On 8 May 2025, as part of its review of the Horizontal and Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines, the European Commission (“EC”) launched two parallel public consultations for a comprehensive approach to the existing merger rulebook: (1) a General Consultation, inviting feedback on high-level questions addressed at the general public (citizens, businesses and associations) on market dynamics and societal factors impacting EU consumers, as well as (2) an In-depth Consultation, seeking input on technical matters, across seven key topics that are relevant for the EC’s merger control assessments. The EC intends to support the above with an economic study on the dynamic effects of mergers for which it has launched a call for tender on 25 March 2025.The consultation reflects the Draghi Report’s call ...

Zepos & Yannopoulos advised KERSIA Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in IKOCHIMIKI S.A. in the context of expanding KERSIA's presence in the hygiene and food-safety solutions in food industry and food service areas in Greece and more generally in the Balkans. Zepos & Yannopoulos assisted KERSIA Group in all Greek law aspects of the transaction, including our involvement in the due diligence process, the negotiation of the transactional documentation, as well as the successful closing of the transaction.Our M&A team was led by Stefanos Charaktiniotis, head of M&A and Project Development, working together with Nadia Axioti, senior associate, and assisted by Elisavet Tsitsioka, associate, and Celia Karvouni, trainee, while Maria Zoupa, head of Corporate Tax, Georgia...

Our firm contributed, for another year, to the Chambers and Partners Corporate Tax 2025 Global Practice Guide, covering 43 jurisdictions.Maria Zoupa, head of Corporate Tax, Daphne Cozonis, Ioanna Tapeinou and Diana Tsourapa, partners, and Elina Belouli, senior associate, authored the chapter for Greece, offering insights on the latest legal developments in the Greek tax landscape.The guide provides up-to-date legal guidance on a wide range of corporate tax issues, including types of business entities, special incentives, consolidated tax grouping, individual and corporate tax rates, withholding taxes, tax treaties, transfer pricing, anti-avoidance, audit cycles, and base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS).You can read the guide here: bit.ly/4dpJEey...

We are pleased to announce that Zepos & Yannopoulos acted as Greek legal counsel to entities advised by Bracebridge Capital, LLC in the successful securitisation of the Frontier III portfolio consisting of non-performing exposures and originated by the National Bank of Greece S.A. (NBG) with a total gross book value of c€0.7 billion, following the receipt of the State guarantee on the Senior notes, under the Hellenic Asset Protection Scheme (HAPS). The National Bank of Greece has retained 100% of the Senior notes and 5% of the Mezzanine and Junior notes, selling 95% of the Mezzanine and Junior notes to funds managed by Bracebridge Capital, LLC.The Zepos & Yannopoulos team comprised of Paris Tzoumas, head of Finance, Efthymis Naoumis, senior associate and Tina Sofianou, associate.&n...