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• Establishing a Business Entity in Greece (Updated)

  1. Types of Business Entities - The main business entities in Greece are the following: i) the Société Anonyme (S.A.); ii) the Private Company (P.C.); iii) the Limited Liability Company (Ltd); iv) the General Partnership and the Limited Partnership and v) the Branch. There are also several types of business entities that are used for specific purposes such as the very popular branches/offices of foreign shipping companies of art. 25 of law 27/1975 and the branches and companies of law 89/1967 (for the purposes of the present presentation, the branch and the business entities of laws 27/1975 and 89/1967 are presented only briefly).

• Buying and Selling Real Estate in Greece (Updated)

  KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER GREEK LAW - 1. PROCEDURE – MAIN STEPS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION UNDER GREEK LAW. Acquisition of a real estate property in Greece includes mainly the following steps: - Finding of the property to be purchased, with the possible assistance of a real estate agent. Usually, the agent’s fee amounts to 2% upon the purchase price but can be negotiated between the parties.

• Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Rehabilitation Proceedings in Greece (Updated)

  KEY FACTS OF BANKRUPTCY, INSOLVENCY & REHABILITATION PROCEEDINGS UNDER GREEK LAW - Introduction - In the Greek law there are several types of proceedings addressing the inability of a merchant debtor (either a natural person or a legal entity) to pay its debts. On one hand, there is Bankruptcy, which is focused mainly on the payment of its debts to its creditors, mainly by liquidation of the debtor’s assets. On the other hand, there are the so-called pre-bankruptcy proceedings whose main purpose is to maintain the debtor’s undertaking by a restructuring of its debts. The pre-bankruptcy proceedings are the Rehabilitation Proceedings and the Out of Court Workout. Please see full Publication below for more information.

• Establishing a Business Entity in Greece (Updated)

  1. Types of Business Entities - The main business entities in Greece are the following: i) the Société Anonyme (S.A.); ii) the Private Company (P.C.); iii) the Limited Liability Company (Ltd); iv) the General Partnership and the Limited Partnership and v) the Branch. There are also several types of business entities that are used for specific purposes such as the very popular branches/offices of foreign shipping companies of art. 25 of law 27/1975 and the branches and companies of law 89/1967 (for the purposes of the present presentation, the branch and the business entities of laws 27/1975 and 89/1967 are presented only briefly). Please see full Chapter below for more information.

• Buying And Selling Real Estate In Greece (Updated)

  KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER GREEK LAW - 1. PROCEDURE – MAIN STEPS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION UNDER GREEK LAW. Acquisition of a real estate property in Greece includes mainly the following steps: - Finding of the property to be purchased, with the possible assistance of a real estate agent. Usually, the agent’s fee amounts to 2% upon the purchase price but can be negotiated between the parties. Please see full Chapter below for more information.

• Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Rehabilitation Proceedings in Greece (Updated)

  KEY FACTS OF BANKRUPTCY, INSOLVENCY & REHABILITATION PROCEEDINGS UNDER GREEK LAW - In the Greek law there are several types of proceedings addressing the inability of a merchant debtor (either a natural person or a legal entity) to pay its debts. On one hand, there is Bankruptcy, which is focused mainly on the payment of its debts to its creditors, mainly by liquidation of the debtor’s assets. On the other hand, there are the so-called pre-bankruptcy proceedings whose main purpose is to maintain the debtor’s undertaking by a restructuring of its debts. The pre-bankruptcy proceedings are the Rehabilitation Proceedings and the Out of Court Workout. Please see full Chapter below for more information.

• Establishing a Business Entity in Greece (Updated)

  1. Types of Business Entities - The main business entities in Greece are the following: i) the Société Anonyme (S.A.); ii) the Private Company (P.C.); iii) the Limited Liability Company (Ltd); iv) the General Partnership and the Limited Partnership and v) the Branch. There are also several types of business entities that are used for specific purposes such as the very popular branches/offices of foreign shipping companies of art. 25 of law 27/1975 and the branches and companies of law 89/1967 (for the purposes of the present presentation, the branch and the business entities of laws 27/1975 and 89/1967 are presented only briefly). Furthermore, there are also specific types of companies that are used for specific types of undertakings such as the Maritime Company or the Maritime Company for Leisure Ships. Please see full Chapter below for more information.

