On 3.5.2023 Patras Court of Appeal sitting as a first instance extradition chamber issued a decision rejecting an extradition request from the U.S. against a Romanian citizen, who had been arrested in Patras, Greece, on charges of fraud against the US, wire fraud, and money...
After a multi-week trial the Athens Court of Appeal sitting as a first instance court handed down on 27.4.2023 an acquittal verdict for a former CEO of Hellenic Shipyards SA, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, on charges of instigation to breach of trust under...
A former Partner of Carlyle, the global alternative asset management company, was acquitted on 8.12.2022 by the Court of Appeal Athens on charges of tax fraud in connection with a Greek chemicals distribution company which had been acquired by Carlyle back in 2008. The Court relied...
Following a multi month hearing the Five-Member Court of Appeal Athens handed down its judgment on 26.9.2022 quashing multiyear convictions of former executives and employees of Siemens AG, its Greek subsidiary, and of Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE) on bribery and money laundering charges in relation...
The Court of Appeal Lamia confirmed on 4.5.2022 the conviction of a Greek businessman in the agricultural products area to five years imprisonment. The businessman embezzled back in 2010 cotton valued 4,9 million USD owned by Louis Dreyfus Company SA. Ilias Anagnostopoulos and Jerina Zapanti advised...