Dimitris Paraskevas
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Dimitris Paraskevas is a Supreme CourtA Supreme Court Attorney in Greece is an attorney who has simply marked four years as an Appeals Court attorney. The latter title, in turn, is obtained after marking four years as attorney of the Court of First Instance, a position obtained by any lawyer who has passed the Bar's examination. Importantly, only time marked in each rank is required, without the need to have worked in it. See Social Security citation attorney{{cite web |url=https://socialsecurity.gr/geniki-katigoria/ti-simainei-quot-dikigoros-par-areio-pago-quot/ |title=Τι σημαίνει 'Δικηγόρος παρ΄ Αρείω Πάγω';|language=Greek|trans-title=What 'Supreme Court attorney' means?|website=Social Security.org |date=30 April 2005|access-date=13 March 2023}} in Athens, Greece, specializing in international M&A and privatisations.{{cite web|url=http://whoswholegal.com/profiles/54755/0/paraskevas/dimitris-e-paraskevas/|title=Dimitris E Paraskevas - Elias Paraskevas Attorneys 1933 - The Latest Legal News, Research and Legal Profiles - Who's Who Legal|work=whoswholegal.com|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190429/http://whoswholegal.com/profiles/54755/0/paraskevas/dimitris-e-paraskevas/|url-status=dead}} {{cite web|url=http://greekpowersummit.com/round-table/|title=2011 Event|work=greekpowersummit.com|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113095405/http://greekpowersummit.com/round-table/|archive-date=13 January 2016|url-status=dead}}{{failed verification|date=March 2023}} Previously, he held the position of Secretary for Privatisation of the Hellenic Republic. He is the son of Elias Paraskevas, a former Vice President of the Athens Bar Association,Nomiko Vima. Athens Bar Association. 1991, p. 1015. who is recognised as having shaped the case law of the Supreme Court and the Council of State in Greece for over 45 years.Κathimerini: p. 14. 24/09/1991.
Career
In early 1993, Paraskevas was appointed Special Secretary for Privatisation at the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Technology.Government Gazette 25. 22/02/1993.Government Gazette 120. 22/07/1993. During his tenure as Secretary for Privatisation, the Greek Privatisation Programme raised approx. $10bn in proceeds in six years (1993–1999),{{cite web|url=http://www.privatizationbarometer.net/atlas.php?id=13&mn=ST|title=Privatization barometer|work=privatizationbarometer.net|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071405/http://www.privatizationbarometer.net/atlas.php?id=13&mn=ST|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} approximately eight times the proceeds they raised from 1977 to 1992.Clifton, Judith; Comin Francisco; Diaz Feuntes Daniel (2006). For this achievement the Financial Times named Paraskevas 'Super Salesman' and praised him for his 'unflappable' style of closing deals.Financial Times. 04/06/1999.
Paraskevas is currently the Managing Partner of Elias Paraskevas Attorneys 1933, an international law firm with offices in Athens and London,{{cite web|url=http://www.paraskevaslaw.com/|title=ELIAS PARASKEVAS ATTORNEYS|work=paraskevaslaw.com|access-date=30 October 2015}} and the Président Délégué of the firm's Monaco consulting arm, Paraskevas S.A.M. In 2014 he was appointed European Forum Liaison Officer of the Banking Law Committee of the International Bar Association,{{cite web|url=http://www.int-bar.org/OfficersDirectory/unitdetails.cfm?unit=33_0_0_1_0|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151014141636/http://www.int-bar.org/OfficersDirectory/unitdetails.cfm?unit=33_0_0_1_0|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2015|title=International Bar Association|work=int-bar.org|access-date=30 October 2015}} and in January 2016 he was promoted to Treasurer of the Banking Law Committee.https://archive.today/20160712115830/http://www.int-bar.org/Officers/Index.cfm?unit=33_0_0_1_0
He is consistently named one of the international leaders in worldwide M&A law by the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2005–2015) and the Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading M&A Lawyers (2007–2015).{{cite web|url=http://www.chambersandpartners.com/96/6/editorial/7/1|title=Greece|work=chambersandpartners.com|access-date=30 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chambersandpartners.com/96/242/editorial/7/1|title=Greece|work=chambersandpartners.com|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-date=11 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611212339/http://www.chambersandpartners.com/96/242/editorial/7/1|url-status=dead}} The Legal 500 Guide (2015) referred to him as 'a legal genius with extremely advanced business and legal sense'.{{dead link|date=March 2023}}
Personal life
Paraskevas established the Elias Paraskevas Foundation. His donations through this foundation include the Elias Paraskevas floor at the new academic building of the London School of Economics, which was inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth II.[http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/LSEServices/estatesDivision/lseEstate/campusBuildings/newAcademicBuilding/pdf/NAB%20brochure_fin.pdf New Academic Building 2008 - LSE]{{dead link|date=March 2023}} {{dead link|date=March 2023}}
He is also a keen collector of modern artworks by Greek sculptors and painters.The Wall Street Journal (Europe). 09/01/2004.{{vague|date=March 2023}}{{vague|date=March 2023}} The 'Paraskevas Collection' is considered unique and is often quoted in art scholarship discussing modern sculpture in Greece.{{cite web|url=http://www.kaput.gr/gr/02/%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B2%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%80%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B1/|title=Το περίβλημα και το πέταγμα. Ένα σχόλιο για τη νέα ελληνική γλυπτική|work=kaput.gr|access-date=30 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307181426/http://www.kaput.gr/gr/02/%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B2%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%80%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BC%CE%B1/|archive-date=7 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
He often speaks at international conferences.{{Cite web|url = http://www.int-bar.org/binary/file/Dublin-Registration/Dublin_2012_final_programme_FULL_LO2.pdf|title = IBA Conference Dublin|access-date = 2015-10-30|archive-date = 2012-10-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121028071302/http://www.int-bar.org/binary/file/Dublin-Registration/Dublin_2012_final_programme_FULL_LO2.pdf|url-status = dead}}{{failed verification|date=March 2023}}{{failed verification|date=March 2023}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.int-bar.org/conferences/Boston2013/binary/Boston%202013%20final%20programme%20FULL.pdf|title = IBA Conference Boston|access-date = 2015-10-30|archive-date = 2015-03-20|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150320014425/http://www.int-bar.org/conferences/Boston2013/binary/Boston%202013%20final%20programme%20FULL.pdf|url-status = dead}}{{failed verification|date=March 2023}}{{failed verification|date=March 2023}} In June 2010, at the eve of the Greek government debt crisis, in an IIF event in Vienna, Austria, Paraskevas stated publicly to George Papandreou, then Prime Minister of Greece, in front of an audience of 400 bankers, lawyers and regulators, that most members of the audience did not expect the Greek government to pay off its debt.{{Cite news|url = http://www.symisymposium.org/articles/new-york-times-papandreou-defiance-default-inspired-gun-throat-seizure-greece|title = BLOOMBERG: Papandreou Defiance of Default Inspired by Gun-to-Throat Seizure in Greece|date = Jun 25, 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160102212409/http://www.symisymposium.org/articles/new-york-times-papandreou-defiance-default-inspired-gun-throat-seizure-greece|archive-date = January 2, 2016|url-status = dead}} In response, Papandreou affirmed that Greece would pay off its debt; however, the Greek PSI proved Papandreou wrong 18 months later.
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