Christina Papanikolopoulou
Global Guide 2024
Band 1 : Banking & Finance
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Provided by Christina Papanikolopoulou
Practice Areas
Finance & Capital Markets, Restructuring & Insolvency
Career
Christina heads the finance and capital markets group at Zepos & Yannopoulos.
Over the past 30 years Christina has worked on major capital markets and financial transactions, such as IPOs, tender offers, secondary trades of publicly trading shares, covered bonds, debt securities, synthetic securitisations and securitisations of a wide range of commercial and financial receivables, including, more recently, transactions involving distressed banking and trade originated debt.
Her areas of practice are financial transactions, capital markets and structured finance, with an emphasis on cross border transactions. Her clients include most of the large institutional and private clients, both domestic and international, that operate in the Greek market, across the entire financial institutions’ spectrum.
Christina has played a key role in structuring many innovative and one-of-a-kind transactions in the Greek market, such as the first banking receivables securitisation in 2003, the first CMBS in 2004 and the first non-performing loans tranched securitisation in 2017.
EDUCATION
Southampton University School of law (LL.M.)
University of Athens, Faculty of Law (LL.B.)
LANGUAGES
Greek
English
French
Articles, highlights and press releases
17 items provided by Zepos & Yannopoulos
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Bracebridge Capital on National Bank of Greece securitisation
We are pleased to announce that we have advised Bracebridge Capital, a hedge fund manager based in Boston, in the acquisition of 95% of the mezzanine and junior notes in the Frontier II securitisation.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advised Piraeus Bank in completion of sale of 100% of Piraeus Direct Solutions
The transaction also involved the renewal and amendment of the servicing agreement between Piraeus Direct Solutions and Piraeus Group entities, securing the continuous provision of call center services to Piraeus Group's clientele.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises on Successful Private Placement for GEK TERNA S.A. by AXIA Ventures
Zepos & Yannopoulos is pleased to announce its role in advising AXIA Ventures Group Ltd, the global coordinator, and bookrunner, in the private placement of common voting shares for GEK TERNA S.A.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises on AIA landmark stock market debut
On February 7th, the Athens International Airport S.A. (AIA) made its debut on the Main Market of the Regulated Securities Market of the Athens Exchange. The IPO was the first in Europe for 2024 and the first combined offering in Greece for more than two decades.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advised on the successful closing of 2 mega-deals and signing of Project Cell
We acted on behalf of AB CarVal Investors L.P., an established global alternative asset manager with USD17 billion in assets under management. Funds managed by AB CarVal purchased the Astir I securitisation portfolio, i.e., Attica Bank’s €312 million GBV NPE portfolio, which signed in August 2023.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Thrivest on its equity investment in Attica Bank
Thrivest Holding Ltd, an investment company owned by individual investors, namely Messrs. Dimitrios Mpakos, Ioannis Kaimenakis and Alexandros Exarchou, acquired on 28 April 2023 a 4.91% minority stake in Attica Bank, a medium size Greek bank.
Zepos & Yannopoulos acts as legal counsel of European Reliance SA in the tender offer of Allianz SE
Zepos & Yannopoulos acted as legal counsel on the sell side in the acquisition by Allianz SE of 72% of shares in European Reliance S.A.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises on the sale of Alpha Banks’s retail unsecured non-performing loans
Zepos & Yannopoulos has yet again advised Alpha Bank on the successful sale of a portfolio of retail unsecured non-performing loans of a total outstanding balance of Euro 238m. and of a total gross book value of Euro 0.4 billion, also known as “Project Light”.
Zepos & Yannopoulos leads successful closing of Project Orbit
We are delighted to announce the successful completion of Project Orbit, Alpha Bank’s sale of a portfolio of retail unsecured non-performing loans of a total outstanding balance of Euro 2.1 billion and of a total gross book value of Euro 1.3 billion.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Piraeus Bank S.A. in landmark deal with Resolute Asset Management Group
Zepos & Yannopoulos advised Piraeus Bank S.A. in relation to the entering into a strategic partnership with Resolute Hellas S.M.S.A., a fully owned subsidiary of the Resolute Asset Management Group, for the management of the real estate portfolio of Piraeus Bank.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Intrum Group on Piraeus Bank’s Sunrise III
We have advised Intrum AB and Intrum Hellas in relation to Sunrise III, the latest HAPS securitisation transaction originated by Piraeus Bank involving an NPE portfolio of €0.5 billion GBV.
Zepos & Yannopoulos leads successful closing of Project Light
Zepos & Yannopoulos is delighted to announce the successful completion of Project Light, Alpha Bank’s sale of a portfolio of retail unsecured non-performing loans of a total outstanding balance of Euro 238 million and of a total gross book value of Euro 0.4 billion.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Bain Capital Credit on acquiring shares of Piraeus Bank Group’s leasing
Zepos & Yannopoulos advised Bain Capital Credit in connection with the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Piraeus Bank Group’s leasing subsidiary Sunshine Leases,
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises SUSI Partners in financing LED street lighting retrofits in Greece
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises SUSI Partners in financing LED street lighting retrofits in Greece
Sustainability-linked Bond Offering of Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC S.A.)
