Zepos & Yannopoulos advised corporate venture builder 321Founded on its cooperation with Eurobank for the establishment of Perkit, a joint venture that brings modern employee benefits to the Greek market.Perkit is reshaping how employee benefits work in Greece. Instead of fragmented, one-size-fits-all schemes, it gives employers a single platform to set up, fund and manage every benefit with real-time visibility and minimal administration, while employees use one smart card with separate wallets for meals, benefits in kind, expenses and more. This venture is a clear example of start-ups and established financial institutions joining forces to offer businesses and their people new ways to unlock value.Our firm assisted 321Founded on all aspects of the transaction, including the preparat...

For the 12th consecutive year, Zepos & Yannopoulos has been ranked among the leading law firms in the IFLR1000, with our practices and teams once again recognised for their role in complex, cross-border mandates. This year’s results reflect both continuity and progression across our core areas of expertise.In the practice rankings, our Project Development practice continues to be recognised in Tier 1, confirming its leading role in some of the most significant projects in the market. Our Banking & Finance, M&A and Capital Markets (Equity) practices are all ranked in Tier 2.Our people remain at the core of these achievements. Among our partners, Paris Tzoumas and Stefanos Charaktiniotis are ranked as Highly Regarded in their respective areas, while Sofia Chatzigiannidou, Anastas...

Representative actions provide a new legal remedy for the protection of consumer rights. In his new monograph Representative Actions (Η αντιπροσωπευτική αγωγή), published by Sakkoulas Publications (Athens-Thessaloniki, 2026), Dr. Emmanouil Mavrantonakis, senior associate of our Litigation & Arbitration practice, examines the Greek framework for representative actions following its reform under Law 5019/2023.The monograph addresses the entities entitled to bring representative actions, questions of international jurisdiction and funding, and the procedural rules governing actions for injunctive and redress measures. It also considers the effects of judgments on individual consumers and the treatment of cross-border actions.The work concludes with a comparative examination of the impleme...

Law 5100/2024 transposed into Greek law the EU Minimum Tax Directive (Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523) which had formalised the EU's implementation of the so-called ‘Pillar Two' rules on a minimum level of taxation of profits of multinational enterprises. The law applies to legal persons and entities located in Greece that belong to a multinational (MNE) group or a large-scale domestic group with annual revenue of EUR 750 million or more in the consolidated financial statements of the ultimate parent entity (UPE). Permanent establishments are included. In line with the Directive, the revenue threshold must be met in at least two of the four fiscal years immediately before the relevant year. The rules apply to fiscal years beginning on or after 31 December 2023.The deadlines that matter no...