Four new member firms have joined PLG in the first half of the year.

Karagounis & Partners, Athens, Greece

In March our Council voted to admit Karagounis & Partners to the network, our first member firm from Greece.

Karagounis & Partners offer a wide range of reliable services and legal advice mainly in the area of Business law – Greek and International (corporate, tax, labour, real estate, consulting, contracts litigation, arbitration, mediation, claims, debt recovery, enforcement) before Greek and European Courts (Supreme Courts – European Commission).

The firm was founded in 1925 and is one of the oldest law firms in Athens. During almost 100 years of providing legal services, they have acquired a vast experience and expertise in handling legal issues, as well as the confidence of their Greek and international clientele.

The firm also has close links with France and is the counsel of the French Embassy in Greece; naturally, it is fully French speaking. The head of the Firm, Constantin Karagounis, is also a member of the Paris Bar, working in Paris with our friends at Lmt Avocats (16 place du Général Catroux, 75017 Paris).

Maruta Wachta, Warsaw, Poland

Also in March, we were pleased to welcome Maruta Wachta from Poland to PLG.

Maruta Wachta is a top-tier Polish law firm with a special focus on technology.

With ca 70 lawyers onboard, they provide the highest-quality advice and legal insight on all matters related to i.a. corporate matters, IT & new and disruptive technologies, IP, e-commerce, M&A, commercial and competition, compliance, data protection, privacy, employment, dispute resolution and public procurement.

Independent rankings recognise Maruta Wachta`s leading position in Poland and Europe (ranked in Band 1 Chambers Europe in TMT, awarded Law Firm of the Year in Central Europe by the Lawyer European Awards).

Daniel Jastrun, Partner, is our key point of contact there.

Coleman Greig Lawyers, Sydney, Australia

In June we admitted Coleman Greig to PLG; our first member firm in Australia.

Coleman Greig are proud of the reputation and respect they have earned as a leading commercial law firm with specialist expertise in a wide range of practice areas.

They are an award-winning firm with multiple offices throughout Sydney – the heart of Australia’s most dynamic and largest economic regions.

Established in the early 1900s, today Coleman Greig stand out as an innovative and progressive law firm. A number of acquisitions over recent years has enabled them to expand their client service offering and geographic footprint in the region.

Their clients range from subsidiaries of major multinationals through to large, privately-owned companies, SMEs and family-owned businesses from industries including transport, manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, pharmaceutical, franchising, government and not-for-profit organisations.

Luke Mitchell and Anna Ford are our key points of contact at Coleman Greig.

Tetra Law, Brussels, Belgium

Finally, and also in June, we were pleased to admit Tetra Law from Belgium to the network.

Founded in 2012, Tetra Law has swiftly developed into an important player based on the following fundamental foundations:

Business: their clients expect legal services that bring added value to their own business. As an integrated firm, they’re the ideal choice to provide pragmatic advice from which the solutions make a direct contribution to their clients’ development.

Synergy: To achieve this goal, Tetra Law’s various firm members work in close collaboration free from any form of partitioning, which would serve no purpose. The solutions they devise are based on expertise in a number of domains, each of which supports and reinforces the others.

Passion: Tetra Law demands a high level of involvement by its members in their subject area (business law) and a will to achieve excellence in the practice of their profession, in the service of their clients.

Our contacts at Tetra Law are Jérôme Terfve and Sabrina Scarnà

Paul Jonson, current PLG President says, “I am delighted to welcome the new firms into the PLG network. Each of the new members shares the PLG commitment to providing the highest quality commercial legal advice accompanied by first class client service. The firms are dynamic, aspirational and leaders in their own fields. We are delighted to see the network continue to grow”