On 10 April 2025, law 5193/2025 on strengthening of capital markets and other provisions (Law 5193/2025) was passed before the Hellenic Parliament. Chapter C of Law 5193/2025 finally adopts the provisions supplementing Regulation 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto Assets Regulations (MiCAR) and of Regulation 2023/1113 on Transfer of Funds Regulation II (TFR II). Now, crypto-asset service providers may validly commence offering their services in Greece under MiCAR.MiCAR fully applicableMiCAR, directly applicable throughout EU member states, sets the applicable EU legal framework governing the offer to the public and admission to trading of crypto-assets and the provision of crypto-asset services by crypto-asset service providers, as well as the prevention of market abuse relating to crypto-asse...

On 11 April 2025, law 5193/2025 was published, establishing a legislative framework that provides Real Estate Investment Companies (REICs) with greater investment flexibility and modernised operations, while also imposing stricter supervision for the investors’ protection. This initiative helps to simplify procedures by eliminating bureaucratic obstacles, enabling REICs to flourish in the current dynamic market environment.Key changesIncreased minimum share capitalUnder new regime REICs are required to have a minimum share capital of €40 million, an increase from the threshold of €25 million of the previous law – which had been further increased to €29.35 million by virtue of Decision 7/249/2002 of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission. This updated requirement a...

Zepos & Yannopoulos advised the shareholders of Athens Vision, the leading ophthalmologic center in Athens, on its strategic partnership with Sanoptis, a predominant player in the ophthalmological field. The completion of the transaction allows Athens Vision, as a member of the Sanoptis network, to expand the range of medical services in ophthalmology and drive the development of cross-site “best practices”.Our firm assisted on all aspects of the transaction, including the drafting and negotiation of the transactional and ancillary documentation. Our team was led by Stathis Orfanoudakis, partner of our M&A practice, and Maria Bozinaki, senior associate, while Maria Zoupa, head of Corporate Tax, Diana Tsourapa and Georgia Voutsa, partners, advised on the tax aspects of the transacti...

We’re proud to share that our firm has won the 2025 IFLR Europe Award in the Equity category for our role in the Athens International Airport IPO on the Athens Exchange. This landmark transaction was the first combined international and Greek offering in nearly two decades and the first-ever listing of an airport on the Athens Exchange.Zepos & Yannopoulos acted as Greek counsel to the Joint Global Coordinators, Bank of America Securities and Morgan Stanley, as well as the Listing Advisor and Co-Lead Manager, Eurobank, and provided a transaction legal opinion to the Managers. Our involvement in the deal exemplifies the type of full scale, multi-disciplinary support we offer as the teams which participated in the deal included Finance & Capital Markets | Dispute Resolution | TMT &amp...