Law firm DLA Piper has snapped up Dentons lawyer Orestis Omran to beef up its Brussels based EU-Greek practice. Mr Orestis will head the Brussels based EU-Greek practice of the firm, which covers the full cycle of practice areas relevant to clients doing business with, in and from Greece. These include EU regulatory, competition & antitrust, corporate, banking, finance,  restructuring and insolvency. He joins DLA Piper as a counsel and member of the EU regulatory team and is qualified to practice in Athens, New York and Brussels. He also has EU regulatory experience, including energy, privacy and financial services and a indepth knowledge of the Greek business and political environment.  Added to DLA Piper's dedicated EU government affairs team, the EU-Greek Practice is seeking to represent Greek clients at the law- and policy-making levels of the EU Institutions in Brussels.

Economic adjustment 

The opportunities come as Greece approaches the end of the Third Economic Adjustment Program in August 2018, with renewed interest from international investors.  Privatisations, non-performing loans, private public partnerships and high level corporate transactions are some of the areas where DLA Piper is looking to move into. Before joining DLA Piper, Mr Orestis was a counsel at Dentons in Brussels where he developed his Greek market focus. He had previously worked for the Legal Service of the European Commission.