International Economic Law

Practice Overview

Overview

Lamnidis Law's international economic law practice acts at the intersection of public international law, EU regulatory frameworks, and cross-border economic policy. Our work spans interstate agreements, EU-mandated technical assistance projects, sovereign-level energy and infrastructure mandates, regulatory capacity-building for emerging market governments, and complex international arbitration in transboundary commercial disputes. We have served as legal advisor to the European Union, the European Commission, the World Bank, the EBRD, the EIB and the Asian Development Bank, alongside multiple sovereign governments across Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Middle East.

The defining feature of this practice is the multi-jurisdictional layering. A single mandate typically involves EU acquis communautaire compliance, national law of one or more sovereign states, interstate or treaty-based frameworks, and the procedural rules of multilateral institutions. We are positioned to navigate that layering directly, drafting harmonisation legislation, structuring interstate arrangements, advising on legal roadmaps for energy and infrastructure corridors, supporting feasibility studies on transboundary projects, and representing clients in international arbitration proceedings. Few Greek law firms operate at this scale, and fewer still have meaningful presence in the jurisdictions where these mandates actually take effect.

Selected Matters

Work Highlights

• Legal advisor on the negotiations and sale of 15 vessels from a private company to a foreign government, including cross-border regulatory and contractual structuring.
• Legal Advisor to the European Union on the project "Technical Assistance to the Energy Regulatory Office of Kosovo," supporting regulatory capacity-building and alignment with EU energy acquis.
• Legal Advisor to the European Commission on the review and assessment of EU Member States' legislation relating to oil stockholding and reporting obligations.
• Preparation of a legal roadmap for the development and operation of gas transmission systems in Central Asian countries, commissioned by the European Union.
• Legal Advisor to the European Union on the development of a cross-border oil pipeline project spanning Romania, Serbia, and Croatia, including regulatory and interstate coordination aspects.
• Formulation and negotiation support for interstate agreements relating to large-scale energy and infrastructure projects.
• Legal Advisor to the European Union for the TACIS project "Common Legal Basis for Transit Transportation, Trade Facilitation and Institutional Strengthening."
• Legal Advisor to the European Union on the transposition of Ukrainian transport legislation into compliance with the EU acquis communautaire.
• Legal Advisor to the European Union for the feasibility study of the Trans-Caspian – Black Sea Gas Corridor (Phases I & II), addressing legal, regulatory, and cross-border transit frameworks.
• Legal Advisor to the European Union on the coordination and supervision of container transport services between Baku and Turkmenbashi, focusing on legal harmonisation and operational integration.
• Complex international arbitration proceedings spanning multiple jurisdictions in disputes arising from the construction of energy projects in Iraq and Romania, including procedural strategy across competing legal systems.
• Legal advisory on the procurement, regulatory positioning, and cross-border deployment of ACV (autonomous craft / hovercraft) systems for offshore personnel and cargo transport.