Publications

Drakopoulos was invited by Chambers and Partners to contribute as Thought Leaders a piece to Chambers Expert Focus. Managing Partner Panagiotis Drakopoulos and Partner Alexandros Katsantonis, discussed the ESG compliance burden on Greek firms and the possibility of generating value through the process. Drakopoulos helps clients navigate the ESG landscape, assisting them to find ways […]

The last few years have seen a long list of investors turning their eyes to the Greek renewable energy source market and an abundance of new projects being developed throughout the country – to the extent that one would assume an excessive capacity of the Greek distribution network. Sadly, that is not the case. The […]

Early 2023 held a sweet spot for cross-border M&A activity in Greece, unmuting all those opportunities that had joined a waitlist during the Covid-19 pandemic and have been looking for the right time to be deployed and lead into new business models and scaling deal-making strategies. In fact, the current market status suggests that deal-makers […]

DRAKOPOULOS was invited to contribute an Experts Review article to the CEE Legal Matters Magazine. Partner Michalis Kosmopoulos and Senior Associate Panagiotis Tampoureas commented on the upcoming EU legislation on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the ways in which competent market surveillance authorities can be empowered to bring AI systems into compliance. DRAKOPOULOS capitalizes on its […]

DRAKOPOULOS was invited to be the exclusive country contributor to the CEE Legal Matters Comparative Legal Guide: TMT 2022 for Greece. The guide looks at the most important regulations relative to online contracting, digital signatures, and digital archiving for the reader to get a high-level, comprehensive picture of the legal landscape of these critical aspects in the […]

Public procurement in Greece by entities operating in the energy sector is regulated, mainly, by Law 4412/2016 on ‘Public works, supplies and services contracts – Transposition of Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU’ (OJ 147/A’/08.08.2016). Public tenders are conducted via the National System of Electronic Public Procurement (ESIDIS) and the award of public contracts must comply with […]

The growth rate of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Greece, which commenced almost four years ago and retained the same dynamics throughout the COVID era despite the internationally unfavorable economic environment, remains undoubtedly impressive. As of early March 2022, the Interministerial PPP Committee has approved five additional regional infrastructure projects with a total value of […]

After more than two years into Covid-19, perhaps the most obvious impact of the pandemic on labor force has been the dramatic increase in remote working. Recent statistics record that around 62% of employees aged 22 to 65 are working from home all or most of the time. Tellingly, although it started as a necessity, […]

Partner Michalis Kosmopoulos and Senior Associate Panagiotis Tampoureas, are discussing about the new platform ‘Introduce yourself – KYC (Know Your Customer)’, recently launched by the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance, as well as analysing its data protection implications. Greece_ New digital KYC application and data protection impact _ Insights _ DataGuidance

  In an attempt to lighten the heavy burden of the Greek judicial system, articles 178 to 206 of Law 4512/2018 on Arrangements for the Implementation of the Structural Reforms of the Economic Adjustment Programmes and Other Provisions regulate the new mediation procedures in civil and commercial matters. This alternative extrajudicial dispute resolution method seeks to provide […]