the banking records and the payments to the partners & associates, all the software, equipment & machinery supply and upgrading, the Firm’s Publicity and relations with its clients, the allocation and supervision of Clients’ cases, the Managing of the Clients’ personal data and accounts, the supervision of the Joint Venture cases handling with other Law Firms and Lawyers, the candidates’ interviewing and the associates’ recruitment e.t.c.
  (05/2001 to 12/2015)
• Associate Lawyer to “P. N. Karydakis & Associates” Law Offices, working on Shipping, Banking and Insurance Law court cases.
  (03/2001 to 04/2001)
• Associate Lawyer to “N. Polychronopoulos & Associates” Law Offices, working on Tort Transportation Law Claims (mainly Shipping & Air Incidents) and likewise court cases (i.e. Car Accident cases e.t.c.).- Member for two (2) years (02/1999 to 12/2000) at the Board of Directors and the Investment Committee of a Securities S.A. Company, being concurrently its Legal Counsel in defending its court cases and consulting upon Companies’ Buy Outs, Mergers & Acquisitions, Initial Public Offers and Private Placements.(12/1999 to 02/2000)
• Associate Lawyer to “F. Lemonis & Associates” Law Offices, working upon contracts, advisory and litigation in Banking, Shipping, Company, Tax and Enforcement Law (i.e. founding companies, drafting shareholders agreements, minority rights’ protection and claims, banking loan agreements, syndicated loan issuances, sale & purchase agreements, English law arbitrations e.tc.).
  (11/1998 to 11/1999)
• Legal Counsel to the Greek Army-Navy Headquarters for Shipping and    Civil Law Tort Claims (collisions, oil-pollution, death and injuries etc.) and supervising the enforcement of the Naval Punitive Law throughout my military service.
  (09/1997 to 10/1998)
• Trainee Lawyer to “M. Tsigou & Associates” Law Offices, trained part time upon ordinary Civil & Commercial Law Court cases.
  (09/1996 to 09/1997)

Greek, English (native languages), French (basic)