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Annual Review

2014

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Contents

In Brief 4

Services

Advices 8

Contracts 10

Negotiations 12

Others 14

Highlights 16

Assets

Approach 18

Knowledge 19

Clients 20

Science 21

Thought Leadership

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In Brief 4

GreekLegal IN BRIEF Annual Review 2014

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GreekLegal is the natural continuation of the Business Support Sector

of the Law Office “Haris Kouropalatis And Associates – Legal Services”.

GreekLegal was created to support healthy Entrepreneurs,

in a more systematic and organized way, as an independent, economic and scientific,

professional infrastructure.

GreekLegal represents a New and Innovative Concept in Business Legal Support.

Strategies, Advices and Legal Management compound a powerful framework of Prevention

and help Visionaries evolve and build Value.


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Greek Passion

European Values

Global Perception


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Why Greeklegal? After the first decade of the 21st century, the Business Procedure has really been transformed. The economic Crisis, the

Outburst of Information Technology and some other historic facts have caused huge and rapid changes not only in the ways of Trade but also in the field of Legal Services. The new trends and needs have put Biglaw and its 150-years old business model in great turbulence, bringing to surface, serious cases of lawyers’ malpractice or, even, profiteering.

It is our strong belief that the new Trade World needs teams of legal experts that are focused on either helping

businessmen prevent problems or helping them deal with problems, but not both. There are activities that depend on competitive revenue models. Choosing one of them is far more difficult but is, also, the only effective way of serving as an objective and uninfluenced business legal consultant.

That is what we do here, in GreekLegal. We offer only legal Prevention and not dispute resolution. We possess the basis of lawyering, the legal Research, we

combine it with innovative Thinking and business Perception and other tools and we direct all in favor of the Enterprise. Moreover, we do it in the most fair and equitable way, by participating in our Clients’ business risk: We are paid only a

part of our legal remuneration upon delivery of our service, and we are paid the agreed balance, upon completion of the transaction, or any, agreed, time sooner.

We have the most serious motive to provide effective services: If anything goes wrong, we lose money and we, certainly don’t make new money. We have collaborations that can help our clients overcome troubles, but we don’t profit from that.

We guarantee that our services, if properly applied by our clients, seriously minimize the odds of anything going wrong with their transactions.

We evolve along with you… Haris Kouropalatis Managing Lawyer

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Services

Advices 8

Contracts 10

Negotiations 12

Others 14

Highlights 16

GreekLegal SERVICES Annual Review 2014

Advices

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Legal Advice is the fundamental of our Services and crucial for our Clients’ enterprises. Sometimes it is part of our Strategic Support and other times it is an occasional request.

Legal Advice is the fundamental of our Services and crucial for our Clients’ enterprises. Sometimes it is part of our Strategic Support and other times it is an occasional request.


Advices

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When About

January Corporate Management – Pool Option (U.S.A., U.K.)

February Non Disclosure Agreements (U.S.A., U.K.)

May Franchise Contract Termination (Greece, E.U.)

June Software Services Taxation (Greece, U.K., E.U., O.E.C.D.)

June International Trade Taxation – V.A.T. – C.F.C. (E.U., U.K., Greece, O.E.C.D.)

July Post-Contractual Competition (E.U., Greece)

September Copyright Management (E.U., Greece)

October Top Level Domain Names Transactions (Greece, U.S.A., W.I.P.O.)

November Information Technology Techniques (Greece, U.S.A., U.K., E.U.)

December Investment & Financing Practices (U.S.A. – U.K.)

GreekLegal SERVICES Annual Review 2014 Contracts

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Contracts are vital for our Clients’ Entrepreneurship. A well-built contract minimizes the possibilities of serious transaction problems.

Contracts are vital for our Clients’ Entrepreneurship. A well-built contract minimizes the possibilities of serious transaction problems.


Contracts

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When About

April Commercial Cooperation – Real Estate Management

April Independent Contractor’s Agreement (Factory Construction)

April Software Licensing

May Independent Contractor’s Agreement (Apartment Renovation)

May Subcontractor’s Agreement

May Independent Contractor’s Agreement (Apartment Renovation)

September Software Use

November Software Use – S.a.a.S.

November Employment Agreement (I.T.)

December Employment Agreement (Trade)


Negotiations

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We consider Negotiation an essential tool for successful deal-making. We offer this tool to our Clients with two options: A. We Negotiate for you B. You Negotiate with our help

We consider Negotiation an essential tool for successful deal-making. We offer this tool to our Clients with two options: A. We Negotiate for you B. You Negotiate with our help


Negotiations

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When About Eventually

January Shareholders’ Matters Client and his Associate signed the formation of a new Company with

mutually beneficial terms

February Professional Lease Agreement was signed with our proposed

terms

February Commercial Lease Agreement was signed with our proposed

terms

March Company Tax Housing Tax Authority accepted our position

April Factory Construction Agreement was not signed, due to abusive

demands

May Commercial Lease Agreement was signed with our proposed

terms

May Franchise Client didn’t sign abusive terms

May Machinery International Sale Agreement was signed with our proposed

terms

October Professional Cooperation – Confidentiality Client didn’t sign abusive term

December I.T. Company Financing Clients raised serious funding, retaining

strategic management

December Commercial Lease Agreement was signed with our proposed

terms


Others

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There is a significant number of legal Services we provide that aim to protect the Enterprise in any challenging evolution.

