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Provided by Nikos Papachristopoulos

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Practice Areas

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

Career

Nikos is a leading practitioner in capital markets and corporate and M&A, with a specialisation in primary listings and secondary offerings of securities and acquisitions and takeovers of listed companies.

Professional Memberships

Athens Bar, Athens Court of Appeals.

Clients

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, CVC, Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings SA (Eurobank Holdings), Goldman Sachs, Intrakat, Lavipharm, Pancreta Bank, Piraeus Financial Holdings (PFH).

Work Highlights

Advised INTRAKAT on their acquisition of 100% of AKTOR from ELLAKTOR and AKTOR CONCESSIONS. He advised Pancreta Bank in connection with its investment in Attica Bank, along with Thrivest Holding Ltd and the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund. He also Piraeus Bank in connection with the issuance and offering to institutional investors pursuant to a bookbuilding process of €500m principal amount of Senior Preferred Bond due 2028 and the listing thereof on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. He acted as ad hoc legal counsel to INTRAKAT SA and LAVIPHARM SA in connection with their equity capital raisings of €100m and €51.2m respectively and the listing of their new shares on the Athens Exchange, which completed in January 2023 and December 2022 respectively.

Experience

Nikos has been heavily involved in numerous privatizations of State-owned companies and the recapitalization of the Greek systemic banks since 2012. He has vast experience advising on the structuring and financing of mergers and acquisitions, including take-over bids, corporate reorganisations and restructurings and equity and debt offerings.

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