Announcement of sponsorship of the distinguished 21st Government Roundtable of the Economist
Metaxas & Associates Law Firm is glad to announce its role as sponsor of the forthcoming distinguished 21st Roundtable with the Government of Greece organized by the Economist “EUROPE UNRAVELLING, GREECE UNTANGLING – Brainstorming with world leaders” which will take place at Grand Resort Lagonissi, Athens, on 28-29 June, 2017.
Invited speakers are institution leaders and distinguished personalities from around the world, including Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the main opposition, President of the New Democracy Party, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Chairman and CEO of Mytilineos Holdings, Mr. Evangelos Mytilineos, Greece’s Minister of Economy and Development, Mr. Dimitris Papadimitriou, Greece’s Alternate Minister of Finance, Mr. Declan Costello, Mission Chief for Greece in the European Commission, Ms. Delia Velculescu, Mission Chief for Greece, European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Mr. George Chouliarakis, the Deputy Director of the European Investment Fund, Mr. Hubert Cottogni and many more.
Prof. Dr. Ant. Metaxas is again invited to participate in such a seminal conference as Speaker/Moderator of the Panel on the Prospects of the European and Greek Energy Market.
Business leaders and top personalities from politics and academia will once again brainstorm, openly discuss and put forward new proposals on all the issues that this year’s 21st annual Roundtable will be covering.
M&A Law Firm's participation in this leading Conference of the Economist is typical for its categorization as a distinguished leading law firm especially in the core fields of its specialization in particular energy, privatizations and legal and regulatory aspects in all network bound sectors of the economy.
You can visit the two-day Summit’s website via this link.
Metaxas & Associates Law Firm looks forward to this exceptional event.
M&A Law Firm - Official Sponsor of the important Conference "A Glimpse into Europe's Financial Landscape Greece: A comeback to the financial markets?"
Metaxas & Associates Law Firm is glad to announce its role as official sponsor of the forthcoming leading Business Forum organized by the Economist and the Greek-German CC&I “A Glimpse into European Financial Landscape Greece: A comeback to the financial markets, which will take place in Germany, Frankfurt a. M., Chamber of Commerce and Industry, on 31st May 2017.
Invited speakers are distinguished personalities from around the world, including, among others, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Mr. Pierre Moscovici, Greek Minister of Finance, Mr. Euclid Tsakalotos, the Governor of Bank of Greece, Mr. Yannis Stournaras, the Member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mr. Benoit Coeuré, the Managing Director of Goldman Sachs, Mr. Julien Petit. Prof. Dr. Antonios Metaxas, Managing Partner of M&A Law Firm is also again among the distinguished invited speakers. Top personalities from politics and academia will once again brainstorm, openly discuss and put forward new proposals on all issues that this forum will be covering.
M&A Law Firm's participation in this Business Forum is typical for its categorization as leading, prominent business law firm in Greece. You can visit the Event website via this link.
We are looking forward to seeing you in this very important Conference.
Important International Meeting on the Role of Power Exchanges in the Coupled European Energy Markets
Metaxas & Associates Law Firm would like to inform you about the forthcoming “Energy Commodities Conference 2017”, an important scientific event dedicated to the major legal and political issues arising in the context of the EU electricity and natural gas markets, which will be held on the 12th & 13th of May 2017 in Athens, in “Athinais Multicultural Center”.
The conference will be attended by the major scientific and institutional actors operating within the Greek and EU energy market, as well as some of the most prominent academic researchers in the field of energy regulation. Among the invited speakers who have confirmed their attendance will be the Managing Partner of Metaxas & Associates Law Firm and Executive Director of the Hellenic Energy Regulation Institute, Prof. Dr. A. Metaxas. Prof. Metaxas will focus its presentation on the european law parameters and problems of capacity mechanisms.