There is a significant number of legal Services we provide that aim to protect the Enterprise in any challenging evolution.


Others

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When Type About

February Private Company Software Production & Trade

March Private Company Biofuels Production & Trade

May Private Company Furniture Trade

When Type About

February Patents (2) (international registration)

Heating Systems

March Patents (2) (national registration)

Heating Systems

September Trademark (national registration)

Grocery Shop (24hs)

Company Formation

Intellectual Property Rights


Highlights

2 prototype provisions in two Articles of Association, formed by us, applied parts of the

new Greek Company Law, for first time

100% of our legal argumentation was accepted, within negotiation, by British

Company with global activity

0 of our contracts ended up to litigation

1 decision of U.S. Federal Court, significant in Copyright Caselaw, was found, through

global legal research, within a few hours

over 1.000.000 Euros, the obvious value of the transactions we were called to

legally protect in 2014

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Assets

Approach 18

Knowledge 19

Clients 20

Science 21

Thought Leadership

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GreekLegal ASSETS Annual Review 2014

Approach

How we approach Business

To us, Business should be an endless and demanding procedure of creating value for the

largest number of people and for the longest period of time. Business Lawyering should be the Gatekeeper of every relative business effort.

In this exceptional context, business lawyers have an ultimate responsibility: they must be

able to perceive the business process in order to give healthy Entrepreneurs the greatest legal protection.

In 2014 we worked hard, not only for enriching our legal Knowledge but also for growing

our specific business perception. We tried to communicate more effectively with our Clients, to become more familiar with their vision, to better understand their anxieties, to give them more and better legal tools. We exploited every incentive and, by any means, we went deeper in many aspects of Viable Entrepreneurship.

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Knowledge

Our Knowledge is our deep and comprehensive research

In the last year we deepened our legal knowledge in the following areas: and in the following sectors:

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•Corporate •Intellectual Property

•Company law •Franchise

•Private Financing •Labor law

•Tax •International Jurisdiction

•Competition •Applicable law

•Information Technology •Energy & Resources

•Investment Funds •Trade

•E-commerce

•Real Estate


Clients

Our Clients, our Power

Our Clients are Entrepreneurs and Enterprises mostly of small and medium business

scale who operate in and out of Greece. They come from the whole spectrum of Entrepreneurship and have realized that only professional legal knowledge preserves the path which leads to their Visions.

Our 2014 clientele consists of:

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ACTIN (Innovation & Technologies) CommonRoom (Communication Design) E.B.F. P.C.(Biofuels Production) Emilianides Katsaros L.L.C. (Legal Services) Goodvidio P.C. (Software Engineering) I-ARTS (Web and art design) I.F. L.T.D. (Software Products & Services) Makis + Nikos P.C. (Trade) Nobilissimus Apps P.C. (Software Engineering) TOURTAS FUND (Real Estate)


Science

Legal Science is the foundation of our every professional achievement

We always try to keep up with the basic scientific developments in both, the Legal and the

Business field. In 2014 we successfully accomplished the following scientific courses:

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When Field / University About

January Law and the Entrepreneur NORTHWESTERN University

“This course covers the legal aspects of entrepreneurship from both a doctrinal and practical perspective, addressing such issues as entity selection, protection of intellectual property, financing a new venture, hiring workers, and conducting business online.”

August Foundations of Business Strategy

University of VIRGINIA

“This course covers the underlying theory and frameworks that provide the foundations of a successful business strategy. It develops your ability to think strategically by providing you the tools for conducting a strategic analysis."

August English Common Law:

Structure and Principles University of LONDON

“This course is an introduction to English Common Law.”

December Successful Negotiation:

Essential Strategies and Skills University of MICHIGAN

“This course covers the negotiation strategies and skills that are necessary for business success.”


Thought Leadership

Our Vision, Business and Law in Harmony

For over 10 years we spread our message: There are few, specific ways for achieving the

best outcome of business lawyering. The bottom line is “keep on exploring Business, keep on evolving”.

In 2014 we gave a lecture about one of our favorite topic: "Legal Tools for Start-ups“, Haris Kouropalatis Open Startup Showcase #5, - COHO, Thessaloniki – Greece, May 29th 2014 “Legal tools for the achievement of a successful evolution of a Start-up. Business Structure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Legal Prevention.”

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