Papapolitis & Papapolitis

Papapolitis & Papapolitis is a leading full service business law firm with offices in Athens and London and a unique international outlook. The firm has built on the foundations of a long heritage intertwined with contemporary success. The firm aims to attract the most talented lawyers it can find and has developed a results orientated culture of high performance and innovation. With a deep understanding of its market and globally minded philosophy, the firm is uniquely positioned to act for foreign investors and corporations looking to invest or establish themselves in Greece. The track record of successfully advising governments, international and local banks, financial institutions, large corporates and state-owned entities, as well some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated financial investors, spans over 126 years.

Lawyers advise clients on a broad range of commercial arrangements and issues across a number of industry sectors. The combination of high level technical expertise and a commercial approach ensures that clients receive practical and viable legal advice, tailored to the needs of their business in the way that they want and can understand.

Main Areas of Practice:
Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
Corporate Governance & Compliance
Corporate & M&A
Dispute Resolution
Funds
Energy
Project Development
Restructuring & Insolvency
Banking, Finance & Capital Markets.

• Banking
• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Equity
• M&A
• Project development
• Restructuring and insolvency

Banking, Finance & Capital Markets:
Contact: Nikolaos Katsaros
Tel: +30 210 361 5544
Еmail: nkatsaros@papapolitis.com

Recent case highlights: 

• Acted for ECM Partners in relation to a US$ 250 Million acquisition financing facility from the National Bank of Greece S.A. used to partly finance the acquisition of the Pavlidis Marbles Group.
• Acted for Depa Commercial S.A., the incumbent gas company in Greece, in relation to a US$ 475 Million deal, as Sponsor and Shareholder at the project finance granted by the National Bank of Greece to DEPA’s subsidiary Alexandroupolis Electricity Production S.A. for the purposes of design, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, financing, operation, maintenance, and exploitation of an 840 MW CCGT Power Plant in Alexandroupolis.
• Acted for Piraeus Bank as Arranger, Bondholder Agent, Subscriber and Bondholder in relation to a US$ 191 Million acquisition financing to Alphabet Education S.A., investment vehicle of BC Partners.
• Acted for Eurobank Bank S.A. in its second Greek Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF) Co-Financing facility to auto leasing company Avis Greece. Avis’ investment project will be financed under the agreement that was inked, with a total amount of a first phase of US$ 120,5 Million.
• Acted for Intralot S.A. in relation to a US$ 144,5 Million deal, on the pre-emptive issuance of 232.758.621 new shares by way of public offer in Greece and their listing on the Athens Stock Exchange.
• Acted for V Tourism S.A., a Greek Societe Anonyme company, and its shareholders Prodea Investments, the largest REIT in Greece, and Invel Real Estate Group with respect to a US$ 10.9 Million bridge financing in relation to the acquisition of a real estate asset in Milos Island (Greece).

Corporate and M&A:
Contact: Evi Tsilou
Tel: +30 210 361 55 44
Еmail: etsilou@papapolitis.com

Recent case highlights:

• Acted for Intracom Holdings S.A., an ATHEX listed company, in its corporate transformation into an investment company with a capacity of approximately US$ 0.5 Billion through a spin off and the incorporation of Intracom Properties Single Member S.A.
• Acted for Lamda Development S.A. on the implementation of 2 strategic cooperation agreements with Temes S.A. for the joint development of 2 state-of-the-art, luxury 5-star hotels and the corresponding branded residences on the coastal front of Hellinikon, in southern Athens, with a construction completion horizon of 2026.
• Acted for Lamda Development (LAMDA:GA) in the corporate transformation of its entire shopping malls sector implemented through a series of corporate transformations resulting to the concentration all four existing shopping centers owned by Lamda Group.
• Acted for London & Regional Properties London and Regional Properties, and more specifically its 100% subsidiary London and Regional Group Hotel Holdings, on the sale of 100% of the shares of the Greek S.A. company “LANDA S.A.”, which is the owner of the Rhodes Bay Hotel & Spa and Elite Suites by Rhodes Bay in Rhodes, to the H Hotels Collection.
• Acted for Intracom Holdings S.A. and Intracom Technologies S.ar.L. in the sale of 90.91% shareholding participation in Intracom Defense, a leading defense company in Greece with extensive collaborations with EU & NATO countries, to IAI – Israel Aerospace Industries.
• Acted for Taconic Capital Advisors UK LLP, a global institutional investment firm, with respect to the acquisition of the ex-Costa Perla Hotel located in Porto Heli, Greece, owned by Utherton Ltd, a Cypriot company and the demolition, planning and construction of a complex tourist accommodation comprising of a new luxury hotel and residential villas. Key Clients: ECM Partners, Intracom Holdings S.A., London & Regional Properties, Lamda Development S.A., Taconic Capital Advisors UK LLP.

Project Development:
Contact: John Papapolitis
Tel: +30 210 361 5544
Еmail: jpapapolitis@papapolitis.com

Recent case highlights:

• Acted for Lamda Development S.A. in relation to the completion of two (2) strategic cooperation agreements valued at US$ 326 Million with Temes S.A. for the joint development of 2 state-of-the-art, luxury 5-star hotels and the corresponding branded residences on the coastal front of Hellinikon, in southern Athens. The largest by size transaction in the hospitality sector in Greece.
• Acted for Taconic Capital Advisors UK LLP, a global institutional investment firm, with respect to the acquisition of the ex-Costa Perla Hotel located in Porto Heli, Greece, and the demolition, planning and construction of a complex tourist accommodation comprising of a new luxury hotel and residential villas. Once finished, it will constitute 1 of 10 (currently existing) complex tourist accommodations in Greece.

• Banking
• Energy
• Gaming
• Investment management
• Real estate
• Automotive

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London, W1K 7JL
UK

T. +44 203 655 7940
F. +44 203 655 7940
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W: https://papapolitis.com