Areios Pagos (Greece's Court of Cassation) delivered a much-noted judgment against the extradition of a US citizen to the Kingdom of Bahrain. The extradition from Greece was sought to serve a custodial sentence for embezzlement against a Chinese company based on a conviction in absentia...
Lexology Index / GIR launched their 2025 rankings. Ilias Anagnostopoulos ranks as a thought leader in business crime defence, investigations and asset recovery. Lexology says: "Ilias Anagnostopoulos is a first-rate lawyer who comes highly recommended for his extensive experience handling investigations spanning fraud and money laundering to...
Following a multi-month trial hearing, the Court of Appeal Athens sitting as a first instance court returned on 16 July 2025 an acquittal verdict for a former Swiss private banker on charges of aiding and abetting to money laundering in connection with an alleged bribery...
An Athens Criminal Court cleared a former director of Werfen Hellas of healthcare fraud charges in relation to the pricing of the company's products to healthcare organisations. The Court returned its acquittal judgment on 11.6.2025, ruling that the contested pricing was compliant with the applicable...
Two former CEOs of Hellas Gold, a subsidiary of Canadian Eldorado Gold, were cleared of environmental offences charges in relation to the company's gold mining facilities in Chalkidiki, Greece. The Three-Member Criminal Court of Thessaloniki ruled on 16.2025 that the Company's activities complied with the...
Legal 500 launched the 2025 Country Comparative Guide on Bribery and Corruption. Each chapter provides information about the current issues affecting bribery & corruption practice and addresses topics such as the definition of bribery, regulation, compliance, liability and enforcement as well as insight and opinion and any upcoming legal...
ICGL launched the 2025 Comparative Guide on Anti-Money Laundering. This publication covers issues including criminal enforcement, regulatory and administrative enforcement and requirements for financial institutions and other designated businesses. Ilias Anagnostopoulos and Alexandros Tsagkalidis have contributed the chapter on Greece. ...
In "Business Law Insights", a special edition of the newspaper "Kathimerini", our firm contributed an article on recent legislative actions to tackle corporate wrongdoing. It is noted that uncoordinated multiple sanctions (administrative, criminal, hybrid) of a punitive character against companies and/or individuals, while of dubious...
Chambers has launched the 2025 International Fraud & Asset Tracing Global Practice Guide. The Guide covers 23 jurisdictions and provides the latest legal information on fraud claims, disclosure of assets, shareholders’ claims against fraudulent directors, overseas parties in fraud claims, rules for claiming punitive or...
Clients of Anagnostopoulos offer glowing testimonials about the firm's strengths. A selection of client testimonials collated independently by the Legal 500 EMEA 2025 research team: ‘Top-notch criminal lawyers, the best in white-collar crime.’ ‘Excellent team of lawyers, highly educated ...