Sofia Chatzigiannidou

Partner

Full Biography

Sofia heads our Public Procurement and Concessions practice advising on a wide array of regulatory and administrative law matters pertaining to the relevant procedures. She has a strong track record in representing clients in procurement and privatisation procedures in a wide array of industries including energy, defense and pharmaceuticals, her work includes all areas of tender related matters from responding to call for tenders to tender related dispute procedures in and out of court. She has acted in many large-scale procurement and privatisation projects including marinas, motorways, casino licenses and multimillion framework agreements tendered by the Health Procurement Committee.

Sofia also advises on the full spectrum of energy related issues including compliance, electricity, natural gas and hydrocarbons’ regulation, financing and licensing requirements of Renewable Energy Projects and relevant transactional work. She has acted for leading energy companies in the renewables, oil and gas sectors and has been heavily involved in various energy and infrastructure projects presenting complex regulatory aspects.

Sofia was admitted to the Athens Bar in 2005 and is admitted before the Supreme Court. She joined our firm in 2006.

Education

  • Institute of European Studies, UniversitĂ© Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) (LL.M. in European Law)

  • University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B.)

  • UniversitĂ© Robert Schuman, Strasbourg (International, European and Comparative Law Certificate)

Languages

  • Greek
  • English
  • French

Awards

IFLR Rising star partner 2024

2024

IFLR1000

IFLR Rising star partner 2023

2023

IFLR 1000

IFLR 1000 Rising Star Partner Chatzigiannidou 2022

2022

IFLR 1000 Rising Star Partner

Chambers Europe Chatzigiannidou 2019

2019

Chambers Europe