When a goodwill indemnity is payable and what claims arise on termination of a distribution agreement The expiry or termination of a commercial agreement, such as a distribution agreement, can give rise to significant claims and risks for both parties.…
Payment order based on an electronic invoice and immediate recovery of a commercial claim In high-value commercial claims, the decisive question is not only whether the claim is legally well founded, but how quickly it can be converted into an…
Business Transfers in Practice The acquisition of a business does not always take the form of an acquisition of the company operating it. For example, rather than acquiring the shares or equity interests in a company operating a hotel (share…
Acquisition of a yacht-owning company: integrated due diligence and contractual risk protection Papatriantafyllou & Thanasenari acted as legal counsel to the buyer in connection with the acquisition of a yacht-owning company whose principal asset was a yacht valued at over…
Challenging General Meeting resolutions as a tool for shareholder protection and corporate control The General Meeting of a Greek société anonyme, or S.A., is not merely a formal corporate body. It is the forum in which some of the most…
Criminal appeal on points of law before the Supreme Court of Greece in a breach of duty case Papatriantafyllou & Thanasenari successfully represented a defendant before the Supreme Court of Greece in a criminal appeal on points of law concerning…
Court Decision Declaring Individual Debtor Bankrupt: Stay of Individual Enforcement Actions and Pathway Towards Debt Discharge Papatriantafyllou & Thanasenari successfully represented a client in bankruptcy proceedings before the Athens Court of First Instance, securing the acceptance of the bankruptcy petition…
Business Transfer and Piercing of the Corporate Veil as Bases for Liability in Commercial Debt Claims Papatriantafyllou & Thanasenari secured a significant court victory in a commercial dispute concerning unpaid debts arising from successive commercial transactions, the transfer of a…
Joint and Several Liability for Company Debts under Recent Greek Council of State Case Law The personal and joint and several liability of company officers, members of management bodies and partners for corporate debts is one of the most important…
Successful representation before one of Greece’s supreme courts Papatriantafyllou & Thanasenari successfully represented its client before the Hellenic Court of Audit, one of Greece’s supreme courts and the country’s supreme financial court, in a complex dispute concerning a financial correction…
