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The Greek Council of State (Supreme Administrative Court) recently issued judgement number 2529/2022 regarding the deemed income arising following the purchase of real-estate property in Greece and how such deemed income can be justified via the import of funds in Greece from abroad. Judgement number 2529/2022 revolves around the specifics of declaring such foreign currency...

Over the past decade, the Greek regulatory framework has adopted an investment-friendly and tax-incentivising approach by attracting investments of at least EUR 250,000 into real-estate property or properties located in Greece in exchange for granting interested investors with 5-year visas (the so-called Golden Visas) with a possibility to renew for another 5 years upon expiration....

Proposed “Unshell” Directive   The European Commission has presented its proposal for a new Directive laying down indicators of minimum substance for undertakings in Member States. The proposed Directive aims to counteract the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the European Union and intends to ensure adequate public revenues and the creation of an...

UBO Registry ECJ declares the requirement of disclosing to the general public the UBO’s of corporate and other structures as infringing the Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In the landmark decision of Joined Cases of WM (C-37/20) and Sovim SA (C-601/20) the European Court of Justice proceeded to the declaration of the provision of...