RES sector reform – regulatory update (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides – Partner and Maria Ioannou – Associate, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on November 18, 2019) The renewable energy sources (RES) sector of the Greek energy market is undergoing continuous and significant reform. Among other changes, the Hellenic...Read More

Rokas successfully handled an insurance claim under a casualty cover following a fire incident that destroyed a part of the factory of Sunlight SA in Northern Greece, one of the world’s top energy storage manufacturers. Litigation was avoided and a settlement at € 66m was reached within few months of the incident. This is the...Read More

Energy News – 66th Issue-DEPA Transformation and Privatization EU and ENC Oil & Gas OPAL ECJ Decision Infrastructure Adoption of the fourth List of Projects of Common Interest by the European Commission Competition & State Aid Commission does not Raise Objections to United Kingdom’s Capacity Mechanism (SA.35980) Energy Efficiency Commission Recommendation on Transposing the Energy...Read More

Rokas (Athens) Partner Dr Antonios Tsavdaridis, speaker at the 2nd International Arbitration Forum, 17 October 2019, Athens – Greece Rokas (Athens) Partner and Head of its arbitration practice, Dr Antonios Tsavdaridis, took part in the 2nd International Arbitration Forum, which was held with great success at the  Athens Hilton, on 17 October, 2019, and spoke...Read More

8th AIDA Europe Conference Rokas (Athens) actively participated in the 8th AIDA (Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances/International Insurance Law Association Europe) Europe Conference, titled “Landfall of theTech Storm”, which took place October 3 – 4, 2019 at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal. In particular, Alkistis Christofilou, Partner of Rokas (Athens), moderated the...Read More

Energy News – 65th Issue-Approval of the Updated Natural Gas Emergency Plan EU and EnCMarketƒCompliance with EU Law in 2018 ReportƒCommission Moves against MS for not Respecting EU Energy RulesƒTwo Reasoned Requests of the EnC Secretariat to the Ministerial CouncilElectricityƒACER no01/2019 RecommendationƒACER Methodology for Redispatching and Countertradingm in SEE RegionƒMoU on the Establishment of a...Read More

Schedule for competitive procedures in 2019 and 2020 (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides – Partner and Nikoleta Nikolaou – Associate, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on August 5, 2019) Competitive procedure amendments In April 2019 the minister of environment and energy amended the competitive procedures for determining operating state...Read More

Brexit: Why Greece needs to introduce legislative measures (Article by Dr. Georgia Koutsoukou, published in the newspaper “Kathimerini” on August 5, 2019) The draft Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union was endorsed by the UK Government and the European Council on 25 November 2018. However, it has been voted...Read More

Energy News – 64th Issue-Legislative Acts Enacting the EU Clean Energy Package EU and EnCMarketƒLegislative Acts Enacting the EU Clean Energy PackageƒNational Energy Plans, Commission Comments, Increase of RES TargetsƒEnergy Charter Treaty ModernisationElectricityƒThe new Electricity Directive (EU) 2019/944 AdoptedƒThe New Electricity Market Regulation AdoptedƒEU Regulation on Risk-Preparedness of the Electricity SectorƒEU Regulation 2016/631 into Force...Read More

The book “The ‘Dematerialized’ Insurance’, Distance selling and Cyber Risks from an International Perspective”, by Professors P. Marano, I. Rokas, P. Kochenburger – Editors, is among the most downloaded eBooks in Springer’s respective 2018 Collection The book “The ‘Dematerialized’ Insurance”, Distance selling and Cyber Risks from an International Perspective”, edited by Professors P. Marano, I....Read More