Tax benefits for R&D expenses
Greek law offers robust tax incentives to businesses involved in scientific and technological research....
Continue readingGreek law offers robust tax incentives to businesses involved in scientific and technological research....
Continue readingThe legal provisions in the Civil Code-hereinafter called for brevity 'AK' – regarding the judicial guardianship (Articles 1666 up to 1688 AK) do not make a specific reference to the actions that the judicial assistant may attempt, either alone, without the involvement of any other or with the consent of the supervisory council, or upon Court authorization ...
Continue readingForeigners who wish to buy real estate property in Greece are not expressly required by the law to open a bank account with a bank in Greece; in practice, however, they need to open an account in order to be able to pay the real estate transfer tax. to open a bank account in Greece, where the account holder is a foreign citizen, it is the same as that required by Bank of Greece from Greek citizens ...
Continue readingUnder Article 17 par 1Α of Law 4251/2014 and by decision of the General Secretary of the Region, a two-year residence permit is granted to a member of the Board of Directors of a Greek SA company subsidiary to a foreign company, provided that the third-country national has obtained the relevant D type visa and satisfies the requirements set below (see phase two-specific supporting documents)....
Continue readingArticle 931 Civil Code stipulates that “any handicap or deformity caused to the victim is taken into consideration for the award of compensation, if it affects his future”....
Continue readingThose who wish to engage in commercial practice for the first time or alongside with their main activity, pursuing a common objective with at least one partner, have the option of establishing some form of company. The advantages of establishing a company are the following: a) a new legal entity is formed, with its own property and b) a contractual relationship is created between the partners....
Continue readingLaw 3777/2009 was passed in compliance with Directive 2005/56/EC issued by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union with regards to cross-border mergers of capital companies (i.e. SA companies, limited liability companies, etc) between different member-states....
Continue readingThe costs of the notarial act’s signature includes the notary's fee - which is usually paid by the purchaser, as well as the lawyer's and the estate agent’s (if any) fee for each party.The cost of the contract’s recordation, paid by the purchaser, includes the recordation fee of the Land Registry Office and/or the Cadastre Office....
Continue readingWith articles 285-292 of Law 4072/2012, the State has for the first time attempted to regulate -even though in a loose manner- issues concerning the silent partnership, a corporate form that always used to appear very frequently in practice, but was barely regulated by Law. Due to this lack of non-exhaustive legislative regulation, the silent partnership constitutes the corporate type where the principle of contractual freedom has known its greatest implementation, with partners having the power to regulate their (internal) partnership relations totally freely....
Continue readingThe combined meaning of article 651 Civil Code which states that “unless something else applies on the basis of the agreement or the circumstances, the employer must fulfill his obligation personally and the employer’s claim is not alienable” and 361 & 648 Civil Code, suggests that an agreement, according to which the employer who has the employee’s services at his disposal can concede his claim for the said services to another person with the employee’s consent (which can be provided in whatever way, explicitly or implicitly, to the original or the subsequent employer), insofar as this relationship is based on...
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