Displaying a ‘thorough and deep knowledge of the financial markets and relevant legislation’, POTAMITISVEKRIS is a popular choice among creditors and debtors across a broad swathe of conventional and highly bespoke financing mandates. George Bersis has ’deep knowledge of capital markets regulations’, ensuring that he is a safe pair of hands for banks and underwriters in relation to IPOs, as well as follow-on offerings and bond issuances. Alexander Metallinos is also highly accomplished at advising on capital markets matters, which forms part of a wide-ranging finance offering that also includes acquisition finance, structured finance and non-performing exposures (NPE) securitisations. Under the guidance of the ‘hardworking, committed and commercially insightful’ Euripides Ioannou, the team also excels at project finance work, and has developed a particularly strong reputation for advising lenders on providing the financing to fund power projects. Anthea Terlegas is also well versed in handling project finance mandates, as well as real estate finance transactions, and is well suited to handling cross-border mandates by dint of her English language skills and her dual Greek and UK legal qualifications. Stathis Potamitis is another high-profile name in the practice.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'They have a very good market overview and understanding of the client’s needs.'
- 'They provide a significantly high level of service in terms of response times, business acumen and industry knowledge, appropriateness of advice, strength-in-depth of team and value for money.'
Key clients
- Alpha Bank
- Piraeus Bank
Work highlights
- Advised Athens International Airport SA on its IPO.
- Acting as Greek law adviser to the joint venture comprised of the Dimand Group and Premia Properties in relation to the financing of the sale of a majority stakeholding in Skyline Real Estate Single Member S.A., an SPV that will (directly or indirectly) hold a portfolio of more than 500 commercial real estate properties.