Athanasia G Tsene

Lawyer information

Practice Areas

Banking, Finance & Capital Markets.

Career

Athanasia has vast experience in structuring, drafting, negotiating and advising on the feasibility and implementation of international financial transactions. She has been working on the legal and regulatory aspects of the development of a secondary market of NPLs in the portfolios of Greek banks and has been involved in most transactions of this type in Greece. Athanasia has significant experience in advising corporates, international and domestic credit and financial institutions on structured finance, financial restructurings and insolvency proceedings. Her clients include all the major banks and financial institutions active in Greece. She has acted in innovative and groundbreaking deals which have paved the way for future transactions in the banking sector. Recently, she advised Piraeus Bank on its first public Greek NPE securitisation, with a €1.92bn GBV comprised primarily of non-performing residential mortgage loans, PIMCO and Deva Capital on three non-performing bank loan portfolios (mortgage, retail secured and wholesale loans) originated by Alpha Bank, with a c.€10.8bnGBV, and Citigroup and Piraeus Bank as mandated lead arrangers in the securitisation of car lease receivables originated by Olympic Commercial and Tourist Enterprises Single Member, owned by Avis Greece.

Professional Memberships

Athens Bar, Athens Appeals Court, Supreme Court of Greece.