20 years from the enforcement of Law 2735/1999 on international commercial arbitration in Greece The present and the future of Greek arbitration legislation Rokas is delighted to announce that on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, a one-day conference titled “20 years since Law 2735/1999 on international commercial arbitration: Present and Future of the Greek Arbitration Law”...Read More

Rokas Law Firm co-organises with ICC Hellas a one-day conference on Tuesday 5 March 2019 (from 14:30 to 21:00) at Electra Metropolis Hotel (Metropoleos 15, Athens) titled “20 years since Law 2735/1999 on international commercial arbitration: Present and Future of the Greek Arbitration Law”. The conference will endeavour an assessment of the 20 years of...Read More

Among a number of development matters, the topics discussed included the preparation of the Annual General Assembly and the AIDA Europe Conference 2019 in Lisbon, the strategic direction of the Association and the assessment of the feasibility for AIDA Europe to provide superior academic education.Read More

The first edition of “Distribution of Insurance Products after the implementation of the IDD”, by Professor Dr Ioannis Rokas, Senior Partner of Rokas (Athens), has recently been published (in Greek) by Sakkoulas. It is the first book on the new Greek legal framework. As the IDD Directive 2016/97 was harmonised by law 4583/2018, which introduced...Read More

The 4th edition of “Insurance Law- an introduction”, by Professor Dr Ioannis Rokas, the Senior Partner of Rokas (Athens), has recently been published (in Greek) by Nomiki Bibliothiki. This book is a concise but comprehensive overview of the hard core of the law governing private insurance. Briefly touching upon historic evolution and the inclusion of...Read More

UPES was founded in June 2018 and became observer member of the European Federation of Energy Law Associations (EFELA). Rokas Athens and Rokas Belgrade participated in setting up the UPES, while Mira Todorovic Symeonides, Partner (Rokas Athens) and the Rokas Belgrade office representative, Vuk Stankovic have been elected to the management board of the UPES....Read More

At the recent AIDA World Congress (11 – 13/10/18) in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Prof. Dr. Ioannis Rokas, Senior Partner and founder of Rokas Law Firm, was awarded the AIDA Medal for his longstanding commitment to the Insurance Law practice and the objectives of AIDA. He has moved from being Vice President to the position...Read More

Rokas was one of the sponsors in the VIIth Conference of AIDA (Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances/International Insurance Law Association Europe) Europe, which took place April 12 – 13, 2018 in Warsaw, Poland and was organised by AIDA Europe in cooperation with Kozminski University and the AIDA Polish Chapter affiliated at Kozminski University. The...Read More

(Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides and Stefania Chatzichristofi, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on March 12, 2018) Download: Investing in RES sectorRead More

In May 2017, a company of the Yannis & Tina Daskalantonakis Group, acquired the management of the well known Park Inn Hotel in Sofia, succeeding Rezidor of the Radisson Group. The new management’s legal representation in the negotiation and signing of the management agreement was undertaken by Rokas’ Athens and Sofia law firms.Read More