Business & Corporate Law constitutes the core sector of Pierrou Attorneys ‘s activity for more than six decades. We provide legal advice on all corporate law issues regarding the establishment, operation, dissolution and restructuring of legal entities and corporate formations of every legal type. Our clients range from all kinds of Greek enterprises to subsidiary companies/branches of foreign and/or multinational business organizations with regard to corporate law issues arising in the context of their activities in Greece.
Innovation and a passion for excellence distinguish us from our peers. We offer sophisticated and novel responses to immediate business crises and opportunities. Our office is creative and practical, supporting clients with lean, focused teams who craft value-added, tailor-made solutions. We are guiding our clients through evolving global regulation and best practices in board operation, director responsibilities and shareholder relations, as well as the practical application of these standards in the context of specific business activities. Our partners are lawyers from diverse practice areas. We bring complementary insights and a depth of knowledge regarding fundamental legal precepts and practical application to our work. We regularly advise corporate clients, boards and board committees, as well as individual officers and directors, as to the full range of corporate and governance issues, including matters affecting:
Preparation and response to shareholder activism. The role of the board and the role of management in company governance (including with respect to fiduciary duties). Board and committee composition and processes. Stockholder proposals. Board evaluation, succession and removal processes and policies (including age or term limits). Executive compensation, proxy disclosure and say-on-pay votes. CEO succession processes and best practices. CEO evaluation. New director orientation.
Where appropriate, we call upon the unsurpassed capabilities of the our office, including tax, litigation, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, employee benefits and executive compensation, intellectual property, environmental and real estate to help our clients avoid controversies and evaluate risks. Furthermore, thanks to our worldwide network of collaborators, with special focus on European Union countries, we are able to provide our clients with a complete legal service on corporate law issues of a multi-jurisdictional nature.
Our practice continuously evolves to address the needs of domestic and international investors, managers and businesses. We have a record of playing a leading role in many significant transactions which have had a lasting effect on the market, advising buyers, sellers and State entities.
We believe that we can add significant value to transactions through our collaborative approach starting from the early stages, through contributions to structuring, planning, investigating, implementing and protecting the terms of corporate transactions. We consider and address issues relating to competition, employment, capital markets regulation, tax, insolvency and company law rules, and address regulatory requirements applicable to specific industries. We concentrate on highlighting areas of legal risk in a manner that is focused, clear and allows its evaluation from a business perspective.
Intellectual Property
Pierrou Attorneys’s intellectual property practice offers our clients the complete range of legal services for enforcing, defending, commercializing, exploiting and acquiring copyrights, trade secrets and trademarks.
Our clients most valuable assets are often their intellectual property, their copyrights, their trade secrets and associated products and technology.
Clients from around the world and a wide range of industries rely on the our intellectual property litigation and arbitration experience, and when intellectual property disputes are fought in multiple jurisdictions, Pierrou Attorneys global reach sets us apart.