An overview and critical evaluation of the most important changes brought by the new Labour Law 5053/2023 – Parallel employment (Article by Elianna Maratou, Associate, ROKAS Athens published in Lexology on February 2, 2024) An overview and critical evaluation of the most important changes brought by the new Labour Law 5053/2023, including its practical consequences...Read More

Insurance legal framework in Bulgaria The legal framework of any sector could be quite a complex notion. Regarding the insurance sector, however, its guarantee and surety functions, protecting the interests of insureds and beneficiaries, generate several specificities. 1. Sources The main source of insurance legislation is the Insurance Code (IC) which concentrates great part of...Read More

“Terms & Conditions: What is their difference from the General Terms of a commercial contract?” Article by Kosmas Karanikolas, Senior Associate published in the Next Deal,  January 23, 2024 In recent years, it has become common practice for product / service suppliers to use the words “terms and conditions” in order to declare that, for...Read More

Insurance Disputes Law Review, 6th edition The recently published 6th edition of the “Insurance Disputes Law Review” constitutes an invaluable source of knowledge on the ever-evolving field of insurance conflicts’ resolution, examined across diverse jurisdictions worldwide. This comprehensive edition offers a pragmatic overview, dissecting recent advancements in the resolution of insurance-related disputes while intricately analyzing...Read More

Greek electricity update 2023 (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides, Partner, and Panagiota Maragkozoglou, Associate, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on January 8, 2024) Rokas| Energy & Natural Resources – Greece-Greek electricity update 2023 Introduction Greece’s first National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) was adopted in 2019 by a decision...Read More

Energy News – 82nd Issue-Power Purchase Agreements in Bulgaria Editor’s note MOU on the coupling of DAM of North Macedonia, Greece, Albania and Kosovo by Blerta Topore Power Purchase Agreements in Bulgaria by Apostolos Christakoudis The Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) is a legally binding contract that sets out theconditions under which a power plant sells...Read More

An overview and critical evaluation of the most important changes brought by the new Labour Law 5053/2023 (Article by Elianna Maratou, Junior Associate, ROKAS Athens) An overview and critical evaluation of the most important changes brought by the new Labour Law 5053/2023, including its practical consequences on Labour relations. There are always three parties involved...Read More

Mergers and Acquisitions in the energy sector in Greece (article by Panagiota Maragkozoglou, Associate, ROKAS Athens) Introduction In 2019, the Greek regime of corporate transformations was completely reformed by virtue of Law No. 4601/2019 (the “Law”), which contributed significantly to the eradication of legal uncertainties arising out of previous regimes, by enacting the possibility for...Read More

Taxation of energy producers profits Rokas|Energy & Natural Resources – Greece ((Article by Andriani Kantilieraki, Senior Associate, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on December 18, 2023) On 20 September 2023, the Hellenic Council of State (ie, Greece’s Supreme Administrative Court), heard the cases brought before it by renewable energy...Read More

6th Annual Conference UPES 2023 Our Partner, Mira Todorovic Symeonides was one of the speakers during the 6th Annual Conference UPES 2023, entitled: Reforms in the Energy Sector organized by the Serbian Energy Law Association (UPES) member of the European Federation of Energy Law Associations (EFELA). The conference was held on 8 December 2023 in Belgrade, on the premises of...Read More