A judicial rapporteur in the closely watched Marinopoulos bankruptcy case was reportedly appointed on Monday, after a month and a half of delay. The development, if true, will mean a countdown towards achieving a complicated and costly restructuring agreement that will merge three companies from the once dominant super market group with rival Sklavenitis.
At stake are more than 11,000 jobs and hundreds of millions of euros owed to suppliers, banks and the state (taxes, social security contributions etc).
Legal experts that spoke to "N" referred to the possibility that a necessary report/recommendation by the rapporteur will be submitted within prescribed deadline over the holiday period, when courts are in recess.
Conversely, the Marinopoulos case file alone reaches some 70,000 pages, with judicial officials called on to rule over the main objections filed during the first stage of bankruptcy proceedings in October.
Late January 2017 will also see the expiration of a four-month period of protection from creditors enjoyed by the still-in-operation retailer.
