Fields of Expertise

Namias Law provides legal services to natural persons and legal entities that extend to the whole spectrum of Criminal Law, with particular emphasis on the white collar crime and the international court assistance in criminal cases.

Namias Law has successfully dealt with major criminal cases of national and global interest for crimes relating to the banking sector, stock-exchange, tax, customs office sector, crimes relating to the legalization of profits from illegal activities (money laundering), the environment, personal data and sports. Namias Law is experienced in conducting internal investigations, especially in banks, NGOs and other corporations and in drafting internal corporate compliance rules.

The experience and the scientific training of its members correspond to the contemporary requirements of the national and international legislative framework, thus ensuring the best possible support of its clients’ interests, based on their personal needs and the particularities of each case.

More specifically, the areas of expertise in which Namias Law is active with great success are the following:

Breach of trust – Fraud- Embezzlement

  • Representation of natural and legal persons in criminal economic cases.
  • Opinions to legal persons in relation to violation of diligent management, property damage, submission of complaint and declaration of representation for the support of the accusation.
  • Fraud related to grants, cross border fraud in relation to VAT and special issues arising from article 24 of Law 4689/2020, (subsidiary provisions for the criminal protection of the financial interests of the European Union).
  • Special issues for the elimination of the criminal liability based on provisions related to the satisfaction of the victim.

Corruption - Bribery

  • Corruption and bribery. 
  • Cases of trading in influence.
  • Corruption and bribery in the private sector.
  • Corruption in the pharmaceutical industry and in the defense equipment.
  • Consulting and actions for the exploitation of the favorable measures of article 263A and 396 para 2a of the new Penal Code in relation to the above-mentioned crimes.

Legalization of Profits from Illegal Activities (Money laundering)

  • Acts constituting money laundering in accordance with the provisions of Law 4557/2018.
  • Cases of omission or inaccurate reporting to the proper authorities (on behalf of the persons having such obligation) of suspicious and unusual transactions or activities.
  • Issues related to property confiscation of natural and legal persons.
  • Issues related to freezing of assets and prohibition of asset disposal.
  • Advising and taking actions to mitigate the sanctions of legal persons and entities pursuant to Article 45 of Law 4557/2018.

European and International Criminal Law- Extradition and mutual assistance

  • Representation of wanted persons against whom a European or international arrest warrant is pending.
  • Control and monitoring of compliance with the procedures laid down by the authorities during assistance in criminal evidence (compliance with the principle of specialty, the principle of non-self-incrimination, the prohibition of ne bis in idem, etc.).
  • Presenting the foreseen objections on the above issues to the investigating and judicial authorities.
  • Initiatives for the issuance of the European Investigation Order.

Criminal Law on Sports

  • Fraudulent activities having as a goal to alternate the evolution of games.
  • Corruption, active and passive bribery, for tampering with the result of matches included in domestic or foreign betting events.
  • Issues related to violence in sports.
  • Penal Disciplinary Law in Sports-
    Representation of clients to appellate bodies of the Hellenic Football Federation to the Council of Arbitration of Disputes related to Sports (ASEAD) and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Control and monitoring of the regulatory compliance

  • Evaluation of the internal controlling mechanisms in accordance with the new law re the corporate governance (Law 4706/2020) for the avoidance of criminal behavior.
  • Assessment of regulatory compliance standards according to the risks faced by the company in its field of activity.
  • Regulatory compliance of legal persons in relation to money laundering.
  • Control and monitoring of the special obligations that the listed companies and the companies providing betting services should observe.

Banking offences – Stock Exchange Offences

  • Abuse of privileged information in the forms provided in Law 4443/2016.
  • Manipulation of the stock market.
  • Drafting of opinions in relation to the submission of a complaint for the crime of breach of trust against a bank.
  • Special issues related to the implication of banks in criminal behaviors.

Criminal Provisions on Gambling Law

  • Issues of organizing - conducting games without the required license and / or certification in accordance with the provisions of Law 4022/2011.
  • Cases of importing, marketing, or making available any type of gambling equipment.
  • Conducting gambling by broadcasting media in violation of the provisions of Article 53 of Law 4002/2011.
  • Tax aspects of gambling.

Medical Criminal Law

  • Malpractice stricto sensu.
  • Issues related to lack of information and non -valid consensus on behalf of the patient.
  • Errors related to the distribution of duties in cases where more than one doctors cooperate.
  • Issues related to abortion.
  • Issues related to the issuance of fraudulent medical certifications.
  • Issues in connection with the criminal provisions of the law on medically assisted reproduction (Art. 26 of Law 3305/2005).

Corporate Criminal Law

  • Penal liability of the executives and the representatives of legal entities.
  • Representation of the legal entity for the submission of a complaint and the support of the accusation throughout all the procedural phases.
  • Special issues related to S.A. deriving from the provisions of Law 4548/2018.

Internal Corporate Investigations

  • Investigation within the legal entity for the detection of a criminal behavior.
  • Collection of evidence and conduction of interviews observing the guarantees provided by the legislation in force.
  • Communication with the Authorities in all the procedural stages.
  • Assessment and evaluation of the material collected, and drafting of an opinion addressed to the Board of Directors of the Legal entity (in order to submit a complaint e.t.c.) or/and the prosecutor or the supervising authorities.

Cyber crimes/Computer related crimes/electronic crimes

  • Cyber-crime.
  • Fishing and Hacking.
  • Fraud implemented via a computer.
  • Forgery on the internet.
  • Violation of the individual right to privacy.
  • Violation of professional secrecy.

Criminal law provisions on Competition

  • Penal responsibility of the directors for collusions, abuse of dominant position and violation of the provisions related to mergers.
  • Participation of natural or legal persons in leniency programs for the investigation of cartels.
  • Assistance to entities during the conduct of investigations by the Competition Commission.
  • Penal protection in issues related to the protection of business secrets.

Fiscal offences/ Customs Office offences/ Public – law debts

  • Tax evasion in income tax.
  • Tax evasion in VAT and in withholding or attributable taxes.
  • Issuance of false tax documents/ Issuance of improper tax documents/ Acceptance of improper tax documents/ Falsifying of tax data.
  • Genuine and quasi cases of counterfeiting.
  • Nonpayment of debts to the State.
  • Employers’ and employees’ contributions to the Public.

Personal Data

  • Cases falling within the ambit of article 38 of law 4624/2019, (Measures adopted for the implementation of Regulation EU 2016/679).
  • Conduct of internal investigation to legal entities in accordance with the provisions of Law 4624/2019 and the case law of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.
  • Consulting services related to the regulatory compliance in the field of data protection.
  • Data protection issues in the field of electronic communications (article 15 of Law 3471/2006).
  • Illegal processing of the medical file of the employee (article 18 of Law 3850/2010).
  • Violations in data retention in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services (article 11 of Law 3917/2011).
  • Cases of illegal interventions in Individual Electronic Health Records (article 84 of Law 4600/2019).

Penal Environmental Law

  • Issues of unauthorized activity and environmental degradation.
  • Cases of violation of the rules for the protection of the marine environment (clean operation of ships, shore installations, etc.), Law 743/1977.
  • Application of “ne bis in idem” principle in cases of parallel penal and administrative procedures in accordance with the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights.

Criminal law provisions on Intellectual Property

  • Criminal protection of the author’s intellectual property rights and related intellectual property rights.
  • Issues of criminal protection of the data base as a intellectual creation falling into the meaning of the protected work under the legislation in force.

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