Bahas, Gramatidis & Partners provides ‘responsive and commercial’ advice to lenders and borrowers across a broad swathe of banking and capital markets transactional and regulatory matters, ranging from syndicated and bilateral loans through to NPL-related matters and due diligence ahead of listings on the Athens Stock Exchange. Managing partner Dimitris Emvalomenos is vastly experienced in the field and is particularly adept at advising banks on the securitisation of their NPL portfolios. Drawing upon experience gleaned from a previous in-house position at a major domestic bank, as well as in private practice, team head Marios Bahas has an excellent perspective on the commercial drivers affecting financial institution clients and provides rounded transactional and regulatory expertise. Betty Smyrniou handles commercial and financing work within the aviation sector.
Testimonials
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‘What makes this practice unique is the speed and the immediate response to any requests, and the expertise in matters of both domestic or foreign law, especially in the areas of banking and commercial law.’
'The main difference from its competitors is the engagement that the whole team shows to us and their ability to resolve difficult and rare legal matters at very short notice. That gives us a great comfort that every legal matter will be easily resolved.'
Key clients
- Pancreta Bank S.A.
- HDVS HELLAS SA
- Royal Canin
- Aercap
- SMBC
- Bluebird Airways
- Marathon Airlines SA
- Olympus airways
- Aviation Capital Group
- Helloworld Travel Limited
Work highlights
- Advising Pancreta Bank on various matters, including the acquisition of assets of HSBC in Greece.
- Advising HDVS Hellas S.A. on various financial issues.
- Advising Royal Canin Greece on various financial issues.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Marios Bahas, Dimitris Emvalomenos