Eleni Papakosta

Banking & Finance, Ship and Offshore Finance, Project Finance, Marine & International Trade Aviation

Member of the Piraeus Bar Association

“Mortgages under Greek Law,” Euromoney Shipping Finance Annual (2003/2004)

“Amendment of Article 5 of the Greek Code of Public Maritime Law / Eligibility for Registration of Ships under the Greek Flag,” Lloyd’s Internet – Maritime Law, November 2000

“Professional Yachts – Legal Framework in Greece,” Lloyd’s Internet – Maritime Law, December 2000

Eleni is a Partner and Head of Shipping Finance at SARANTITIS Law Firm.

Having joined the firm in 1991, Eleni Papakostas is a seasoned finance lawyer with over three decades of experience, advising on complex international financing transactions in the maritime, aviation, and project finance sectors.

Her expertise covers syndicated, bilateral, and mezzanine loan facilities, inter-creditor and subordination arrangements, guarantee facilities, and other forms of secure financing. Eleni regularly advises major international banks, financial institutions, and ship owning groups on cross-border financings, restructurings, and workouts.

Eleni has extensive experience advising on the financing of new building projects, secondhand acquisitions, and sale and leaseback transactions, as well as on corporate and security structures involving multiple jurisdictions.

She has been an invited speaker at several international conferences and workshops, including Lloyd’s List events in London and Greece.

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Faculty of Law (LL.B)

University of Southampton, UK

Maritime and Commercial Law (LL.M.)