Conference Review
NOMIKI BIBLIOTHIKI and the Legal Guide "Greek Law Digest -The Official Guide to Greek Law" - the most systematic and comprehensive guide to the Greek legal and institutional framework in the English language- organized on Friday February 3rd, in collaboration with the Economia Group, a unique conference on the "Legal and Business Challenges in today's Greece." The achieved objective was to allow the approach to investment from those who really know and have direct involvement in the burning issue: entrepreneurs themselves, lawyers and financial advisers, representatives from relevant organizations and authorities. Τhe 27 top speakers shared their valuable knowledge and submitted their pragmatic proposals for the future of investments.
With this conference, the Greek Law Digest makes the opening step in a series of actions aimed to establish a framework within which proposals will be exchanged between all parties involved with a view to the development and promotion of business in Greece.
The Conference was held under the auspices of Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism, Enterprise Greece, Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund and Hellenic Chinese Center for Entrepreneurship.
Sponsors of the Conference were: Athens International Airport, Bletas & Costakis Law Firm, Giannouzi & Associates Law Offices, Dryllerakis & Associates Law Firm, Karatzas & Partners Law Firm, Koutalidis Law Firm, Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm, EGNA Law Firm, A.S. Papadimitriou & Partners Law Firm, M & P Bernitsas Law Firm. Supporters were: Lambadarios Law Firm, Stavropoulos & Partners Law Office, SEV, XRTC Business Consultants and Lamda Infrastructrure Development. Media sponsors were: Kathimerini, Nomikos Simvoulos, Sinigoros, Epixeirisi, Business File and Asfalistiki Agora and Internet Media Sponsors www.greekjustice.gr, www.epixeirisi.gr και www.economia.gr.
Welcome Remarks
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Geena PAPANTONOPOULOU KARATZA, Lawyer, ΝΟΜΙΚI ΒΙΒLIΟTHIKI |
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Alexandra VOVOLINI, Publisher at economia group |
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Velissarios DOTSIS, CEO at Enterprise Greece S.A. - Invest & Trade |
Session 1: Investing in Greece in times of crisis
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Panagis VOURLOUMIS, Former President & General Counsel, OTE Why foreign investments? Why don’t we have foreign investments? |
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Aphrodite A. BLETAS, Attorney at Law, Mediator, President of Hellenic Chinese Center for Entrepreneurship Investment Laws: What should it be! |
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Gregorios MICHAILOPOULOS, Lawyer, Managing Partner, MICHAILOPOULOS & ASSOCIATES Law Firm Intervention |
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Nikolaos KORITSAS, Managing Partner, KOUTALIDIS LAW FIRM Strategic investments in Greece: Navigating through «legal reefs» |
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George XIRADAKIS, General Counsel, XRTC China as a strategic investor: It’s uniqueness |
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Constantinos P. NIKOLOPOULOS, General Counsel, Lamda Infrastructure Finance Infrastructure Projects – Investing in the future |
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Dr. John KITSOS, Specialist Legal Counsel for Public Contracts, Attorney at Law Intervention: Public-Private Partnerships and Concession Contracts. Seeking private investments for public infrastructure in Greece |
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Theodore FESSAS, Founder of Quest Holdings S.A., Chairman of SEV Τhe State as entrepreneur? |
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John KOIMTZOGLOU, Attorney at Law, Partner, KYRIAKIDES GEORGOPOULOS Law Firm How does the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations operate? |
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Panayotis BERNITSAS, Attorney at Law, Managing Partner, M & P BERNITSAS LAW OFFICE Privatizations: Today’s experiences facilitating tomorrow’s reforms |
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Efthymios NAVRIDIS, Attorney at Law, Managing Partner, EGNA Law Firm Licensing and establishment of businesses (Investment licensing) – Today’s experience and the road to the future |
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Ilias PLASKOVITIS, Member of the BoG General Council and SSM Supervisory Board Targeting the substantial reduction of nonperforming loans in the Greek banking system |
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Session 2: Can disincentives become incentives?
Α. Taxation
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John C. DRYLLERAKIS, Managing Partner, DRYLLERAKIS & ASSOCIATES Can tax legislation become a tool to attract foreign investors and how? |
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Ioannis F. STAVROPOULOS, LL.M., Managing Partner, STAVROPOULOS & PARTNERS LAW OFFICE Intervention |
Β. Administration of justice
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Alexander C. DOVLES, Partner, A. S. PAPADIMITRIOU & PARTNERS LAW FIRM How pathogenies in the administration of justice affect investors behavior? |
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Kostas MENOUDAKOS, President of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority, Honorary President of the Council of State Major reform of the justice system as a sine qua non condition for the progress and development of the Greek society and economy. Are there other ways of dispute resolution? |
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Alexander MARCOPOULOS, Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP’s, Paris Intervention: International Arbitration: An Unavoidable Yet Advantageous Dispute Resolution System |
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C. The structure and organization of Public Administration
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Νikolaos PANAGIOTOPOULOS, Lawyer, Former Deputy Minister of Labor Is the bureaucracy monster still alive? |
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Dionysis R. RIGOPOULOS, Ph.D., Public Administration Inspector-Controller Digitally mapping the Greek Public Sector |
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D. Success Story
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Paul EVMORFIDIS, Founder of Cocomat The crisis is welcome, because it changes habits! |
Journalists Roundtable
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Adonis PAPAYANNIDES, Babis PAPADIMITRIOU, Yannis PALAIOLOGOS, Νektaria STAMOULI “On investments” |
Session 3: Investment sectors
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Kostis HATZIDAKIS, Former Minister of Development, Vice President of the New Democracy Party The business sectors foreign investors are primarily interested in |
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Nicolas KANELLOPOULOS, Managing Partner, NICOLAS KANELLOPOULOS – CHARA ZERVA & ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM, Former President of the Greek National Tourism Organization (G.N.T.O.) Tourism: What should be done? |
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Nikolaos E. FARANTOURIS, Professor of EU Law University of Piraeus, President of Legal Affairs, EUROGAS Energy: Challenges and prospects |
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Yannis CALOGIROU, Professor of Economic & Technological Industrial Strategy, NTUA Research & Technology: Tools to recover from crisis |
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Mihalis Himonas, General Manager SFEE Health/Medicine: The horizon of growth |
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George J. AVLONITIS, Professor Athens University of Economics and Business, Former Deputy Chairman of Academic President of European Marketing Academy How to improve the openness and competitiveness of our economy |
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Session 4: The profile of an effective legal counsel
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Aristotelis PANTELIADIS, Managing Director, ΜΕΤRO S.A. “I have a dream!” A businessman speaks from the heart |
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