Minas Kitsilis

Minas has acted for Greek and international companies and utilities, both private and state-owned, as well as financial institutions and funds that lend to or invest in companies operating in Greece.

His main areas of practice are energy and utilities (power, oil and gas), infrastructure projects, renewable energies, natural resources and environment. Minas advises on electricity, oil and gas sector regulatory matters; privatizations; concessions and infrastructure and energy project development; procurement and construction; and power purchase and gas supply agreements. He also advises on M&A transactions, project financings and capital markets deals in the energy sector.

Minas is a counsel in the Global Corporate Group in Athens.

Minas joined Reed Smith in January 2021. Before joining our Athens office, Minas worked as in-house counsel to a major shipbuilding group of companies in Elefsis, Attica, as well as in the energy practices of a leading Greek law firm and another international law firm in Athens.

He is fluent in Greek and English and reads French proficiently.

Minas has been a member of the Athens Bar since September 2001 and has published a number of legal articles and client briefings on topics including conventional and renewable energy regulation, oil and gas regulation, mining regulation, project finance, privatizations, public-private partnerships and strategic investments in Greece.