Partner Dimitris Loukas and associates Athanasios Taliadouros and Alexandros Ntallas advised a leading Greek motor vehicle importer and distributor, as well as a leading Israeli motor vehicle importer and distributor, in relation to the HCC’s merger control approval process over their joint acquisition of the Greek subsidiary of a major global automaker and mobility provider in the motor vehicle sector (import, wholesale and retail distribution of new passenger and light commercial vehicles, spare parts, vehicle leasing/rent-a-car and provision of car repair and maintenance services).

Dimitris Loukas and associate Athanasios Taliadouros advised a leading harbor tugs services provider in relation to the settlement of the HCC’s ex officio cartel investigation in the market for the provision of harbor tugs services in the ports of Attica and Thessaloniki.

Partner Dimitris Loukas and associates Athanasios Taliadouros and Alexandros Ntallas are advising a leading Greek supplier of machinery for field, forest and garden use in relation to the in relation to the settlement of the HCC’s ex officio investigation for suspected vertical restraints in the market for the supply of machine-operated tools for garden use in Greece.

Partner Dimitris Loukas and associates Athanasios Taliadouros and Alexandros Ntallas advised a major retail supermarket chain in relation to the HCC’s merger control approval process concerning its acquisition of another regional supermarket chain in Greece.

Partner Dimitris Loukas and associate Athanasios Taliadouros advised a multinational payment & transactional services company in relation to the HCC’s merger control approval process over its acquisition of the merchant acquiring business unit of a Greek systemic bank.

Partner Dimitris Loukas and associates Athanasios Taliadouros and Alexandros Ntallas advised a major health services provider in Greece in relation to its third-party intervention before the EU Commission in merger control proceedings involving a concentration in the markets for the provision of private health services and related insurance services.

Partner Dimitris Loukas and associates Athanasios Taliadouros and Konstantina Markomichali are advising a major pasta producer in relation to the HCC’s ongoing ex officio investigation for possible infringements in the market for the production and supply of pasta in Greece.

Partner Dimitris Loukas and associates Athanasios Taliadouros and Kostas Manikas advised a global carbonated soft drinks producer in relation to the HCC’s ex officio investigation for suspected abuse of dominance breaches in the market for the supply of beverages for on-premise consumption in Greece.

Partner Dimitris Loukas and associates Athanasios Taliadouros and Alexandros Ntallas advised a global wind & solar developer & utility fund manager, a Greek real estate & energy developer and a Greek importer & wholesale distributor of vehicles in relation to the EU Commission’s merger control approval process over their creation of a full-function JV in the renewables energy sector in Greece.

Partner Dimitris Loukas and associate Athanasios Taliadouros advised a global financial holding company in relation to the EU Commission’s merger control approval process over its acquisition of a major insurance provider in Greece.

Xenophon Paparrigopoulos and team (including, notably, Athanasios Taliadouros) successfully defended a Spanish major construction company against a €22 million fine imposed by the Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC) in the context of the constructions’ cartel investigated by the HCC. In a seminal judgment, the Athens Administrative Court of Appeals quashed the HCC’s decision on grounds pertaining, amongst others, to the lack of parental liability and the lack of demonstration of the single and repeated nature of the alleged infringement. It is one of the largest fines ever imposed by the HCC and overturned by the Appellate Court.