Rokas (Skopje) concluded successfully in May, 2016 the project, entrusted to the firm by Alpha Bank – a leading banking institution in Greece – of acting as the vendor’s legal consultant in the sale process of its wholly owned subsidiary in FYR of Macedonia. The project involved the total share capital of Alpha Bank AD...Read More

Global Research Project on access to water for irrigation use Rokas’ environmental resources’ law team provided legal assistance to a major global institution (World Bank) with a global project relating to access to water with an irrigation use focus. In this context, various aspects of the use of water for irrigation have been explored and...Read More

Balkan Energy Leaders Annual Conference and Exhibition The 4th Balkan Energy Leaders Annual Conference and Exhibition – hosted by Green World Conferences, London, UK – took place 17 to 18 March 2016 at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Belgrade. The aim of the event was to outline and examine opportunities and obstacles that wind, hydro, waste...Read More

Insurance and Reinsurance 2016 Chapter on Greece Article by Alkistis Christofilou – Partner, and Viktoria Chatzara, Associate, which appeared in the 2016 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Insurance & Reinsurance published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London. (www.iclg.co.uk) 1.1. Which government bodies/agencies regulate insurance (and reinsurance) companies? In Greece, the taking-up and...Read More

Updated edition of “Maritime Law” published by Professor Dr. I. Rokas and Dr. G. Theocharidis The new and updated edition of “Maritime Law” by Professor Dr. I. Rokas (author of the first edition) and Dr. G. Theocharidis, Associate Professor – The World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö, has now been published. The book covers concisely,...Read More

It is our professional satisfaction to announce that the Bucharest Team, succeeded in defending one of the important Banks on the Romanian market in a “class court action” initiated by 71 consumers. The value of the class court action against the Bank, by a gross estimation, was of 4,000,000 Euro. The consumers demanded that the...Read More

Rokas Thessaloniki Branch announcement It is our pleasure to announce that, for the purpose of further improving client service, our Law Firm has established a branch in Thessaloniki; two partners of our Firm, Ioannis Rokas and Antonios Tsavdaridis, will act as authorised representatives. Dr Dimitris Chatzimichael (Senior Associate), member of the Thessaloniki Bar, with a...Read More

“The Greek Electricity Market in the Midst of Fundamental Reforms” by Mira Todorovic Symeonides and Lazaros Sidiropoulos in ENLR’s current quarterly issue This Report in ENLR (European Networks Law and Regulation Quarterly), Issue 4/2014, looks at electricity market reforms in Greece as a result of the Third Electricity Directive (2009/72/EC) and the Second Economic Adjustment...Read More

Energy Community Study on National Renewable Energy Action Plans and on the Progress in the Promotion of Energy from Renewable Sources Rokas, as member of a consortium with the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), the Technical University of Vienna (TU Wien) and Joanneum Research (Austrian Research Institute) has been awarded by the Energy...Read More

Election of I. Rokas as Vice President of the two new ones of AIDA World (four year term) The International Insurance Law Association/Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (AIDA ) has elected a new President, Professor Jérôme Kullmann of the Paris Dauphine University, and two new Vice Presidents, one of them being Professor Dr. Ioannis...Read More