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Nicholas Papapolitis

Nicholas Papapolitis

Work Department

Banking, Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Funds, Energy, Real Estate

Position

Managing Partner

Nicholas is widely recognized as an expert in foreign direct investments in Greece.

Nicholas has advised in recent years institutional investors on large-scale, complex credit, equity and capital markets transactions.

He has acted in many of the landmark M&A, finance and capital markets transactions to have taken place in the Greek market in recent years.

Nicholas currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of FAMAR AVE and as a member of the Board of Directors of One & Only Resorts (Kea), Ygia Polyclinic Hospital, Intracom Properties and Intracom Ventures.

He has also held in the past Board of Directors positions of leading corporations and institutions such as the Intralot Group, Prodea REIC, Invel Real Estate Partners and the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce where he was the Chair of the Investment and Finance Committee of the Chamber.

An active member of his community Nicholas currently servers as a Governor of the Board of St. Catherines British School and chairs the “Corporate Ambassador Program” of The Hellenic Initiative (THI).

Nicholas is consistently recognized by international legal directories.

He is recognized as a “Leading Individual “ by the Legal 500 EMEA 2024, as “Recommended Lawyer” Chambers & Partners Global & Europe and as a “Highly Regarded Lawyer” by the IFLR 1000.

Prior to joining the firm, Nicholas was an associate at the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Languages

Greek, English, German

Memberships

Athens Bar

Solicitors Regulation Authority – Registered European Lawyer

International Bar Association

Chairman of the Investment and Finance Committee of the American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, UK, Accredited Arbitrator (MCIArb)

Education

LLM (Merit) in Corporate and Commercial Law, Queen Mary College, Centre for Commercial Legal Studies, University of London

LLB (Hons), University College London

Personal

SPEECHES / PRESENTATIONS

American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce 30th Annual Greek Economic Summit

2nd Athens Investment Forum 2019

The Hellenic Initiative 5th Annual Venture Fair

DELPHI ECONOMIC FORUM 2019

Mentions

Greece

Banking, finance and capital markets

Greece

Commercial, corporate and M&A

Leading partner
Greece

Real estate and construction