New Insolvency Code

The Greek Insolvency Code has been recently amended.  The new law (l. 4738/2020 State Gazette A 207/27.10.2020) was initially scheduled to come into force on 01.01.2021 but was then pushed back to March 2021 (for rehabilitation, liquidation etc.) and June 2021 (for early warning, OCW and small insolvencies). A full English translation of l. 4738/2020 will be available on the firm’s website soon.  

June 2021

Insol Europe Annual Congress 2018 - Athens (05-07 October)

George Bazinas was the co-chair of the Athens Congress Technical Committee and was also the Moderator of the panel “The Holy Grail of Greek Insolvency Law”.

October 2018

George Bazinas presented at the Community of Practice on Insolvency Conference jointly organized by the Bank of Italy and the University of Florence in Rome

Panel: What role for shareholders in various insolvency systems around the world, Paper: The Rights and Obligations of Shareholders under Greek Insolvency Laws.

June 2016

George Bazinas presented on the reform of the Greek Insolvency Law at the 11th Annual International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium of the American Bankruptcy Institute in Madrid

Panel: Eurozone update 2015, Paper: The Overnight Reform of the Greek Insolvency Code: A Test-Case for an EU Substantive Insolvency Law

October 2015

George Bazinas receives an EU Study achievement award

George Bazinas receives an EU Study achievement award as an exclusive contributor for Greece to the INSOL Europe study for the European Commission

"A new approach to business failure and insolvency – Comparative legal analysis of the Member States" INSOL Europe 2014 Congress, Istanbul.

October 2014

The European Commission/Directorate-General Justice

Bazinas Law Firm was the exclusive country contributor for Greece in a Report submitted by INSOL Europe to the European Commission/The Directorate-General Justice for a Study on “A new approach to business failure and insolvency”.

May 2014

THE WORLD BANK/BANCA D' ITALIA / LJD

The Firm was appointed as national coordinator for Greece in a research project on how various jurisdictions treat the legal position of shareholders in a crisis scenario. Submission of country data is set for September 15, 2014.  

December 2013

George Bazinas presented on the Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis at the International Insolvency Institute

Panel: The Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis: End of the Beginning or Beginning of the End

13th Annual Conference (New York, June 17-18, 2013) COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL

June 2013

Yiannis Sakkas presented on State Aid and Sovereign Debt at the 8th EECC Annual Conference of Insol Europe

Panel: EU State Aid, Greece and Ireland updates,  in Poznan, Poland.

May 2012

George Bazinas presented on Sovereign Debt at the 30th Annual American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)

Panel: Revisiting Too Big to Fail: U.S. and International Regulatory Responses, Including Broader Application to International Crises

April 2012

George Bazinas presented on insolvency forum shopping in Europe at the 1st European Insolvency & Restructuring Congress

Panel: Catch me if you can & Insolvency Tourism in Europe

Brussels

February 2012

George Bazinas presented on Greek Sovereign Debt at the International Insolvency Institute

Panel: Sovereign Debt

11th Annual Conference (New York, June 13-14) COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL

June 2011

Yiannis Sakkas presented on Greek Sovereign Debt at the International Bar Association Annual Conference

Panel: Sovereign Debt: A New Wave of Restructuring 

2011, Dubai

October 2011

George Bazinas presented on Greek Sovereign Debt at the International Insolvency and Restructuring Symposium

Panel: The Sovereign Debt Crisis in the Eurozone  

American Bankruptcy Institute, in Dublin

October 2011

The Guardian

George Bazinas’ interview on Greek privatizations in a special insert of the UK newspaper

May 2011