Public Administration | Administrative Disputes
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN GREECE PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE COUNTRY’S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE. OUR FULLY-SPECIALISED PUBLIC LAW DEPARTMENT PROVIDES INTEGRATED SUPPORT TO INVESTORS IN GREECE AND ABROAD, TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS ALIKE AS WELL AS TO THE GREEK PUBLIC SECTOR.
We act for individuals or legal entities before -Greek, EU or international- tribunals as well as administrative authorities in respect of violations of their rights resulting from acts or omissions of the Administration or administrative authorities. We provide legal services related to constitutional rights, claims for damages against the State, licensing issues, expropriation issues, civil servants or employees of legal entities of public law, education, public order, market, health regulations, etc.
WE UNDERTAKE
to draft bills, regulatory acts or public enterprise acts. We provide legal advice to individuals in view of the debating and voting of submitted bills, or the issuance of regulatory acts, which affect their activities.
EXPERIENCE
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONADMINISTRATIVE LAW LITIGATIONADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMYLICENSES
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- Acting as legal advisor to the National Cadastre and Mapping Agency concerning its management, organization and supervision
- Acting as legal advisor to the Bank of Greece for the drafting of statutory provisions establishing a secondary market for non-performing loans
- Acting as legal advisor to the National Technical University of Athens concerning the establishment of a société anonyme for the development of its property (drafting of presidential decree)
- Acting as legal advisor to the Hellenic Republic (Ministry of Finance) for the unbundling of the commercial sector of the Deposits and Loans Fund (drafting of Law 3965/2011)
- Acting as legal advisor to the Hellenic Republic (Ministry of Finance) for the drafting of Law 3965/2005 (art. 14 ff) concerning the amendment of Law 3429/2005 on public enterprises (DEKO)
- Acting as legal advisor to the Hellenic Republic (Ministry of Environment, Energy, and Climate Change) concerning the merger of legal entities supervised by the said Ministry
- Acting as legal advisor to the Municipality of Kropia (Attica) for the drafting of the regulatory acts required for the implementation of Law 3852/2010 (Kallikratis Programme for the reorganisation of municipalities and regions)
- Acting as legal advisor to the Hellenic Organization of Horse Racing (ΟDΙΕ) for the drafting of the Internal Regulation of Operation and Property Management
Moreover, our Partner, Associate Professor Vassilis Voutsakis, has been a member of numerous law preparatory committees:
- Presidential Decree 90/1992 on projects and studies of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Technology
- Law 2545/1995 on Industrial Areas
- Articles 23a and 23b of 1892/1990 Investment Law
- Law 2860/2000 regarding the management of the third Community Support Framework
- Law 3028/2002 for the Protection of Cultural Heritage
- Law 4001/2011 on Higher Education
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LITIGATION
- Acting for the Hellenic Gaming Committee before the Supreme Administrative Court regarding the annulment of the Agents Regulation of OPAP
- Acting for the Economic Chamber of Greece before the Supreme Administrative Court regarding the annulment of the Insurance Law (Law 4387/2016)
- Acting for the Independent Power Transmission System Operator (IPTO) regarding application for interim measures in relation to alleged damage to the environment because of the Transfer Line and the Substation of Nea Makri
- Acting for the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) before the Supreme Administrative Court regarding the annulment of 29 acts for the concession of small ports and marinas
- Acting for a foreign state before the Supreme Administrative Court regarding the annulment of the revocation of the enforcement permit against it
- Acting for the Commercial and Industrial Chambers of Athens, Evros, Ioannina and Rodopi before the Supreme Administrative Court regarding the annulment of PSI provisions
- Acting for the Workers House Organization (WHO) before the Supreme Administrative Court in relation to compulsory execution according to a public work contract
- Acting for the Independent Power Transmission System Operator (ΙPTO), a leading steel industry, well-known food services companies and other entities before courts of all instances against acts of municipalities imposing municipal fees
- Acting for a well-known company protecting creators intellectual property rights before the Supreme Administrative Court in relation to a dispute pertaining to creators intellectual property rights
- Acting for public servants in relation to their promotion and clerical status
- Acting for the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) before the Supreme Administrative Court in respect of four (4) cases of compulsory expropriation and a real property case
- Acting for a food services company regarding a concession contract
ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMY
- Acting for large food services companies before the Supreme Administrative Court against market regulations imposing the compulsory inscription of the price on various types of food products, as well as uniform pricing for such items, including in respect of damages resulting from the application of these regulations
- Acting for a well-known food services company relating to violations of market regulations
- Legal opinion on the possibility of exploitation of a forest land, expropriated in favor of a university, by the Independent Power Transmission System Operator (IPTO)
- Acting as legal advisor to a large packaging company regarding its eligibility under investment laws
- Acting for a company providing tourist services against an act rejecting an application for subsidy under investment laws
LICENSES
- Acting as legal advisor to a foreign investment company on licensing issues, within the context of the acquisition of a major company active in the sector of cosmetics, parapharmaceutical products and luxury foods
- Acting as legal advisor to a leading steel industry, a leading cement industry, a well-established shipbuilding company and a renowned construction company with respect to granting of installation and operation licenses as well as environmental licenses
- Acting as legal advisor to a well-known quarrying and concrete production company for the provision of licenses of exploitation of quarries as well as licenses of installation and operation of concrete production units
- Acting for a well-known quarrying company before the Supreme Administrative Court regarding quarries exploitation licenses as well as licenses of installation and operation of concrete production units
- Acting as legal advisor to a well-known hotel company in relation to issues of tourist facilities
