Virginia is a Partner in the International Project & Structured Finance Group and Head of the Greek Law energy, corporate, projects and finance practice.

Virginia graduated in Law from Cambridge University in 1989 and practised as a barrister in London for five years before moving to Athens and qualifying as a Greek lawyer in 1998.

She joined Watson Farley & Williams in 2007 after ten years at a major Greek commercial law firm and specialises in acquisitions and financing in the infrastructure and energy sector, as well as real estate, corporate M&A, insurance and finance deals in Greece for Greek and foreign investors and banks. She is listed as a leading individual in the energy sector in most ranking publications and is a member of Legal500’s Hall of Fame for her many years’ top ranking as a Greek energy expert.

Virginia is widely recognised for her energy, infrastructure, finance and corporate/M&A expertise by legal directories Chambers Europe, Legal 500 EMEA and IFLR 1000, which describe her as “the perfect partner in a transaction, given her international background, language skills and local legal knowledge” and “widely admired for her transactional expertise…, especially on cross-border mandates”.

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Education

  1. 1991 · MA
  2. 1991 · Inns of Court School of Law – Bar Professional Course (Merit Pass)
  3. 1989 · Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, BA in Law: 2:1

memberships & associations

  1. Bar Council of England and Wales (non-practising member)
  2. Athens Bar
  3. Registered arbitrator for energy disputes at the Greek Regulatory Authority for Energy