The Section Business Law of the American Bar Association held its Annual Meeting in Washington DC on September 12-14. Ilias Anagnostopoulos joined a panel of the Business Crime and Investigations Committee on "Multi-National Investigations - Tips, trends and traps" moderated by the Committe's Chair A.J. Bosco....
Extradition has grown in importance as people are increasingly mobile and able to carry out activity in countries without being physically present. This Guide allows practitioners to understand the extradition framework in different jurisdictions and ask for more detailed and fact-specific advice where this is...
WWL Thought Leaders: GIR 2019 brings together the insight, expertise and wisdom of some of the world’s foremost asset recovery, business crime defence and investigations lawyers and experts. Through thousands of votes and nominations, the market has identified that these practitioners are among the very...
In a recent article for the Global Investigations Review (GIR) Ilias Anagnostopoulos discusses the bribery provisions of the new Criminal Code in Greece and argues that these comply with the country's obligations under both the UN Convention and the CoE Criminal law Convention against bribery....
CEE Legal Matters published an interview with Ilias Anagnostopoulos on the new Criminal Code and expectations in Greece after the snap parliamentary election of July 7, 2019....
One of the most prominent businessmen in Greece with global presence was cleared earlier this month by the Court of Appeal, Athens, sitting as a first instance court. The defendant was charged with bribing a former executive of an electricity public company in relation to a...
The Legal 500 Bribery & Corruption 2nd Edition Country Comparative Guide has been launched. The aim of the Guide is to provide its readers with a pragmatic overview of the bribery & corruption law across a variety of jurisdictions. Each chapter provides information about the current issues...
The 2019 edition of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Business Crime has been launched. The Guide covers common issues in business crime – including criminal law enforcement, organisation of courts, corporate criminal liability, statutes of limitations, initiation of investigations, procedures of gathering information – in...
The World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index® is the world's leading source for original data on the rule of law. The 2019 edition covers 126 countries and jurisdictions, relying on more than 120,000 household surveys and 3,800 expert surveys to measure how the rule of...
The European Criminal Bar Association held its 2019 Spring Conference in Athens on 10-11 May 2019. "Is effective access to legal counsel under attack?" was the general topic of the Conference which focused on recent developments in the lawyer-client privilege and the challenges for the defence...