Nikolas Katsaros

Practice Areas

Nikolas advises extensively on domestic and cross-border finance and capital markets transactions, across the capital structure, including secured and unsecured lending as well as private placements and public offerings of equity and credit instruments, acting for lenders and underwriters, such as banks, funds and institutional investors, as well as for issuers.

Alongside the finance practice, Nikolas has also developed a growing corporate practice, encompassing takeovers, M&As, shareholder agreements and general corporate law matters.

He is experienced in structuring and documenting transactions, as well as in identifying and resolving key issues with a view to closing deals.

Nikolas is recognized as a “Leading Individual” by the Legal 500 EMEA 2024 and as a “Highly Regarded Lawyer” by the IFLR 1000.

Awards

Work Highlights

- Acted for Morgan Stanley in its capacity as Arranger in the context of the Frontier II transaction, involving the securitization by the National Bank of Greece of a portfolio of non-performing exposures with a total gross book value of c. EUR 1 Billion backed by the State guarantee pursuant to the Hellenic Asset Protection Scheme (“Hercules III”).

- Acted for Intralot S.A. on the acquisition of Bally’s Interactive Business from Bally’s Corporation for a transactional value of €2.7 billion, structured partly in cash and partly in shares. This represents the largest acquisition transaction by a Greek company in the last 20 years, as a mix of cash and equity consideration.

- Acted for Morgan Stanley on Greek law matters in its capacity as Arranger in the context of the Frontier III transaction, involving the securitization by the National Bank of Greece (NBG) of a portfolio of non-performing exposures with a total gross book value of approximately EUR 0.7 Billion, backed by the State guarantee pursuant to the Hellenic Asset Protection Scheme (“Hercules III”).

- Acted for Alpha Bank S.A., acting through its Luxembourg Branch, Attica Bank S.A., Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A., Banco BPM S.p.A., BdM BANCA S.p.A., BPER Banca S.p.A., Citibank N.A., London, Eurobank S.A., Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., Mediobanca - Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A., Mediocredito Centrale - Banca del Mezzogiorno S.p.A., Piraeus Bank S.A., acting through its Frankfurt Branch and UniCredit S.p.A. as Mandated Lead Arrangers, UniCredit S.p.A. as Facility Agent and Security Agentas as counsel on matters of Greek law to the Lenders and to the Security Agent in relation to a USD 572 Million Senior Facilities Agreement with doValue S.p.A. as Borrower, including in relation to the granting of guarantee by its Greek subsidiary doValue Greece Loans and Credits Claim Management S.A. as Guarantor and to the taking of security over the shares and the intragroup obligations of the Greek subsidiary.

- Acted on matters of Greek law to Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. and to Unicredit S.p.A. in relation to a €300m Senior Secured Notes due 2030 issued by doValue S.p.A. and listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, including in relation to the granting of guarantee by its Greek subsidiary doValue Greece Loans and Credits Claim Management S.A. as Guarantor and to the taking of security over the shares and the intragroup obligations of the Greek subsidiary.

Industry Sector Expertise

Banking, Finance and Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Funds