Evi Tsilou

Professional Memberships

PROFESSIONAL ADMISSIONS / QUALIFICATIONS

Supreme Court of Greece

Court of Appeals

Athens Bar

LEGAL EDUCATION

LLM in Commercial Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

LLM in Business Law, University of London, King’s College London

LLB, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Graduate Programme in Tax Law, Athens University of Economic and Business (ASOE)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

King’s College London Alumni Association

Association of Greek Commercial Lawyers

Industry Sector Expertise

Evi’s expertise lies in advising on the structuring, negotiation, documentation and implementation of complex, cross-border and local, corporate, capital markets, and finance transactions.

She has extensive experience in all types of corporate and group restructurings, share acquisitions and shareholders agreements, as well as capital raisings and securities transactions.

Evi has led numerous due diligence reviews and acted as the lead lawyer in a significant number of M&As, group restructurings and joint ventures, with a focus on the hospitality and retail sector.

Clients

Intracom Holdings, London and Regional Properties, Lamda Development, Depa Commercial S.A., Dukes Education Group Ltd., Invel Real Estate, Prodea Investments, OTE, Varde Partners, Vodafone, Alpha Bank, Gek Terna Group

Awards

Work Highlights

- Advised Intracom Group in relation to the acquisition of 100% of Europa Insurance, covering all stages of a very complex deal, from drafting, negotiation and signing of the MoU/Framework Agreement, to the two-step closing SPA, the merger between the acquiring entity, KLM, and its parent company, Intracom Properties, the share capital increase of Evropi Holdings and a series of formalities according to corporate, banking and capital markets legislation.

- Advised Dukes Education Group Ltd on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in “MANDOULIDES SCHOOLS SINGLE-MEMBER SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME”, a leading private educational institution in Thessaloniki, Greece.

- Advised Dukes Education Group Ltd. in connection with the acquisition of the shares of the “I.S.A. THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ATHENS” which operates, via its Greek Branch, the International School of Athens and Melina’s Kindergarten in Athens, Greece. The transaction is the first of its kind in the Greek market, marking the first investment of an international premium private school operator in an international school based in Greece.

- Advised London and Regional Properties in the sale of 100% of the company TITANIA S.A., the owner of the historic TITANIA hotel in Athens to the H Hotels Collection, marking the largest transaction in the hospitality sector in Q1 2024.

- Advised London and Regional Properties, on the sale of 100% of the shares of the company LANDA S.A., the owner of the Rhodes Bay Hotel & Spa and Elite Suites by Rhodes Bay in Rhodes, to the H Hotels Collection.