News & Events

Ballas Pelecanos Law will be attending the Lexing Global Conference on “Generative Artificial Intelligence for Lawyers and Legal Experts” in November 2025, in Paris.

The Athens Bar Association recently issued an honorary diploma to George Ballas, our Senior & Managing Partner, on the anniversary of his completion of 50 years of successful practice of law.

Our arbitration team successfully acted for our client, the defendant, in a 2nd international arbitration, under ICC Rules.

A recent decision of the Athens Court of Appeals on a case concerning arbitration clauses and foreign governing law clauses upheld our arguments, representing the defendant company.

The announcement on the new minimum wage, effective as of 1 April 2024, and the extension of the date of imposition of penalties for non-compliance with the newly introduced digital work-card rules are two of the most significant developments in labor relations in Greece.

Our IP law and Dispute Resolution teams, led by George Ballas (Senior & Managing Partner), secured a highly important ruling, representing the plaintiff, a world-famous Swiss cosmetics manufacturer.

Our team successfully represented a software developer in a contentious software copyright infringement matter.

On 31 January, a bill was submitted to Parliament that includes the determination of the minimum wage for the year 2024. At the same time, the digital work card system is introduced for new types of businesses, while a reduction of the salary threshold for managerial employees is also due to take ef

We are delighted and honoured to share that our firm has been named IP Firm of the Year in Greece at the 2023 IAM and World Trademark Review Global IP Awards.

Our Senior Partner, Gregory Pelecanos, will represent our firm at the 8th Patras IQ Innovation & Technology Transfer Conference and Exhibition on 25-27 November 2023.