The highly experienced banking and finance team at Antis Triantafyllides & Sons LLC regularly handles secured and unsecured lending, international high-value financing, and refinancing transactions. It is skilled at advising on project financing and other forms of financing, such as syndicated, subordinated and mezzanine financing. The team, under the leadership of Stelios Triantafyllides, regularly advises on share pledges, floating charges, financial collateral, and all forms of security. The firm often advises on compliance matters, as well as on banking regulatory and licensing requirements. In addition, it is recommended for its knowledge of ISDA agreements. The group works in tandem with its litigation department to advise on the enforcement of security, and debt collection matters. Its impressive client list includes international lenders, arrangers and facility agents, as well as borrowers, guarantors and security providers. Marios Hadjigavriel and Christiana Vassiliou Miliou are other noteworthy members of the department.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Super quick, always available, provide solutions.’

  • ‘The team were extremely knowledgeable about Cypriot NPL and credit acquisition law and were an essential cog in the machine of a significant market transaction.'

  • 'They made themselves available whenever required and helped our client navigate a market that was relatively new to them. First-class service.’

  • ‘Marios Hadjigavriel and Christiana Vassiliou were outstanding in their leadership of the team and guided us and our client on the Cypriot aspects of the transaction with precision and confidence.'

Key clients

  • AstroBank
  • Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd
  • Central Bank of Cyprus
  • Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Deutsche Bank
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • Hellenic Bank Public Company Ltd
  • Piraeus Bank Greece

Work highlights

  • Advising the US International Development Finance Corporation in relation to the financing agreement for a $125m loan to ONEX Elefsis Shipyards and Industries (ONEX) to rehabilitate and modernise the Elefsina shipyard near Athens, Greece.
  • Advised a Cypriot company owned by a Greek business development organisation as a borrower in connection with the refinancing of a EUR142,000,000 syndicated loan facility agreement with major banks in Greece.
  • Advised a bank in connection with a refinancing transaction for Austriacard Holdings AG. The transaction took the form of a syndicated refinancing of up to EUR188m.

Lawyers

Leading associates
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Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Stelios Triantafyllides

Other key lawyers

Marios Hadjigavriel, Christiana Vassiliou Miliou