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Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

One of the foremost practices in Greece with an expertise in both benchmark and mainstream domestic and cross-border transactions. 

Project Finance, Development & PPPs 

A market leading practice, with experience in large-scale projects in Greece dating back to the opening of the concessions market in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

Recent Experience

  • Hoist Finance AB Project Cell Portfolio of c.€1.5bn NPLs: Athanasia Tsene and team advised Hoist Finance AB (publ) as purchaser in connection with the sale and purchase agreement entered into with Alpha Bank acting as seller of Project Cell, a portfolio of non-performing retail loans with a total outstanding balance of approximately €1.5bn.
  • Piraeus Bank €500m Senior Preferred Notes: Nikos Papachristopoulos and team advised Piraeus Bank in connection with the issuance and offering of its new €500m Senior Preferred Notes due December 2029 to international and domestic institutional investors, as well as their listing on the Euro MTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
  • Crypto Custodian Registration: Maria Nefeli Bernitsa and team advised an institutional digital asset financial services company on their successful registration as a crypto custodian in the relevant registry of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission.


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Banking & Finance

Panayotis M Bernitsas
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Panayotis M Bernitsas
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Senior Statespeople
Athanasia G Tsene
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Athanasia G Tsene
Head of Banking & Finance
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Band 1
Nikos Papachristopoulos
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Nikos Papachristopoulos
Head of Banking & Finance
1
Band 1

Members

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Afroditi Kazani

Anastasia Mallerou

Angeliki Chlivinou

Athanasia G Tsene

Athanasia G Tsene

Head of Department

Eleni Stazilova

Konstantina Karveli

Manto Karamanou

Maria Cheimona

Maria Nefeli Bernitsa

Maria Sfika

Marinos Shiapanis

Nikos Papachristopoulos

Nikos Papachristopoulos

Head of Department

Odysseas Fokas

Pantazis Karamanolis

Sildia Fotopoulou

Stella Papakosta

Yannis Seiradakis

Head of Department

Clients

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Alpha Bank

Apollo Global Management

BNP Paribas

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

CVC Capital Partners

Cepal SA

Citigroup

Commerzbank

Credit Agricole

Credit Suisse

Davidson Kempner European Partners LLP

Deutsche Bank

Ellington Management Group

Elpedison Power SA

Eurobank Ergasias SA

HSBC

Hellenic Petroleum

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Intrum AB (publ)

JP Morgan

Link Group

Morgan Stanley

Motor Oil Group

Mubadala Investment Company PJSC

Mytilineos SA

N.M. Rothschilds and Sons Limited

National Bank of Greece

Olympic Commercial and Tourism Enterprises SA (Avis Hellas)

PIMCO

Piraeus Bank

RIA Payment Institution

Shikun & Binui

Société Générale

Thomas Cook (in liquidation)

Titan Group

Trastor REIC

Industries

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Industry Specialisations include financial, telecommunications, energy, gaming, utilities, pharmaceutical, food, retail.