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Provided by Alexander Metallinos

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Practice Areas

Banking & Finance

Corporate and M&A

Arbitration

Career

Alexander is an established practitioner with more than 25 years of experience in the fields of banking-finance, M&A, corporate law, and arbitration. Highlight transactions include the first major leveraged acquisition in Greece, the first hive-down of the banking business of a systemic Greek bank, NPL transactions of a combined gross book value in excess of 15 billion Euros and the first issuance of covered bonds.

He joined POTAMITISVEKRIS' Partnership in 2023.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Athens Bar

Member of the Greek Commercial Law Association

Admitted in the Athens Supreme Court, in 1996

Personal

Alexander, besides his practice, is a recognized legal scholar, acting as visiting lecturer at the University of Athens Law School, and frequently publishing scholarly work. Moreover, he has been a contributing member of the committees for the reform of the Greek corporate and insolvency laws.

He holds an LL.B. from the law school of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, an LLM from Yale Law School (1994) and a Doctorate from the Westfällische Wilhelms Universität Münster Law School (1993).

Publications

Author of the following Publications:

“International Aspects of Company Recruiting”, in Greek, 2001

- “The Capital Market Commission Decision on Tender Offers”, in Greek, 2001

- “Legal Aspects of the Conclusion of Derivatives Contracts Pursuant to the ISDA Master Agreement by Local Entities Incorporated or Established in Greece” in Greek, 2002

- “Commentary on Article 6 of the Greek Company Law (Conflict of Laws) in the Law of Societies Anonymes”, Collective work edities, E. Perakis, 2002

- “Die europarechtskonforme Auslegung, Münster”, 1994

- Insurance Contracts in Private International Law, Athens 1997

Languages Spoken

Alexander speaks Greek, English, German and French.

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Banking & Finance - Greece
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Star practitioner Alexander Metallinos has recently joined POTAMITISVEKRIS and remains a towering figure in the Greek financing world, praised for his breadth of expertise in NPE securitisations, structured finance projects and refinancing of existing facilities as well as acquisition financing.


Corporate/Commercial - Greece
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Leading lawyer Alexander Metallinos has recently joined POTAMITISVEKRIS and is sought after for his expertise across the full spectrum of corporate work including complex transformation projects and divestments.

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