Banking and finance

Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC

The highly experienced banking and finance team at Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC has strong capabilities in advising on secured and unsecured lending matters, as well as international high-value financing and refinancing transactions. Under the leadership of Stelios Triantafyllides, the group is adept at handling project financing, syndicated, subordinated and mezzanine financing, securities matters, and compliance and regulatory issues relating to Cypriot law. The department is also noted for its capabilities in contentious work, advising on debt recovery issues and the enforcement of securities. The client base includes local and international banking institutions, borrowers, guarantors and security providers. Managing associate Marios Hadjigavriel continues to assist major financial institutions with large-scale international banking work, and senior associate Christiana Vassiliou Miliou handles lending and project finance transactions and syndicated finance issues.

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Testimonials

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‘The team has extensive banking and finance experience as the leading partner and others have an in-house background with local banks.’
‘Marios Hadjigavriel is hands-on. He has extensive experience and is very knowledgeable in this area of the law.’
‘The team provides commercial and practical advice to get the deal done.’
‘Marios Hadjigavriel is knowledgeable and experienced. James West is a good person to go in and argue your case strongly during negotiations.’
‘We worked with the ATS team on a recent Cypriot loan portfolio acquisition. They were a pleasure to work with. They were extremely knowledgeable and well versed in respect of transactions of this type.'
'They were very diligent and worked extremely hard to ensure the transaction went as smooth as possible. Would definitely recommend them to anyone considering a complex transaction in Cyprus.’
‘I worked closely with Marios Hadjigavriel, Christiana Vasiliou, Emily Tornaritis and Froso Rossou during the course of the transaction. Each of them impressed with their knowledge and transaction management skills. The ATS machine worked like clockwork and made it easy to manage the transaction.'

Key clients

AstroBank
Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd
Deutsche Bank
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Hellenic Bank Public Company Ltd

Work highlights

Advising a major US alternative asset management company serving institutional investors in connection with the enforcement of Cyprus law governed security documents.
Advised a local credit institution on an amendment made in connection with an EUR 37,000,000 term and revolving facilities agreement, relating to construction costs of a major residential and leisure resort.