The Legal 500

Legal Developments in Greece

• The Ultimate Legal Guide to Investing in Greece

  1) minority shareholders rights and shareholders agreements,
  - Dryllerakis & Associates

• Employment Law amendments boosts Foreign Direct Investments (F.D.I.)

  Pistiolis-Triantafyllos & Associates law firm has one of the most dynamic and business-oriented corporate employment & labour law practices in Greece. We represent national and international corporations and we make it our business to keep up with the ever-changing complexities of employment law, so corporations can focus on running their business. Employment law is one of the most rapidly changing areas of our legal system. Against a backdrop of new legislation, regulations and reported cases, maintaining best practice is a real challenge.
  - Pistiolis - Triantafyllos & Associates Law Fir

• Competition Alert Hellenic Competition Commission adopts a new Leniency Program

  The Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC) recently issued decision 526/VI/2011, by virtue of which it adopted a “second generation” leniency program, which is fully aligned with the relevant EU provisions and practices.
  - Zepos & Yannopoulos

• P&P Newsletter - PV Energy

  Update on the regulative framework of PV development following the recent enactment of Law 4001/2011 and the revised Regulation of Electricity Generation Licences for RES plants in Greece.
  - Politis & Partners

• Merger Control

  Merger control in Greece. A detailed chapter, including the new provisions recently established under Law 3959/11.            
  - Dryllerakis & Associates

• The Mergers & Acquisitions Review

  M&A activity in Greece for 2010/11. An annual review providing the Greek legal framework and the main market tendencies.                   
  - Dryllerakis & Associates

• New Energy Law, Amendments to Gas Code and Other Developments

  In this Newsletter A. Greece Passes New Energy Law on Electricity, Gas and Hydrocarbon Exploration Hydrocarbons market reforms B. First Amendment of the Greek Grid Code for the National Natural Gas System Reservation of capacity LNG terminal use System expansion and advance reservation of capacity Future developments C. New Tax on Consumption of Natural Gas D. New Monopoly Natural Gas Distribution Companies to be Auctioned in October
  - Zepos & Yannopoulos

• Greek Electricity Regulation 2010

  An update of the firm's yearly chapter on the regulatory regime of the Greek power market
  - Kelemenis & Co

• Greek Labour Law

  A detailed chapter on Greek employment law
  - Kelemenis & Co

• Venture capital transactions in Greece

  The Greek venture capital market does not rely on local structures or Greek legislation. Even when funds are of Greek origin, they follow structures and arrangements that are driven by foreign jurisdictions, primarily those with tax incentives.
  - Kelemenis & Co