Yianni Cheilas
Hall of fameNorton Rose FulbrightActing on its own as well as frequently alongside key offices within the network, including London, Norton Rose Fulbright excels in providing 'business-oriented' advice to lenders and borrowers seeking or providing finance, particularly in core areas of firmwide sector focus, including energy and transport. In the offshore/maritime sector, the team, led by Yianni Cheilas, has recently been particularly active working on ESG/sustainability-linked financings for banking syndicates. As well as advising commercial/investment banks, the team is also well-versed at advising development banks and is, for example, very adept at handling multi-sourced project finance mandates.
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- 'The firm has an excellent knowledge of Greek banking law and provides business-oriented advice.'
Key clients
- Alpha Bank A.E.
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- Eurobank S.A.
- European Investment Bank
- National Bank of Greece S.A.
- Piraeus Bank S.A.
- PPC Renewables S.A.
- Citigroup
- DNB NOR Bank
- Nordea Bank Finland plc
- Deutsche Bank
- KfW
- ING Bank N.V.
- EDF
- Cero
- Lightsourcebp
Work highlights
- Advised Citibank and BNP Paribas as global co-ordinators, initial mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners on a $2.8bn sustainability- and gender diversity-linked facility to GasLog Ltd.
- Advised DNB Bank as mandated lead arranger, co-ordinator and bookrunner, and related bank syndicates, on two syndicated green financing and partially ECA-backed facilities totalling €1.075bn for Oslo listed offshore wind turbine installation company Cadeler.
- Advised Eurobank S.A. on a bond loan facility of €1bn to Hellenic Healthcare Group (HHG), the largest private healthcare group in Greece, in connection with the refinancing and financing of the HHG group of companies in Greece and Cyprus.
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Yianni Cheilas