The Agenda of the conference comprises of the following topics:
- The role of Power Exchanges towards the integration of the market
- The role of LAGIE as the Greek Power Exchange towards the Target Model and the Market Coupling with Italy
- The price landscape in SEE and the opportunities arise for Power Trading and Supplying firms
- The Capacity Markets Landscape in EU, as well as the EU directives for different state members
- The permanent mechanism for the Greek Capacity Assurance Certificates
- The landscape for power supplying companies in the Balkan Region
- The different strategies new alternative suppliers follow in their ‘fight’ for market share
- The entrepreneur services by power suppliers and DSOs which will change the status quo of end consumers and will turn them to ‘prosumers’
- The new IT tools for managing energy data, about price and RES production forecasting as well as fancy visualization software
- The continuing support of EEX to the Greek energy market and the possibilities for physical contracts
- The internal market price observation and the market shares of alternative suppliers.
For the detailed Agenda of the Conference, the registration fees and even further information on the event, please visit here.
We are looking forward to seeing you in this important Conference.
International meeting on the role of Power Exchanges in the coupled European energy markets
The 3rd international high level meeting, “Energy Commodities Conference 2017”, is going to take place in Athens on Friday the 12th and Saturday the 13th of May 2017, in “Athinais” Multicultural Center. Part of the discussion will be the principal evolutions of the Power Markets in CEE and SEE, as part of the planned European Single Market. Antonis Metaxas, Ass. Professor of E.U. Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, has been invited to present his analysis on “Capacity Markets and European State Aid Law”.
For further information please click here.
Prof. Antonis Metaxas' presentation at the International Conference on the “Future of Europe” organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is organizing an International Conference under the aegis of H.E. the President of the Republic, Mr. Prokopis Pavlopoulos, on the subject of “The Future of Europe,” on Monday, 13 March 2017, at 10:00 a.m., at the Foreign Ministry's Kranidiotis Amphitheatre, 1 Akadimias Street.
Leading Academics from Greece and abroad will participate in the conference. Antonis Metaxas, Ass. Professor of E.U. Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens will present his analysis on “The role of European law and the importance of constitutionalisation for the Union's future”.
For further information, please click here.
Modernisation of the Normative Framework of State aid Control - Challenges for the Greek Public Administration
The Conference "Modernisation of the Normative Framework of State aid Control - Challenges for the Greek Public Administration" took place on 13/11/2014, from 09.00 to 16.30, in the auditorium "Giannos Kranidiotis" 1, Akadimias Str. Athens and was organised by the Hellenic State Aid Institute (HSAI) in cooperation with the State Aid Central Unit of the Greek Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Centre of International and European Economic Law (CIEEL) - State Aid Unit.
For further information, click here for the Agenda.
In order to watch the speech of Dr.A.Metaxas, Chairman of the Hellenic State Aid Institute, please click below.
1rst part here
2nd part here
3rd part here
Energy Dialogues 2014: Inaugural session
The inaugural session of "Energy Dialogues", a scientific initiative focusing on the analysis of important regulatory issues affecting the Energy Market co-organized by the Hellenic Energy Regulation Institute and Energypress, took place on October 31,2014 at Aegli, Zappeio.
Key personalities from the Greek Energy scene participated as speakers in the inaugural session, which focused on the regulatory aspects of the restructuring the Greek electricity market. Speakers included Environment, Energy & Climate Change Deputy Minister Asimakis Papageorgiou, the President and CEO of PPC S.A. (Public PowerCorporation) Arthuros Zervos, Miltos Aslanoglou, Vice President of RAE (Regulatory Authority for Energy), Ioannis Giarentis, President of the Hellenic Independent Power Transmission Operator, Anastassios Garis, President of the Operator of Electricity Market, Giorgos Stamtsis, General Manager of the Hellenic Association of Independent Power Producers (HAIPP - locally referred as ESAI), Pantelis Kapros, Professor at the National Technical University (NTUA), Antonis Kontoleon, Board Member of EVIKEN(Industrial Energy Consumers Association), Ioannis Tsipouridis, Board President of ELETAEN (Greek Wind Energy Association) and Konstantinos Athanassiadis, President of the recently established Hellenic Association of Electricity Traders and Suppliers.
