Yianni Cheilas
Hall of fameNorton Rose FulbrightActing on its own, as well as often in collaboration with the firm’s London office, the ‘extremely knowledgeable’ team at Norton Rose Fulbright provides ’accurate and solutions-oriented advice’ to a lender-focused client base. Team head Yianni Cheilas is well-versed across a myriad finance techniques, to include syndicated loans, sale and leasebacks and ECA-backed facilities (including within the LNG sector) and has also recently been leading on a number of sustainability/green-linked financings. A ‘true problem-solver’, Evi Platsidaki is also an integral member of the team, providing UK law advice to clients (of particular importance given most shipping loans are governed by English law) including to facilitate newbuilds and in an acquisition finance perspective.
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- 'The extremely knowledgeable team provides accurate and solutions-oriented advice.'
- 'Evi Platsidaki is a true problem solver.'
Key clients
- Alpha Bank A.E.
- ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
- Piraeus Bank A.E.
- ING Bank N.V.
- HSBC Bank plc
- DVB Bank SE
- Nordea Bank Finland plc
- National Bank of Greece S.A.
- Eurobank Ergasias S.A.
- Credit Suisse AG
- Citigroup
- Bank of America Merill Lynch
- Amsterdam Trade Bank N.V.
- National Australia Bank
- Korean Development Bank
- Fortress Credit Advisors LLC
- LMZ Shipping S.A.
- Fomentos Armadora S.A.
- Equinox Maritime Ltd.
- Latsco Shipping Limited
- Latsco LNG LLC
- Costamare Inc.
- Avin International SA
- Empire Bulkers Limited
- Hellenic Carriers Corporation S.A.
- Arcadia Shipmanagement S.A.
- Atlas Maritime Inc.
- Safe Bulkers Inc.
- Alassia NewShips Management Inc.
- Cromar Insurance Brokers Ltd
- Safety Management Overseas AS
- International Trade SA
- Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank (AB)
- AB Maritime Inc.
- Technomar Shipping Inc
- Goldenport Shipmanagement Ltd.
- Cymona Maritime Holdings Inc.
- Byzantine Maritime Corp.
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 financings and partially ECA-backed facilities totalling €1.075bn for Oslo-listed offshore wind turbine installation company Cadeler.
- Advised National Bank of Greece in relation to the financing of the construction of a floating storage and regasification terminal for the regasification of natural gas off the coast of Alexandroupolis in Northern Greece and transfer of gas on to Greece and other areas of Southeastern Europe.
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Evi Platsidaki
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Yianni Cheilas