Drawing upon ‘vast and impressive knowledge across the banking, finance and capital markets fields’, PPT Legal is well positioned to advise stakeholders engaged in a wide array of new money and refinancing mandates. The transportation sector is a particularly rich source of work (both in relation to aviation and shipping finance), with a client base including banks, operators and lessors that ensures the firm has an excellent perspective on transactions from both the creditor and debtor side. Team head John Papapetros is at the forefront of the majority of the team's high-profile deals, including a number of recent bond issuances in the hospitality sector.
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‘The very friendly team provides to-the-point, expert advice without being arrogant.'
'PPT Legal's team has vast and impressive knowledge across the banking, finance and capital markets fields, which ensures they are capable of dealing with the most critical situations in a swift and professional manner, while proficiently adapting to any new situations that may suddenly arise.'
Key clients
- Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation
- Navios Maritime Holdings Inc
- Aegean Baltic Bank S.A.
- CANFORNAV Inc. Group of Companies
- Atlantica Hotels
- Harbor Shipping and Trading Sa
- Premierway Enterprises Limited
- Iera Poli Athens 2018 SA
- Textron Financial Corporation
- Eurobank SA
- Fortress Aviation USA and its subsidiary WWTAI Airopco II Dac Of Ireland
Work highlights
- Represented certain ship owning companies belonging to Canfornav Group in the amendment and restatement of a $22.25m Hamburg Commercial Bank AG facility.
- Advising Navios Maritime Holdings on a $550m debt financing transaction.
- Advising Intrum in connection with the transfer of the rights and obligations of Piraeus Bank under a certain loan agreement and related documents to Piraeus SNF Designated Activity Company.
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John Papapetros