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Provided by George Paleokrassas
George is a Partner in the Asset Finance group, head of the firm’s Athens office and Global Co-Head of the Maritime sector.
George advises on a broad range of work spanning the maritime sector, acting for major shipping lenders and shipowners on the structuring and restructuring of loan and leasing transactions, the acquisition, sale and transfer of shipping loan portfolios, on transactions involving distressed assets as well as for owners, operators and investors on shipbuilding projects, long-term charter arrangements, joint ventures and other general corporate matters involving shipowning groups.
He is universally recognised as one of the leading lawyers in the maritime sector both in Greece and internationally, including by legal directories Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Legal 500 EMEA and IFLR 1000. In 2019, Chambers styled him quite simply an “excellent lawyer” and Legal 500 as “highly esteemed”. Clients have described him as “utterly outstanding.”
Provided by Chambers
New York-based lawyer George Paleokrassas is the firm's global maritime sector co-head and acts for major shipping groups and lenders on debt restructurings and refinancings, loans, sale and leaseback transactions and acquisitions. He is qualified to practise in England and Wales.
1 item provided by Watson Farley & Williams (New York) LLP
WFW advises UOG on UACC acquisition and financing
The acquisition was structured by way of a reverse triangular merger with the financing for the acquisition provided by alternative investment firm, EnTrust Global and will be the first such merger to be effected under the Companies Law of the DIFC.
WFW advises UOG on UACC acquisition and financing
The acquisition was structured by way of a reverse triangular merger with the financing for the acquisition provided by alternative investment firm, EnTrust Global and will be the first such merger to be effected under the Companies Law of the DIFC.
