Dr. Yiannis Bazinas is managing partner at Bazinas Law Firm in Athens, Greece. His practice focuses on commercial disputes, corporate law and insolvency. He has extensive experience in advising foreign clients on restructuring and insolvency proceedings, corporate structures and commercial transactions in Greece as well as representing them in related disputes before the Greek courts.

Dr. Bazinas holds a PhD in Law from University College London, where he taught as a Graduate Lecturer, and an LL.M. from the University of Chicago.

He frequently publishes articles in Greek as well as in English in a number of fields including corporate law, insolvency, private international law and intermediated securities. He is a member of INSOL Europe, the International Insolvency Institute’s Next Gen Leadership Program and the Association of Greek Commercialists

Olga is a Partner specialising in all areas of commercial litigation and arbitration with an emphasis on complex fraud. She has represented clients in disputes in all divisions of the High Court, the Court of Appeal and pursuant to the rules of many arbitration institutions. Olga also has a wide range of experience of litigating in offshore jurisdictions, such as the British Virgin Islands and Cyprus.

The Legal 500 UK Commercial Litigation, 2016 – 2024. She is described as “a complete delight to work with, very sensible and pragmatic and never flustered. She has a natural instinct as a litigator for the right point and the right approach, not wasting time on grandstanding.”
The Legal 500 UK Fraud: Civil, Banking Litigation: Investment & Retail, 2021
The Legal 500 UK Fraud: Civil, 2024. She is described as “a brilliant and dynamic lawyer. A go-to partner for bringing or defending a civil fraud claim.”

Olga studied European Law at the University of Exeter and completed her course with First Class Honours. She qualified as a solicitor with Brown Rudnick LLP in 2010 and became a partner with them in February 2018. In June 2023 she joined PCB Byrne.Olga is fluent in Russian.

Markus is an experienced international legal practitioner specialising in fraud and asset recovery, who is admitted to practice in the BVI, District of Columbia, New York, Massachusetts, and as a solicitor in England and Wales.

He joined MKS Law from Hughes Hubbard & Reed in Washington, D.C., and Paris, where he was part of the Anti-Corruption and Internal Investigations practice group.

He has advised on antitrust and anti-corruption matters, including the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act, and has extensive experience with cross-border matters, particularly involving Europe and North and South America.

Markus is a graduate of Harvard Law School, plus holds a BA in International Relations and German from The John Hopkins University and an MBA from Columbia University.  Prior to his career in law, he worked as an investment banker and financial analyst in the world’s financial centres, including Los Angeles, London, and New York.

Markus is fluent in English, Spanish, and German and proficient in French and Portuguese.

Cathrine advises on business-related issues, including estate administration, handling creditor positions and reconstruction/refinancing and management liability and the professional liability of advisors.

Boris is one of Denmark’s most experienced insolvency and asset recovery attorneys. He has assisted in numerous financial restructuring cases in Denmark and acted as a liquidator in high-profile insolvency proceedings for a number of large Danish companies; the majority of these cases have included substantial cross-border elements.

Cases where Boris has been appointed as a liquidator include, IT Factory, Sandgården A/S and a number of other real estate developers, Eurotrust A/S, Capinordic Bank A/S, Amagerbanken A/S, Fjordbank Mors A/S, Max Bank A/S, Tønder Bank A/S, Alpha Insurance A/S, Qudos Insurance A/S, Gefion Finans A/S, The Skare Group including Skare Meat Packers K/S and also the recent environmental scandal in Nordic Waste A/S.

Boris has also assisted authorities and financial institutions in complex fraud cases and is currently advising The Danish tax authorities in a multi jurisdiction fraud case involving a 13 billion DKK fraud with fraudulent refunds of withholding tax on dividends. The case involves more than 500 lawsuits in 8 different jurisdictions across the world and subsequent asset recovery in multiple jurisdictions.

He is widely recognised in all large international rating agencies as a leading practitioner in Insolvency and Restructuring in Denmark. His experience and expertise mean that he is regularly approached to handle the most complex cases in Denmark, and is regularly appointed by the Danish FSA, the Danish authorities and by major financial institutions to handle complex cases. He acts as liquidator or as advisor in respect of all matters related to bankruptcy or asset recovery.

Boris is an experienced litigator, and he has been entitled to appear before the Danish Supreme Court since 2001 and appears before the Supreme Court on a regular basis. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Association of Danish Insolvency lawyers; and for over 10 years has been the Chairman of the Board at Poul Schmith in which time, the firm has become the largest law firm in Denmark, known to be a full service domestic Danish law firm with offices in Copenhagen and Aarhus.

Adv. Yitzhak Yaari is a partner and head of the Civil Litigation and Class Actions department at Chen, Yaari, Vaki & Co. For over 30 years, Adv. Yaari has represented business executives, government companies, banks, and other commercial entities in diverse civil and commercial disputes heard in courts and arbitrations. Among Adv. Yaari’s recent successes is an arbitration award issued by a retired Supreme Court Justice, through which Adv. Yaari succeeded in recovering tens of millions of dollars for his client – a businessman who fell victim to a massive fraud scheme. During the arbitration, funds and art collections owned by shell companies in Israel and worldwide were frozen.
The other name partners at Chen, Yaari, Vaki & Co. – attorneys Jack Chen and Yaniv Vaki – are among Israel’s leading white-collar defense lawyers. The combination of specialties – civil litigation and white-collar defense – makes Chen, Yaari, Vaki & Co. a boutique firm providing comprehensive solutions for court representation.
Adv. Yaari holds an LL.B. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He co-authored (with Adv. Doron Tamir) the book “Bills Case Law” (Nevo Publishing), which has been published in three editions.
Adv. Yaari is a certified ICC arbitrator.