Pittsburgh-based Reed Smith has formed a strategic alliance with Athens, Greece-based business law firm Papapolitis & Papapolitis, aiming to team up on the “large projects and transactions” anticipated to come out of the economic struggles and structural reforms in Greece, according to a joint press release sent out Monday.

Reed Smith has had an office in Piraeus, Greece, since 2007, when it merged with 250-lawyer, London-based firm Richards Butler.