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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 […]

On 25 June 2015, React, the anti-counterfeiting network, the General Directorate for Customs of the Greek MinFin and Drakopoulos, React’s Greek partner, gathered in Athens more than 100 customs, police, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economy officers in a highly interactive one-day Product Identification Training seminar.   The participants had the opportunity to receive […]

Drakopoulos advised Secure Property Development & Investment PLC (“SPDI”) on the acquisition of income generating assets in Romania and Bulgaria. The deal involved a €25m transaction with respect to the acquisition of a set of prime property assets in Romania and Bulgaria by SPDI, an AIM quoted property company focused on Emerging Europe. The acquisitions […]