Greek Corporate Governance Legislation

Greek Corporate Governance Legislation (ISBN: 978-1-8384106-0-5), a translation of Law 4706/2020 ‘Corporate governance of sociétés anonymes, modern capital market, transposition of Directive (EU) 2017/828 of the European Parliament and of the Council into Greek law, measures implementing Regulation (EU) No 2017/1131, and other provisions’ and relevant decisions issued by the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission shortly thereafter, was translated within months of Law 4706/2020 being adopted by the Hellenic Parliament.

Greek Corporate Governance Legislation contains:

• An introduction by Professor Helen Xanthaki;
• A detailed foreword by the translators on their approach, methodology and the translational issues faced and resolved;

Side-by-side translations of:

• Law 4706/2020;
• Hellenic Capital Market Commission Circular 60/2020 ‘Guidelines regarding the Fit-and-Proper Policy of Article 3 of Law 4706/2020’;
• Hellenic Capital Market Commission BoD Decision No 1A/890/18.9.2020 ‘Specification of the system for determining, calculating and measuring the level of sanctions per infringement imposed pursuant to Article 24 of Law 4706/2020’;
• Hellenic Capital Market Commission BoD Decision No 1A/891/30.9.2020 ‘Specification of [the rules contained in] Article 14(3)(j) and (4), Assessment of the Internal Audit System (IAS) and Implementation of the Corporate Governance provisions of Law 4706/2020’;
• Hellenic Capital Market Commission BoD Decision No 1A/893/30.9.2020 ‘Prospectus to be published in the cases of an offer of securities under Article 58(2) of Law 4706/2020’.

as well as two useful glossaries of the key terminology used in the above texts (Greek-English and English-Greek).

This volume is an indispensable aid for:

• Legal practitioners consulting on issues of corporate governance
• Legal departments of companies
• Investors and entrepreneurs intending to incorporate a company in Greece
• Translators translating from and into Greek
• Law students