Greece: Mergers & Acquisitions 7th edition 2023 Chapter for Greece written by S. Getimi and K. Karanikolas, Senior Associates, published in The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides: Mergers & Acquisitions, 2023 What are the key rules/laws relevant to M&A and who are the key regulatory authorities? I Mergers. Law 4601/2019 “On Corporate Transformations” (Government Gazette...Read More

Our Firmhas been shortlisted for the CEE Legal Matters 2022 Deals of the Year awards, for advising MetLife in the sale of its Greek subsidiary to NN. The winners will be announced at the annual CEELM Deals of the Year Banquet scheduled for April 25, 2023 CEE Legal Matters is a print and online publication for and...Read More

Amendments to priorities for granting access to grid (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides, Partner, and Evangelia Gkana, Legal Trainee published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on April 3, 2023) Οn 20 January 2023, ministerial decision No. 7063/2023, amending the decision No. 84014/2022, was published in the Ocial Journal.(1) Decision No....Read More

  International Chamber of Commerce-ICC seminar on new commercial arbitration law N. 5016/2023 Our  Partner and member of Hellenic Arbitration Committee – ICC Hellas, Dr. Antonios Tsavdaridis is presenting  “Introduction to the New Law 5016/2023 on international commercial arbitration”during the ICC seminar ” New law on international commercial arbitration – Overview & innovation: What is...Read More

Greek energy authority regulates sharing of electricity transmission system extension costs (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides, Partner,  published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on Μarch 27, 2023) Rokas Energy & Natural Resources – Greece On 12 January 2023, the Greek regulatory energy authority published a decision(1) in the Government Gazette(2)...Read More

(Contribution by Aleksandar Mladenovic, Attorney at Law in Serbia (Mladenovic & Stankovic in cooperation with Rokas), published in Thomson Reuters, Regulatory Intelligence, Country update – Serbia: Securities & Banking, Feb 2023)     Securities — regulators Securities Commission Primary regulator in the area of securities is the Securities Commission, which is entrusted with safeguarding the...Read More

Energy News – 76th Issue-Draft Law for promoting the use of energy from RES 1.Editor’s note 2. Serbia: Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on the Use of RES 3. Romania: Amendments to the temporary measures addressing the increase energy prices 4.Albania: Draft Law for promoting the use of energy from RES On 20...Read More

Energy News – 75th Issue-Temporary mechanism for return of parts of the proceeds on the intraday energy market 1. Editor’s note2. Temporary mechanism for return of parts of the proceeds on the intraday energy market On 20 January 2023, Decision of the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy ΥΠΕΝ/ΔΗΕ/138775/4768 extending the application of the Temporary...Read More

Greece energy update in 2022 (Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides, Partner, and Athina Zoi, Associate published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on February 13, 2023) Introduction In 2022, Greece faced an extraordinary increase in energy prices which required immediate state measures. Electricity grid operators struggled with an overload of applications...Read More

  AKTINA I & AKTINA II e-learning seminars “Distribution of  Insurance Products” We are pleased to announce that the certification of Rokas’ e-learning seminars ΑΚΤΙΝΑ Ι & ΑΚΤΙΝΑ ΙΙ on the Distribution of  Insurance Products has been renewed for 2023 by the Bank of Greece (Executive Committee Act (ΠΕΕ) No. 215/03.02.2023).   What are the...Read More