"Energy Dialogues" were curated and coordinated by Dr. A. Metaxas, President of the Hellenic Energy Regulation Institute and Managing Partner of M&A Law Firm.
Speakers at the “Energy Dialogues” series offered detailed and substantiated answers to pre-determined questions. The answers will be published for the creation of an archive of thought-provoking material. In order to provide access of information to sector professionals, researchers, as well as to the ever-increasing number of young scientists interested in the discipline of energy regulation, the archive will also be made available through a special section to be launched in the Energypress news portal.
In order to watch the reportage from the session, please click here.
M&A Law Firm- Official Contributor of the 18th "Roundtable with the Government of Greece" organised by the Economist
Distinguished personalities from around the world, including former Prime Ministers of Italy Mario Monti and Enrico Letta as well as Greek Prime Minister Mr. A. Samaras and Mr. Al. Tsipras, Leader of the Main Opposition an Vice President of the European Left will once again brainstorm, openly discuss and put forward new proposals on the all the issues that this year’s 18th annual Roundtable will be covering. Europe 2050, lessons to be learnt from EU members states on economic recovery, restructuring the Greek economy, privatization schemes and investment, finance, energy, tourism, shipping, business, technology and innovation are the key topics to be covered at this year’s two day government roundtable.
Speakers in the panel focussing on the prospects of the Greek Energy Market will be PPC's President and CEO, Mr. A. Zervos, Executive Vice-president of Edison, Mr. Roberto Poti, Vice-president of the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE), Mr. M. Aslanoglou, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, Elpedison Power and Elpedison Energy, Mr. Andreas Tzouros and Managing Partner of M&A Law Firm, Dr. A. Metaxas.
M&A Law Firm's participation in this Roundtable is typical for its categorization as one of the leading, prominent business law firms in Greece especially in the core fields of its specialization in particular energy, privatizations and legal and regulatory aspects in all network bound sectors of the economy.
Yannis Perlepes, General Manager, Naftemporiki Newspaper
Arthouros Zervos, Chairman & CEO, PPC (Public Power Corporation- Greece)
Andreas Tzouros, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Elpedison Power and Elpedison Energy
Miltiades Aslanoglou, Vice- President, Regulatory Authority of Energy (RAE), Greece
Dr. Antonis Metaxas, Managing Partner, Metaxas & Associates Law Firm
Workshop of the Hellenic Energy Regulation Institute
From left to right: Mr. Dimitriou, Representative of ΕΣΑΗ (HAIPP - Hellenic Association of Independent Power Producers), Mr. Kontoleon, Representative of ΕΒΙΚΕΝ, Mr. Waldmann, Think Tank “Agora Energiewende”, Dr. A. Metaxas, Managing Director of the Hellenic Energy Regulation Institute, Mr. Rachiotis, Vice President of RAE, Mr. Th. Panagoulis journalist from the energy portal www.energypress.gr, Mr. Tsipouridis, President ELETAEN (Hellenic Wind Energy Association) and Mr. Kapellos, President HELAPCO.
M&A Law Firm Official Supporter of the 17th Roundtable with the Government of Greece organised by the Economist
Keynote speakers was, inter alia, Prime Minister of Greece A. Samaras, Leader of the Main Opposition A. Tsipras and Minister of Finance Y. Stournaras. Dr. A. Metaxas, Managing Partner of "Metaxas & Associates" Law Firm was guest speaker at Session XIII "RE-INVENTING THE POTENTIAL OF THE GREEK ELECTRICITY MARKET" along with Mr. A. Zervos, Chairman and CEO, Greek Public Power Corporation, M. Aslanoglou, Second Vice-Chairman, Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE), R. Poti, Vice-president of Edison SpA, Italy, A. Tzouros, Executive Chairman Elpedison, D. Beroubi, Executive Director-General Manager, Protergia, which took place on Tuesday the 16th of April.
See the official Press Release by The Economist regarding the speech of Dr. Metaxas during the Energy Session at the Government Roundtable here.