Interviewed for GIR Thought Leaders 2023 in Business Crime Defence Ilias Anagnostopoulos highlights the advantages of hiring a boutique law firm for white-collar crime defence. He says: "Hiring a boutique white-collar defence firm offers clear advantages. Instead of seeking the relevant department and hoping to find competent...
In their 2023 edition, the Global Investigations Review and Who's Who Legal rank Ilias Anagnostopoulos among the Thought Leaders in business crime defence, investigations, and asset recovery. WWL says: "Ilias Anagnostopoulos is a go-to lawyer in Greece when it comes to business crime defence, asset recovery...
On 11.7.2023 the Court of Appeal Athens sitting as a first instance court returned an acquittal judgment for the chair and four high-ranking officers of a leading brokerage firm on charges of market abuse under aggravating circumstances. Following an investigation by the Hellenic Capital Markets...
In a highly publicised case Mr George Loukos, a former chair and artistic director of the Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Greece's biggest annual cultural event, was cleared on 20.6.2023 from financial mismanagement charges by a unanimous judgment of the Court of Appeal Athens sitting as...
ICGL launched the 2023 Comparative Guide on Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Regulations. 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. ...
Legal 500 launched the 2023 Comparative Guide on Bribery and Corruption. The Guide provides a pragmatic overview of the bribery & corruption law across a variety of jurisdictions. Each chapter includes information about the current issues affecting bribery & corruption practice in a particular country and addresses...
Global Investigations Review has launched the 2023 edition of Extradition Know-how. Understanding the differences between extradition systems is key to effectively represent clients involved in extradition or surrender proceedings or having to decide where to live or travel to. The Guide provides a basis for this...
Chambers has launched the Fraud & Asset Tracing Guide for 2023. The Guide 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 exemplary damages and laws to protect...
The Internatiponal Academy of Financial Crime Litigators held an one-day meeting on topical issues in Basel at the Alte Universität premises on 6 of May 2023. The Academy has united the top public- and private-sector litigation professionals with the renowned Basel Institute on Governance and like-minded...
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...