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Drakopoulos hosted the “Liability of Intermediaries” workshop on December 13th at its offices in Athens, Greece. The most important issues and practical implications concerning the Liability of Intermediaries, as well as the recent CJEU case law have been discussed among the participating key officers from Greek Law Enforcement Agencies and brand representatives.

Drakopoulos Greece advises Hellenic Petroleum Group of Companies with respect to the group’s compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The project includes thorough monitoring of the group’s internal policies and procedures in order to identify potential gaps with the requirements of GDPRand meet the tight deadline of 25 May 2018 – as GDPR’S […]

React and Drakopoulos organized in Thessaloniki and Heraklion on June 8th – 9th 2017,  two anti-counterfeiting seminars where representatives of brand owners  (namely Toyota , Louis Vuitton Malletier, Moet Hennessy, Procter & Gamble, Swiss Watch Federation  General Motors, PUMA,  Diageo, Harley Davidson, Hugo Boss,  Stolichnaya, Beaute Prestige International, Petland) provided to custom and police officers […]

Drakopoulos advised YALCO, a major distributor of household goods and hotel equipment in Greece listed in the Athens Stock Exchange, on the€1.9 million sale of its 100% Romanian subsidiary to a Cypriot purchaser. The transaction was in line with the client’s intention to restructure its debt through exiting the Romanian market and, therefore, focus on […]

React and Drakopoulos, hosted in Athens, on Thursday June 16th 2016  at the premises of  the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a Product Identification training seminar. More than 120 customs, police, coast guard, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economy agents have participated and received extensive training from industry experts representing 18 React member […]

Drakopoulos successfully represented Premier League before the Romanian Trademark office (OSIM) in an important trademark opposition filed against the application submitted by a Romanian company operating in the automotive industry, for a TM confusingly similar to the famous lion of the Premier League TM. The opposition was partially accepted by OSIM and an appeal was […]

Following liberalization of the Greek gaming industry, GTECH and SCIENTIFIC GAMES, leading manufacturers of VLTs and casino software, were the first companies in Greece to be granted VLT manufacturer licenses, leading the way in the Greek gaming market. SCIENTIFIC GAMES is also among the first few companies in Greece to obtain a VLT importer license. […]

Drakopoulos has advised INTRAKAT GROUP (“INTRAKAT”), a top construction group in Greece, on a € 14.5 million dispute against VINCI CONSTRUCTION, a leading French concessions and construction company, in relation to the construction of the Le Mans football Stadium in France. Squire Patton Boggs, together with Drakopoulos, assisted INTRAKAT during the litigation phase in France.  […]

Drakopoulos has advised Bluehouse, a private equity real estate investment management firm focused in emerging Europe, on the sale of Victoria Center Office Development, a prime located A+ class building in Bucharest, Romania, to German real estate fund GLL Partners. Dentons advised GLL on the deal. The deal was completed at the end of September […]

Drakopoulos successfully represented DAIMLER in court in important trademark litigation requesting the defendant, a former Mercedes-Benz Hellas distributor, to cease and desist from any and all further use of the claimant’s “MERCEDES” and “SMART” trademarks. The case involved unauthorised use of the internationally known trademarks in materials originally authorised (e.g. signage, printed material etc.) during […]