> 14 February 2007 - New Maternity Hospital in Athens

Avgerinos & Partners advices Rea Maternity Hospital, a newly established company, on the aquistion of land and the multi-lender financing of a 65m euro investment in the building and operating of a Maternity Hospital in the southern suberbs of Athens by 2009.

> 4 January 2007 - Report on EU Money Laundering Directive

The City of London has published a report on the implementation of the EU Second Money Laundering Directive in the UK, Spain, Italy, Greece, Poland and Lithuania. The Greek report was produced by Dr Yannis Avgerinos while the rest were conducted by a team of lawyers under the auspices of Jane Welch and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. It highlights inconsistencies in implementation and enforcement of the Directive and shows that radical changes to national law are necessary in several Member States, both to ensure proper implementation of the Third Money Laundering Directive by December 2007 and consistency in tackling money laundering across the EU.

> 30 July 2006 - Indian students internships

from 15 June to 30 July 2006, Mr Aju John and Ms Akshaya Suresh, Indian students from the law schools of Pune and Bangalore, joined our firm for a summer internship. The objectives of the intership was to provide them with an opportunity to have a base in the EU and carry out independent research work, whilst benefiting from working in proximity with Greek professional lawyers and becoming acquainted with the legal profession.

> 30 June 2006 - Avgerinos & Partners advices on significant telecoms merger

Avgerinos & Partners has adviced Telepassport Hellas S.A., the largest private telecommunication company regarding clientele, on its merger and acquisition by Lannet Communications S.A. The outcome of merger, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2006 will be a new company with revenue over 120 million euro and more than 400.000 clients.