Overview

The Legal 500 and Saplegal – A.S. Papadimitriou & Partners Law Firm invite you to catch up with our webinar – The impact of Covid-19 on Greek law arrangements in tourism, real estate and other sectors – recorded on Monday 22 June at 11.00am Athens time (EEST).

This webinar covered the following topics:

Introduction and background

• Milestone dates
• Emergency Greek legislation surrounding Covid-19

How legal institutions under Greek law address force majeure issues

• Contractual interpretation – force majeure clauses (pacta sunt servanda doctrine)
• Delay or impossibility of performance without fault (force majeure doctrine)
• Unforeseeable change of circumstances (rebus sic standibus doctrine)
• Performance of the contract in good faith (good faith doctrine)
• Covid-19 pandemic and contract negotiation

Specific issues relating to the tourism and real estate sectors

• Hotel contracts with clients and operators
• Tourism business credit notes (vouchers)
• Sale and purchase of property agreements
• Construction and development agreements
• Commercial lease agreements

The webinar also outlined strategies for businesses investing in the Greek market to mitigate risk and protect their interests.

Speakers

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