EYES AHEAD
EYES AHEAD
1969
HARVARD ONCE AGAIN
Kostas Lambadarios’ son, Nondas (1944-2019), followed his father’s steps and also went to study law at Harvard in 1969. The firm’s archives contain handbooks and dense notes from seminars that Nondas attended at Harvard Law School.
Harvard University's thanks to Epaminondas (Nondas)
Lambadarios for his contribution to the university’s mission.
1975&1979
FRESH ADDITIONS TO THE LAW FIRM
In 1975, Nondas Lambadarios joined the firm, which benefited from his timely new knowledge gained through his experience with advisory law.
Nondas’ younger brother, Dimitri Lambadarios, studied in Athens, London and Brussels. He joined the firm in 1979.
Dimitri K. Lambadarios, on an official visit to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as President of the Greek National Tourism Organisation.
1980
LAMBADARIOS LAW FIRM CONTINUED
TO PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE
With the addition of Epaminondas (Nondas) and Dimitri to the firm’s personnel, the name became K. & B. & E. & D. Lambadarios.
Nondas had a practical spirit that was manifested in a more entrepreneurial attitude. As he was close to the business community, he had a clear conception of the issues and could offer more appropriate advice.
Dimitri possessed similar traits, and his wide social acceptance was manifested with his appointment as president of the Greek National Tourism Organisation (2006-2007).
With its new composition, the Lambadarios Law Firm continued to provide legal advice on a number of major agreements. In 1980, a loan agreement for $150 million was drawn up regarding the exploitation of oil deposits in Prinos and natural gas in the region of Kavala in Northern Greece. During this period, foreign investments under LD 2687 continued at a growing rate.
The Lambadarios firm was legal counsel to foreign banks involved in the agreement to exploit the Prinos oil field.
1988
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
Aside from private disputes, the number of disputes between states and foreign investors also increased. In 1988, the Code of Civil Procedure was amended to regulate the involvement of judges in arbitration. The main alternative for dispensing justice was arbitration.
International arbitration has been a significant field of activity for the Lambadarios firm since the 1970s. Thanks to their exposure to international agreements and clients, Nondas Lambadarios, Basil Lambadarios and later John Filiotis became involved in arbitration proceedings as arbitrators (Nondas Lambadarios also acted as a referee) on major cases. At the same time, they became more involved as attorneys for litigants taking part in arbitration.
Nondas Lambadarios (second from left) at an event for the 100 th anniversary of the founding of the International Chamber of Commerce, an organisation concerned with the development of free international trade and investments. The organization operates the International Court of Arbitration, which supervises arbitration proceedings, under ICC rules.
As such, they acquired experience both as arbitrators and as attorneys, with inside knowledge of arbitration, as well as the way of thinking and the criteria applied by arbitrators. The younger Lambadarios partners assisted Nondas Lambadarios from the sidelines as he served as arbitrator or referee in arbitration proceedings for the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Gradually, partners George Panopoulos, Sotiris Dempegiotis, John Filiotis and Constantinos Lambadarios became very active in the field of arbitration, both as arbitrators and as attorneys.
Very few law firms have specialized in the area of arbitration, and even fewer have experience with both facets, either as arbitrators or as arbitration attorneys.
Nondas Lambadarios (left) at the signing of the agreement between Royal Gold and S&B.
Odysseas Kyriakopoulos, CEO of S&B, is in the middle.
Nondas Lambadarios and Sofia Maragidou at an American football game between Harvard and Yale in 1969.
Nondas K. Lambadarios, captain of the Pepsi Challenge in the World Sailing Championship in Porto Carras, 1991. The building of the boat for the Greek crew was sponsored by Pepsi to mark the completion of the historic buyout of the emblematic company IVI by Pepsi Corp., in which Nondas K. Lambadarios acted as legal counsel.
Agreement between the Aircraft Leasing Company and Olympic Airways for the leasing of aircraft by the former to the latter.
The firm represented the lessor and other companies involved.
Study prepared by Nondas Lambadarios at Harvard on the legal protection of foreign investments in Greece.
Constantinos Lambadarios and Prokopis Dimitriadis at an arbitration in Paris with partner Stephan Fry KC from Clifford Chance and Celine Greenberg.
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Highlight from the event of the Lambadarios firm with the University of Geneva MIDS LLM to provide scholarships for Greek students taking part in the university’s post-graduate program on arbitration.
Seen here, amongst others, is professor Stavros Brekoulakis, Quinn Emanuel partner Nondas Triantafilou, MIDS professor Zachary Dougias KC and members of the Lambadarios firm and the Athens Law School.
The correspondence of the Lambadarios Law Firm contains invaluable testimony about what really interested potential investors, whom the Greek government attracted with its legislation but frequently discouraged with its practices.
The correspondence of the Lambadarios Law Firm contains invaluable testimony about what really interested potential investors, whom the Greek government attracted with its legislation but frequently discouraged with its practices.