The 'extremely knowledgeable and well-rounded' team at Saplegal - A.S. Papadimitriou & Partners Law Firm maintains traction among the country's domestic banks, which regularly seek the firm's advice, not only on finance transactions but also in relation to their own commercial and operational requirements. 'Commercially-minded' team head Thenia Panagopoulou is key to much of this work, including advice on NPL securitisations. In addition, she also handles some work for funds on debt financing to facilitate downstream investments.

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Testimonials

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  • 'The practice is extremely knowledgeable and well rounded in the approach to the market.'
  • 'Thenia Panagopoulou is commercially minded and innovative.'

Key clients

  • Attica Bank
  • Eurobank S.A.
  • Piraeus Bank S.A.
  • SMERemediumCap Fund
  • Avramar Group
  • Qquant

Work highlights

  • Represent Eurobank in a high-profile and demanding transaction, which entails a milestone multimillion-euro asset securitization of NPEs portfolio.
  • Advising Piraeus Bank as external advisors in relation to the sale of a portfolio of NPEs through an auction process.
  • Legal advisor of Attica Bank in relation to the issuance, buy – out, admission to the Regulated Securities Market of the Athex and trading of warrants pursuant to the provisions of L. 4172/2013.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Thenia Panagopoulou

Other key lawyers

Mantha Verela, George Margaritis