Catherine has participated and continues to participate in some of the most significant transactions for Greek economy and often for Greek national life: the Greek Government debt restructuring, the first Green Bond, the first NPL transaction post the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the landmark 30-yrs. Greek Government Bond and the investment in the first unicorn startup in Greece. She has also advised on a number of M&A and corporate transactions.
Among others, she has recently represented:
- Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE on the tender offer of Bally’s Group for Intralot and on the financing for €2.7 Billion Acquisition of Bally’s International Interactive Business by Intralot;
- Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc in their capacity as UK Sponsors in connection with the admission of Metlen Energy & Metals to the London Stock Exchange;
- (i) National Bank of Greece on the sale of the entire share capital of Probank Leasing S.A., a subsidiary in the financial leasing sector; and (ii) National Bank of Greece and NBG Leasing S.A. on the sale of two portfolios of non-performing financial leasing exposures;
- National Bank of Greece on Project Frontier I, II and III, three landmark securitisation transactions of non-performing exposures (NPEs), with a total gross book value exceeding €7 billion;
- General Logistics Systems B.V. (GLS), a subsidiary of International Distribution Services plc (IDS), on its recent acquisition of a 20% stake in ACS Courier and Postal Services from Quest Holdings SA for €74 million;
- Cenergy Holdings S.A. in connection with its €200 million share capital increase, through a non-preemptive issue of 22,222,222 new, ordinary, voting shares at an offer price of €9.00 per share.
