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Managing Partner Panagiotis Drakopoulos talks to CEELM about the evolution of the M&A practice and the firm’s role as legal advisors in Greece over the last decade. Please read the interview here.

DRAKOPOULOS Partner Alexandros Katsantonis, Senior Associate Panagiotis Tampoureas and Marketing Director Marietta Vidali attended the 1st ESG & Compliance conference hosted by KPMG in Athens, on 7 December 2023. Having as central message “From Compliance to Competitive Advantage”, the conference highlighted the growing and changing importance of integrating ESG into all business and investment decisions and presented […]

Partner Michalis Kosmopoulos participated in the “Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights – Support of Law Enforcement Authorities in Identifying Infringing Products” seminar organized by the Industrial Property Organization in collaboration with the European Observatory on the Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights of EUIPO – European Union Intellectual Property Office, on 24 November 2023, in Ioannina, Greece. The seminar was […]

We are pleased to share that DRAKOPOULOS partner Michalis Kosmopoulos has been invited to join the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Arbitration and Mediation Center’s List of Arbitrators. The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center administers a growing number of proceedings under the WIPO Mediation, WIPO Arbitration/WIPO Expedited Arbitration and WIPO Expert Determination Rules, in addition to its […]

On 16 November 2023, Drakopoulos and React, the non-profit network committed to combating counterfeiting worldwide, hosted at Drakopoulos’ premises in Athens an Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) training event for Economic Police Officers. Katerina Vardalaki, investigator of React’s Intelligence Unit and intelligence analyst, led the training which intended to equip Economic Police Officers with advanced skills […]

DRAKOPOULOS Senior Associate Panagiotis Tampoureas attended for yet another year the IAPP – International Association of Privacy Professionals – Europe Data Protection Congress 2023, hosted in Brussels, on 15-16 November 2023. During the two-day intensive conference, participants discussed and analyzed the latest developments in the privacy landscape, including the Artificial Intelligence Act, data transfers to third countries, the digital transformation […]

Drakopoulos participated in the “Sustainability Forum 2023” held in Athens, on 06 October, organized by Global Sustain, a market leader in services related to sustainability, responsible investing and green economy. Mr. Michalis Spanos, Global Sustain’s CEO, opened the Forum by emphasizing on the utmost significance of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria in the improvement […]

Drakopoulos Partner Michalis Kosmopoulos participated at the “PTMG at the Birthplace of Ethics – Time for some Principle Reflections on Pharmaceutical Trade Marks” conference held in Athens, on 04-07 October. The Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group’s (PTMG) annual event brought together IP and Pharmaceutical professionals and covered a wide range of subjects relevant to the law […]

Drakopoulos was invited to contribute an Experts Review article to the CEE Legal Matters Magazine. Partner Alexandros Katsantonis and Senior associate Panagiotis Tampoureas commented on the Hellenic Data Protection Authority’s (HDPA) case law concerning telecommunications providers in Greece over the past 12 months and pointed up invaluable insights into the evolving respective legal landscape and the […]