Nikos Koritsas
Koutalidis Law FirmThe ‘knowledgeable, insightful and resourceful’ team at Koutalidis Law Firm is characterized by its ’strong business acumen and industry knowledge’, ensuring it is able to provide a ‘high level of service’ to creditors and debtors across a wide range of domestic and cross-border finance work. The ’responsive’ Ioannis Kaptanis takes the lead on much of the project finance work, where he provides ‘business-oriented advice’ to lenders, concessionaires and sponsors seeking or providing finance to facilitate a number of very high-profile infrastructure deals. Effie Papoutsi excels in corporate finance work, both from a new money and refinancing perspective, with a broad-based offering which includes advice on acquisition finance and general corporate lending facilities. Nikos Koritsas is the overarching team head and has a strong grounding in capital markets-related work.
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Testimonials
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- 'The firm provides an exceptionally high level of service, characterized by swift response times, strong business acumen and industry knowledge.'
- 'The team is knowledgeable, insightful and resourceful.'
- 'The responsive Ioannis Kaptanis has a high level of professionalism and provides business-oriented advice.'
Key clients
- Aegean Motorway S.A.
- Eurobank S.A.
- National Bank of Greece S.A.
- Aktor Concessions S.A. / Intrakat S.A.
- Piraeus Bank S.A.
- Alpha Bank S.A.
- GMR Airports Limited (parent company) / GMR Airports Greece Single Member Societe Anonyme (Greek subsidiary)
- United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
- Waterwheel Capital Management LLP
- Anastacia AG
- AviAlliance GmbH (member of PSP Investments Group)
- J.P. Morgan SE
- Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Europe SE
- Morgan Stanley Europe SE
- UBS Europe SE
- Bank of America Business Securities Europe SA
- AXIA Ventures Group Limited
- Euroxx Securities SA
- NBG Securities S.A.
- BNP Paribas
- BofA Securities Europe SA
- Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
- Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE
- Barclays Bank Ireland PLC
- Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG
- Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
- Nomura Financial Products Europe GmbH
- Société Générale
Work highlights
- Advised the Concessionaire (Aegean Motorway) on the refinancing of the concessionaire’s existing senior debt financing and financing of the senior debt service reserve by National Bank of Greece S.A., Piraeus Bank S.A., Alpha Bank S.A. and Eurobank S.A., i.e. all Greek systemic Banks.
- Advised Waterwheel Capital Management LLP on its investment, as mezzanine and junior noteholder in the securitization of Project Solar with a portfolio on-balance sheet amount of c.€1.2bn.
- Advised AviAlliance, member of PSP Investments Group, in its capacity as major shareholder of the Athens International Airport (AIA) in the context of its negotiations with the HRADF concerning AIA's IPO and listing of its shares on the Athens Exchange.
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Practice head
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Nikos Koritsas