• Buying And Selling Real Estate In Greece (Updated)

  KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER GREEK LAW - 1. PROCEDURE – MAIN STEPS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION UNDER GREEK LAW. Acquisition of a real estate property in Greece includes mainly the following steps: - Finding of the property to be purchased, with the possible assistance of a real estate agent. Usually, the agent’s fee amounts to 2% upon the purchase price but can be negotiated between the parties. Please see full Chapter below for more information.

• Journalism and copyright: what is protected by copyright law?

  In Greece the main legislative instruments regulating copyright and related rights are: - Law 2121/1993 on Copyright, Related Rights and Cultural Matters (the Copyright Law); and - Law 4481/2017 on the Collective Management of IP Rights and Related Rights and Collecting Organisations.... Originally published on www.internationallawoffice.com.

• Greek Sustainability Initiative Promotes Cooperation Between Competitors

  The initiative includes a competition law sustainability “sandbox” in which market participants could team up to work on sustainable business projects. The Greek Competition Authority (HCC) has announced a public consultation on how competition law rules might be adapted to promote more sustainable business practices.

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• What happens if Greece defaults to the IMF?

  The prospect of Greece's potential default to the International Monetary Fund and European Union lenders and de facto exit from the EU single currency looms larger day by day. The next week—until the June 30 repayment due date to the IMF—will be filled with high stakes political brinkmanship on all ...

• Establishing A Business Entity In Greece

  1. Types of Business Entities - The main business entities in Greece are the following: i) the Société Anonyme (S.A.); ii) the Private Company (P.C.); iii) the Limited Liability Company (Ltd); iv) the General Partnership and the Limited Partnership and v) the Branch. There are also several types ...

• Buying And Selling Real Estate In Greece (Updated)

  KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER GREEK LAW - 1. PROCEDURE – MAIN STEPS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION UNDER GREEK LAW. Acquisition of a real estate property in Greece includes mainly the following steps: - Finding of the property to be purchased, with the possible assistance of a...

• A Short Guide to the Implications for the Imposition of Capital Controls in Greece

  Following the recent event over the weekend (27/28 June 2015), we set out below a short guide on the current status in Greece. Background - Months of negotiations on a deal to restructure Greece’s debts appear to have failed. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called a referendum ...

• New Process for Timestamping IP works in Greece

  On 26 February 2019, the Hellenic Copyright Organization (Greek acronym: “OPI”) launched a new online service for “electronic timestamping” of all types of works....

• Establishing a Business Entity in Greece (Updated)

  1. Types of Business Entities - The main business entities in Greece are the following: i) the Société Anonyme (S.A.); ii) the Private Company (P.C.); iii) the Limited Liability Company (Ltd); iv) the General Partnership and the Limited Partnership and v) the Branch. There are also several...

• Bank Resolution in Greece

  The result of Sunday’s (5 July 2015) referendum which rejected the latest proposed bailout by the European authorities was unequivocal. The next steps in this crisis are far less clear, ranging from a swift renegotiation of the terms of the bailout together with an injection of liquidity into the...

• “Patent Attorneys Academy” established in Greece

  While in some jurisdictions the concept of a “patent attorney” or also a “patent judge”, referring to persons who not only have knowledge of patent law but also acquire technical expertise in relation to patents, is common, this is not the case in Greece. Of course, there are lawyers with high-level...

• Grexit Deferred: The End of the Beginning for Greece?

  For want of a baker, a job was lost. For want of a job, the economy was lost. For want of an economy, the banking system collapsed. For want of a banking system – well, ultimately Grexit....

• Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Rehabilitation Proceedings in Greece

  In Greek law, there are several types of proceedings addressing the inability of a merchant debtor (either a natural person or a legal entity) to pay its debts. On one hand, there are Bankruptcy and Special Administration, which are focused mainly on the payment of its debts to its creditors,...