Greece

As banking and finance experts, our team advises on cross-border matters, including distressed debt trading, complex restructurings, and high-value ship finance and refinancing transactions involving international lenders and investors.

• Advised numerous distressed investors in relation to debt trading in investments in UK, Germany, France, Spain, Iceland, Netherlands, Greece and the US.
• Acted for a Greek ship-owning group in relation to the restructuring of the group.
• Advised a Greek ship-owning group on a US$143 million refinancing project with a French financial institution in relation to seven dry bulk carriers, involving inter alia the negotiation of a junior bond subscription agreement and various intercreditor arrangements.
• Advised a Greek ship-owning group on a $34 million refinancing of four chemical tankers by a New York-headquartered and highly reputable global asset manager.
• Acted for a Greek financial institution on the amendment of a $85 million term loan facility entered into by a reputable Greek shipowner to deal with bareboat chartering arrangements in Latin America.
• Advised a Greek ship-owning group in relation to the group’s reorganisation and the structuring of a tanker pool, assisted with the negotiation of a pool-backed revolving credit facility entered into with a multinational investment bank.
• Acted for a Greek-based operator on the negotiation of its slot agreements, bills of lading and freight forwarding agreements, and advised on related disputes.

Our commercial lawyers advise clients on the full range of commercial contracts, supporting government bodies, energy and infrastructure companies, and operators on complex contractual negotiations and disputes, drawing on deep experience across Greece and across sectors including shipping, energy, and construction.

• Advised the Greek government in relation to the successful privatisation of Olympic Airways.
• Advised on a joint venture agreement for the provision of agency services to an FSRU in a Greek port.
• Advised a Greek construction company in the energy and natural resources sector on various complex contracts relating to the construction of a floating LNG terminal for the import of LNG to Cyprus including a floating storage and regasification unit, a jetty for mooring the FSRU, a pipeline and related infrastructure.
• Acted for a Greek-based operator on the negotiation of its slot agreements, bills of lading and freight forwarding agreements, and advised on related disputes.

Our corporate team supports the needs of business clients across Greece, whether they require advice on a major infrastructure project, financings, lender-side transactions, significant privatisations, or strategic corporate acquisitions, mergers, and disposals.

• Acted for South Africa’s leading media/e-commerce company in the $100m+ sale of its Greek pay-TV business.
• Advised a Greek ship-owning group in relation to the group’s reorganisation and the structuring of a tanker pool, assisted with the negotiation of a pool-backed revolving credit facility entered into with a multinational investment bank.
• Advised Moreas S.A. and its sponsors in relation to the €1.4 billion Korinth Tripoli Kalamata Motorway PPP Project in Greece.
• Acted for the Naspers Group in relation to its successful disposal of its MultiChoice/Nova pay-TV business in Greece.
• Advised the Greek Government in relation to the successful privatisation of Olympic Airways.
• Advised the lenders in relation to the €1.2 billion Attiki Odos Ring Road project around Athens, Greece.
• Advised the sponsors and project company in relation to the project financing of the Thessaloniki Submerged Tunnel in Northern Greece.
• Advised the sponsors in relation to the Maliakos Kleidi motorway in Greece.
• Advised the sponsors and project company in relation to the Piraeus Police Directorate PPP in Greece.
• Advised the sponsors and project company in relation to the project financing of the Thessaloniki Submerged Tunnel in Northern Greece.

Our team of dispute resolution lawyers advise shipowners, corporates, and high-net-worth individuals on complex, high-value international disputes, including vessel arrests, arbitrations, group claims, commercial litigation, and cross-border energy and infrastructure matters.

• Acted for a Greek high-net-worth individual in an LMAA arbitration against an Italian shipyard in a high-value dispute arising out of an aborted construction contract for a new-build luxury superyacht.
• Acted for a Greek construction company in the energy sector in a dispute with its Dutch counterparty under a subcontract agreement, in a project involving piping and other equipment fabrication, erection and installation in the Netherlands.
• Resolved a high-value dispute between a Russian Government entity and a Greek shipowner.

Our family law team advises individuals, including high-profile and high-net-worth family offices, on complex cross‑border matters involving Greece, including international relocation and high‑value divorce or separation cases.

• Litigated and represented applicant mothers in their applications to permanently relocate abroad with their children. Countries included Greece, New Zealand and Canada.
• Represented a number of high-net-worth and high-profile individuals on divorce and separation in Greece.