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Our teams have been working together within and across departments for many years to provide a specialised, consistent and high-standard service.
Bernitsas Law is a market leader in the provision of commercial law services in Greece and one of the largest firms in the country.
Bernitsas Law is ranked in Band 1 across all practice areas by Chambers Global in their 2021 Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Banking & Finance Market-leading team assisting with cross-border finance transactions. Has experience in capital markets deals, including note and bond issuances and securitisations. Also advises on corporate lending to Greek […]
February’s Tax Alert provides an overview of the Tax Bill introducing a new tax regime for the management of family estates.
Yannis Chryssospathis, Lambros Belessis, Ria Venaki and Iris Sotiriou contribute the Greece Q&A Guide to The Commercialisation of Healthcare Global Guide published by Thomsons Reuters Practical Law. This Q&A provides an overview of the regulatory framework for the commercialisation of medical products in Greece. It covers the key requirements for manufacturing, advertising and selling drugs, medical devices, biological products […]
Yannis Seiradakis and Eleni Stazilova contribute the Greece Chapter to ICLG Oil and Gas Regulation 2021 published by Global Legal Group with Michael Burns and Julia Derrick of Ashurst LLP as contributing editors.
January’s Monthly Tax Briefing covers recent developments in tax legislation, including: Decision E.2009/2021 Provides Guidelines on Foreign Tax Residence Certification for the Implementation of the Greece-Spain Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation Circular E.2004/2021 Clarifies the New Interest Limitation Rule Decision A.1002/2021 Amends the Procedure and Supporting Documentation for Issuance of Tax Registration Numbers, […]
Panayotis Bernitsas is recognised as a Pioneer on the Mononews100 list of most influential Greeks for 2020. Mononews’ team recognises important Greeks whose work had a great impact on business, banking, politics, art and culture, sports and science. Mononews is a news portal focused on economic, banking, shipping, business and political news and partners with […]
Bernitsas Law has been shortlisted for Greece Law Firm of the Year award at the Chambers Europe Awards 2021. The awards recognise a law firm’s pre-eminence in key jurisdictions in the region. They also reflect achievements over the past 12 months including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service. They honour the […]
Tania Patsalia contributes the Greece Data Protection Overview Guidance Note to Data Guidance, a global privacy intelligence platform designed to monitor regulatory developments in data privacy and compliance requirements. Click here to read the Note.
December’s Monthly Tax Briefing covers recent developments in tax legislation, including: Circular E.2208/2020 Provides Guidelines on the Tax Treatment of Stock Options and Share Plans Provided to Employees and Executives Decision A.1267/2020 Provides the Updated List of Preferential Tax Regime Countries for 2019 Circular E.2197/2020 Clarifies the Taxation of Benefits in Kind and Tax Exemptions […]
Bernitsas law acted as Greek counsel to Piraeus Bank in connection with its first public NPE securitisation in the Greek market, with a gross book value of €1.92bn comprised primarily of non-performing residential mortgage loans. The securitisation is expected to be enrolled in the Hercules Asset Protection Scheme (Hercules), a guarantee scheme introduced by the […]