Speaker

Orestis Omran is a Partner in the Brussels Office of DLA Piper and the head of the firm’s Greece Country Group. He is also a Co-Founder and the Chairman of the think tank Synergia, which produces good governance policies across major government sectors. He focuses on international corporate and finance transactions in the energy, banking and infrastructure sectors. Qualified in England and Wales, New York, Greece and Brussels (E-list), Orestis is the very definition of an international attorney. He has closed complex transactions in many jurisdictions and has represented clients in formal and informal state aid and other investigations before the European Commission, national regulatory authorities and subsequent proceedings before the EU Courts. He is highly praised by all major legal directories (Chambers, IFLR, Legal 500) for his corporate, finance, capital markets, energy and banking expertise. In addition, Orestis advises governments and energy companies on both contentious and non-contentious matters. He represents and advises clients on a wide range of disputes and regulatory matters involving the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas industry. Orestis is also considered as one of the top international lawyers in Greece where he benefits from a strong network of contacts in the Government and industry. He has led significant privatization, structured finance, capital markets and project finance transactions and has also been acting for the Greek government in some of the most complex Greek and EU law matters before the European Commission and other international institutions. He is regularly invited to participate as a speaker in business and legal conferences in Europe and the United States and is often published in all of the above areas of law. He has served as a guest lecturer in many universities in Europe and the Americas on issues of comparative campaign finance law, sovereign debt restructuring, corporate and constitutional law.