Agency & Distribution
As a result of our firm's focus on legal services to foreign legal entities conducting business in Greece, we have developed unparalleled experience and expertise in advising our clients on issues related to agency and distribution agreements. A significant number of our foreign clients conduct business in Greece through local agents or distributors. We therefore advise our clients on legal and tax issues regarding agency and distribution agreements, we negotiate and advise on all aspects regarding their termination and assist them with respect to related litigation when this occurs. Foreign companies often establish their presence in Greece by acquiring their former agent or distributor. In such cases we assist and guide our clients on every step of the relevant procedure from the termination of the agency / distribution agreement to legal due diligence and merger or acquisition agreement. Our firm has advised many of the world's largest companies in this field.
For example, our firm has advised on agency or distribution related matters Allied Domecq, Anderol, Arla Foods, Barxx Medical, Bausch & Lomb, Bodum, Cadbury, Carrefour, Chiron Novartis, Cosmopolitan Cosmetics, Duracell, Galderma, Gillette, Grundfos, Haemonetics, Helen of Troy, Johnson Outdoors, Johnson Controls, Kopparbergs Brewery, Imperial Tobacco, Luigi Lavazza, Luxottica, Mag Instrument, Moneygram, Medacta, Menarini Diagnostics, Nokia, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Tupperware and Uponor.
Related litigation includes representing the following clients:
- Leading UK confectionary and beverages producer against one of its former distributors regarding a claim for compensation
- Leading US computer manufacturer against its former local distributor
- European pharmaceutical company against its former distributor for alleged premature termination of the distributorship agreement
- Major Mexican brewery in litigation involving a multi-million compensation claim by the terminated local distributor
- Leading international manufacturer of orthopaedic and other medical products against its former distributor regarding a claim for compensation
- Major manufacturer of specialist lubricants against its terminated local distributor regarding a claim for compensation
- Major US air-conditioning manufacturer against its former distributor regarding a claim for compensation.
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