Dimitris Andriopoulos, associate of our Dispute Resolution practice, participated as speaker at the International Dispute Resolution Alliance - Unbounded Europe event, focusing on the Greek law on international commercial arbitration.  The virtual event, hosted by the World Law Alliance on September 12, welcomed speakers from across Europe for an engaging panel debate on International Dispute Resolution topics, highlighting the evolving International Dispute Resolution landscape in the region.You can view the panel discussion here: https://bit.ly/4epgriX ...

Zepos and Yannopoulos is proud to have advised Data4 Group, a leading European Data Centre operator, in a challenging transaction, which marks the opening of a new market for Data4 in Europe. The innovative and sustainable campus will be developed in a plot of land of 75,000sq.m (7.5 hectares) and offer up to 90 MW of power capacity. With the ever-growing demand for cloud services, the circa 300M investment underscores Greece’s pivotal role in becoming a regional technology hub.From the early stages of the negotiations for the land acquisition, the set-up of the Greek entity and the final purchase of the land until the successful issuance of the building permit, our firm guided the client through the Greek market and advised on all real estate, corporate and regulatory permitting issues.Ou...

Our firm’s practice groups and team members have been recognised once more in the most recent IFLR1000 rankings, announced today. Banking & Finance has received a Tier 1 ranking and M&A, Capital Markets and Project Development respectively are ranked in Tier 2.The people of Zepos & Yannopoulos are recognised for their innovative legal thinking and effective solutions provided to clients. Stefanos Charaktiniotis, head of M&A, was distinguished as Highly Regarded lawyer. Athina Skolarikou, head of Corporate & Commercial, Anastasia Makri, head of Energy, and Dimitra Rachouti, partner, were recognised as Notable Practitioners. Sofia Chatzigiannidou, head of Public Procurement & Concessions, and Paris Tzoumas, head of Finance, were named Rising Star Partners. Finally Ant...

Our Tax Controversy & Litigation practice successfully represented a leading oil and gas company in a VAT case.More specifically, the dispute in question had arisen from a VAT assessment based on an assertion that our client had made alleged sales without having charged VAT. The appellate court held that the relevant VAT reassessment violated the res judicata (i.e. the principle that a certain matter cannot in certain circumstances be litigated again), since courts had already found that the taxpayer had not concealed any transactions. On this basis the Court of Appeals dismissed the State’s allegations.Our team was led by partners Spyros Maratos and Dimitris Gialouris. ...