2025 marked a shift in Europe’s technology and innovation landscape from policy ambition to execution. As Europe enters 2026, scale, resilience, and regulatory readiness have become decisive competitive variables, shaped by geopolitical pressure, disciplined capital, and a more pragmatic regulatory approach.Defence technology has moved firmly into the mainstream of European tech and M&A activity, driven by sustained defence spending and the maturation of dual-use technologies. At the same time, AI-led capital formation continues to accelerate, underpinning cross-border bolt-on acquisitions in cybersecurity, payments infrastructure, data-rich SaaS, and AI-enabled services. Capital remains selective, but it is available for scalable, execution-ready propositions.Regulatory dynamics are a...

On 19 January 2026, the posting of cadastral data commenced for certain Regional Units of the South Aegean Region. In this context, property right owners now have the opportunity to review the details of their real estate rights and of the corresponding properties through the online platform www.ktimatologio.gr. Access is available to both individuals and legal entities using their Taxisnet credentials.Further, within an exclusive two-month deadline, from 19.01.2026 to 19.03.2026, property right owners will be able to review and verify the accuracy of their property rights (i.e. the description / legal information as well as the boundaries / surface of their properties). In case the property right owner agrees with the posting data, no further action is required.Note: The posted data refle...

Zepos & Yannopoulos advised APELLA and its sole shareholder Dr. Nikolaos Kontoyannis, on Olympic Air's (a subsidiary of Aegean Airlines) investment to acquire a 45% stake in the company. The investment was structured through the acquisition of existing shares and a simultaneous share capital increase in APELLA. This partnership creates strong prospects for enhancing infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of know-how, developing new heavy maintenance services and establishing Greece as a regional hub for aviation technical support.APELLA is an EASA Part-145 certified Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) organisation providing a wide range of aviation component and on-aircraft maintenance and repair services across multiple aircraft types. The company is the largest provider of whe...

Zepos & Yannopoulos successfully advised Hellas Capital Leasing (HCL) on Project Andros — a landmark transaction involving the reorganisation of Alpha Leasing, a subsidiary of Alpha Bank Group.The transaction, which spanned for more than 30 months, was completed on 23 January 2026 following the registration of the demerger with the General Commercial Registry (GEMI). Through this demerger, a selected portfolio of predominantly non-performing financial leasing contracts, together with related real estate assets with a gross book value of approximately €0.24 billion, was transferred to HCL.Our firm provided comprehensive legal advice from start to completion across a wide range of practice areas, including transactional/NPE, financial leasing, corporate law and transformations, banking r...