Commercial and Consumer

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Athina Skolarikou

Athina Skolarikou

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Antonis Giannakodimos

Antonis Giannakodimos

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OVERVIEW

Commercial law has been traditionally one of the cornerstones of our practice for more than a century. Amidst a rapidly evolving environment, we continue to provide innovative advice to our clients as they seek to create value through maximizing opportunities in the digital economy era. We stay at the forefront of the legal developments and ensure that our clients take decisions based on commercial law aspects which are critical for their business in order to grow and thrive. We provide comprehensive support on the following generic areas: (a) Commercial agreements and (b) Consumer Goods & Retail. With respect to Commercial agreements, we have extensive experience in all stages from the drafting, negotiation, and conclusion or termination of all types of commercial agreements. In the area of Consumer Goods & Retail we provide thorough and business-oriented solutions in all legal matters, whether in ‘offline’ or online commerce, such as matters pertaining to e-commerce, e-signatures, regulation of online platforms, intellectual property rights, product safety & marketability and consumer protection. Through their long-term business relationships with institutional clients, our competent teams are fully cognizant of the various business sectors in which those clients operate; as such, they are in the best position to assist them in making the right decisions when addressing the legal needs of their commercial departments.

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Experience

Our general commercial law experience covers advisory support and drafting of contractual documents in relation to the full range of commercial issues and agreements, sale, purchase and supply contracts, terms and conditions, manufacturing, logistic, warehousing and promotion agreements and commercial co-operation schemes, to licensing, advertising and marketing agreements and strategies, outsourcing agreements, service level agreements, and commercial leases.

Commercial Agreements

As a number of our foreign clients conduct business in Greece through exclusive or non-exclusive local agents, distributors or franchisees, we have developed significant experience in advising on agency, distribution and franchise agreements. This includes the provision on our end of health checks and prevention mechanisms through legal assessment and evaluation of existing distribution & agency networks, advising on the negotiation and assisting with the drafting and formation of new agreements and of course assisting and evaluating the best way forward when such agreements are to be terminated either through an out of court settlement or through the path of dispute resolution. Our distinctive advantage lies on the impeccable synergies developed with our dispute resolution teams and of course our teams of dedicated economists and accountants, enabling us to provide a holistic approach from all angles to legal and/or economic matters which make the difference in commercial agreements. Finally, our team has a practical knowledge of how the market works in several industries and can therefore be a strong ally when clients intend to acquire former agents or distributors, combining forces with our M&A and anti-trust teams at the forefront.

Consumer Goods & Retail

We have in-depth knowledge and experience in advising our business clients in relation to any product related matter until such product has reached its final consumer and after. Our team has seasoned experience across many industries, including textiles, food & beverages, luxury goods, electronics, plastics, wood & tire, dual-use items and of course software. Our services span indicatively from the formation and review of consumer T&Cs, commercial warranty terms, sales, offers, promotions, discounts & rebates, advertising, product safety and product recalls, advising on extended producers’ responsibilities and any day-to-day compliance matter pertaining to the operation of a retailer. Also, we often represent our clients before consumer protection authorities and the Consumers' Ombudsman or other public authorities such as the General State’s Laboratory for the compliance of goods with respect to REACH and CLP Regulations. These include major food and beverage companies, manufacturers of consumer products, as well as industry associations, such as direct selling.

E-commerce & Online Intermediary Platforms

Within our commercial law practice we have highly specialised E-commerce experts. Digitalization being at the forefront of many of our clients’ portfolios, we assist our clients in addressing the legal issues involved when taking their businesses worldwide. The ever-increasing digital economy has created a complex and sometimes labyrinthine legal framework in which we have developed extensive experience to assist our clients in the formation of their online sales in and out of Greece, their interaction with other online players, such as developers, third party platforms in compliance with EU and Greek e-commerce laws. We have also provided legal assistance to marketplaces and other online intermediary platforms with respect to the formation of their T&Cs and their relationships & agreements with other parties involved both in B2b and B2C level in industries such as transportation, hotels & bookings, sports accessories, and general consumer goods, in the light of the Digital Services Act and the P2B Regulation. Our experts team often work hand in hand with our data privacy teams in order to provide a 360-degree support customized to the needs of our clients.

Intellectual property

We are experts in intellectual property. We regularly provide advice on transactional IP matters such as software, trademark and technology licensing agreements, franchise agreements and IP aspects of M&A transactions, and we assist our clients in dispute resolution proceedings in relation to trademark, copyright, know-how and other IP rights infringements. We also have extensive experience in advising foreign companies which market their products in Greece on how to protect their trademarks, monitor counterfeit activities and establish and implement efficient anti-counterfeit strategies.

Awards

Chambers Global 2024

2024

Chambers Global

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2024

Chambers Europe

Chambers Europe 2023

2023

Chambers Europe

Legal500 2023

2023

Legal 500