Summary: Following its abolition for commercial claims against traders and public debts, personal detention has become an exceptional enforcement measure...

Extrajudicial mechanism, bankruptcy, second chance, mediation, reorganization, code of conduct. The truth is that it is difficult for anyone to know with certainty which is the best debt...

Summary: In previous articles, we discussed the procedure for declaring simplified bankruptcy as well as the debtor's remaining assets following the declaration (see here).

This article examines the legislative framework for the creditor's submission of a "declaration of continuation" following a previously canceled foreclosure auction...

Bankruptcy aims to satisfy creditors collectively by liquidating the debtor's assets. Law 4738/2020 decouples bankruptcy from commercial status, meaning the bankruptcy estate...

Summary – Introduction: The listing of a société anonyme (S.A.) on the Stock Exchange constitutes a strategic/business choice, often associated with a company's maturity and expansion phase.

While restructuring agreements concluded through the out-of-court mechanism are increasing, a large portion of settlement arrangements—especially in the context of business loans...

This article analyzes the new law 5162/2024 that regulates the tax treatment of debt write-offs.

Much has been written about the new Out-of-Court Debt Settlement Mechanism introduced by Law 4738/2020.

In a previous article we set out the tax incentives for corporate transformations provided under Law 5162/2024, which largely attempted to unify the relevant provisions.

Shareholders' agreements are contracts concluded between shareholders of a Société Anonyme (S.A.), aimed at regulating their relationship with respect...

The modern financing of public limited companies (S.A.) is shaped by market developments and technological advancements...

The rapid growth and widespread adoption of crypto-assets have raised the question of whether they can function as instruments of security within the modern financial environment.

Summary: The amendment of Article 7 of Law 4738/2020 (scope of application) by Article 75 of Law 5043/2023 resolved a major asymmetry in the Greek out-of-court debt settlement mechanism.

Special attention is required in practice when drafting a commercial lease, particularly from the prospective tenant's side. Given the typically high rent agreed upon in such leases...

Law 4601/2019 unified, for the first time in Greece, the rules governing the corporate framework of transformations; however, the fragmentation of the provisions granting relevant tax...

We had written about a year ago (see here) that even after the Plenary Session of the Supreme Court (ΟλΑΠ) 1/2023, procedural issues in the compulsory collection of "non-performing" loans...

A legal issue that is becoming increasingly common in enforcement proceedings, particularly in the pre-auction phase, and which has now started to be addressed in case law...

In recent years, the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (ΑΑΔΕ) frequently resorts to electronic seizures of bank accounts, suddenly freezing businesses' liquidity.

Purpose: Shareholders' agreements developed in practice due to the lack of a contractual relationship between the company and shareholders and the potential...