Sustainability-linked Bond Offering of Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC S.A.)
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Alpha Bank in Project Galaxy
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Alpha Bank in Project Galaxy, the second largest state guaranteed securitisation in Europe
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Intrum on Piraeus Bank’s Project Sunrise I
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Intrum on Piraeus Bank’s Project Sunrise I
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Bracebridge Capital on National Bank of Greece securitisation
We are pleased to announce that we have advised Bracebridge Capital, a hedge fund manager based in Boston, in the acquisition of 95% of the mezzanine and junior notes in the Frontier II securitisation.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advised Piraeus Bank in completion of sale of 100% of Piraeus Direct Solutions
The transaction also involved the renewal and amendment of the servicing agreement between Piraeus Direct Solutions and Piraeus Group entities, securing the continuous provision of call center services to Piraeus Group's clientele.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises on Successful Private Placement for GEK TERNA S.A. by AXIA Ventures
Zepos & Yannopoulos is pleased to announce its role in advising AXIA Ventures Group Ltd, the global coordinator, and bookrunner, in the private placement of common voting shares for GEK TERNA S.A.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises on AIA landmark stock market debut
On February 7th, the Athens International Airport S.A. (AIA) made its debut on the Main Market of the Regulated Securities Market of the Athens Exchange. The IPO was the first in Europe for 2024 and the first combined offering in Greece for more than two decades.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advised on the successful closing of 2 mega-deals and signing of Project Cell
We acted on behalf of AB CarVal Investors L.P., an established global alternative asset manager with USD17 billion in assets under management. Funds managed by AB CarVal purchased the Astir I securitisation portfolio, i.e., Attica Bank’s €312 million GBV NPE portfolio, which signed in August 2023.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Thrivest on its equity investment in Attica Bank
Thrivest Holding Ltd, an investment company owned by individual investors, namely Messrs. Dimitrios Mpakos, Ioannis Kaimenakis and Alexandros Exarchou, acquired on 28 April 2023 a 4.91% minority stake in Attica Bank, a medium size Greek bank.
Zepos & Yannopoulos acts as legal counsel of European Reliance SA in the tender offer of Allianz SE
Zepos & Yannopoulos acted as legal counsel on the sell side in the acquisition by Allianz SE of 72% of shares in European Reliance S.A.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises on the sale of Alpha Banks’s retail unsecured non-performing loans
Zepos & Yannopoulos has yet again advised Alpha Bank on the successful sale of a portfolio of retail unsecured non-performing loans of a total outstanding balance of Euro 238m. and of a total gross book value of Euro 0.4 billion, also known as “Project Light”.
Zepos & Yannopoulos leads successful closing of Project Orbit
We are delighted to announce the successful completion of Project Orbit, Alpha Bank’s sale of a portfolio of retail unsecured non-performing loans of a total outstanding balance of Euro 2.1 billion and of a total gross book value of Euro 1.3 billion.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Piraeus Bank S.A. in landmark deal with Resolute Asset Management Group
Zepos & Yannopoulos advised Piraeus Bank S.A. in relation to the entering into a strategic partnership with Resolute Hellas S.M.S.A., a fully owned subsidiary of the Resolute Asset Management Group, for the management of the real estate portfolio of Piraeus Bank.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Intrum Group on Piraeus Bank’s Sunrise III
We have advised Intrum AB and Intrum Hellas in relation to Sunrise III, the latest HAPS securitisation transaction originated by Piraeus Bank involving an NPE portfolio of €0.5 billion GBV.
Zepos & Yannopoulos leads successful closing of Project Light
Zepos & Yannopoulos is delighted to announce the successful completion of Project Light, Alpha Bank’s sale of a portfolio of retail unsecured non-performing loans of a total outstanding balance of Euro 238 million and of a total gross book value of Euro 0.4 billion.
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Bain Capital Credit on acquiring shares of Piraeus Bank Group’s leasing
Zepos & Yannopoulos advised Bain Capital Credit in connection with the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Piraeus Bank Group’s leasing subsidiary Sunshine Leases,
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises SUSI Partners in financing LED street lighting retrofits in Greece
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises SUSI Partners in financing LED street lighting retrofits in Greece
Sustainability-linked Bond Offering of Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC S.A.)
Sustainability-linked Bond Offering of Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC S.A.)
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Alpha Bank in Project Galaxy
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Alpha Bank in Project Galaxy, the second largest state guaranteed securitisation in Europe
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Intrum on Piraeus Bank’s Project Sunrise I
Zepos & Yannopoulos advises Intrum on Piraeus Bank’s Project Sunrise I
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