GREECE Law and Practice Contributed by: Elizabeth Eleftheriades, Theodore Rakitzis, Angeliki Chalikia and Angelos Charalampidis, Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm
Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm is a leading full- service law firm and one of the largest in Greece, with over 100 lawyers. The firm’s routes date back to the 1930s. Its client base has traditionally and predominantly been more international and inbound, recognising the firm’s business and moral standards as well as the breadth and depth of its technical ex - pertise and its understanding of local practice and mentality. The firm’s partners and lawyers are active participants in major international law organisations and networks, including the International Bar Associ -
ation, the American Bar Association, the Antitrust Al - liance and the Employment Law Alliance, among oth - ers. The firm has strong relations with all major law firms and international law alliances, and is a found - ing member of South East Europe Legal Group (SEE Legal), a regional alliance of major law firms from 12 countries in South-East Europe, established in 2003 and with a combined manpower of over 450 lawyers. The firm’s performance is consistently ranked highly by the most prestigious international directories, in - cluding Chambers and Partners.
Authors
Elizabeth Eleftheriades leads the project development/start-ups and innovation team of Kyriakides
Theodore Rakitzis heads Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm’s private wealth structuring practice and co-heads the banking and finance and capital markets group. He has extensive experience in M&A, real
Georgopoulos Law Firm. Her diverse expertise covers corporate and M&A work in the technology, hospitality and infrastructure sectors. She acts for debt and equity investors as well as for founders and stakeholders in M&A transactions, working on all sides of the equation. In project finance and PPP projects, Elisabeth typically acts for IFIs and senior lenders on the project development side, leading due diligence teams and project development teams in drafting and negotiating construction, development and operation contracts.
estate and complex cross-border transactions. He regularly advises on IPOs, takeovers, restructurings and NPL acquisitions, representing both financial institutions and corporate borrowers. He also advises family offices and high net worth individuals on inheritance, asset protection, trusts and private investments. Theodore supports several non-profits and art initiatives, and is a frequent speaker at international conferences, with publications in leading legal and business outlets.
Angeliki Chalikia is a counsel in the project development/start-ups and innovation team at Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm, with dual focus on M&A and project finance. In M&A transactions and equity
Angelos Charalampidis is an associate in the project development/ start-ups and innovation team at Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm. His practice focuses on debt and equity transactions for start-ups and
financing, she regularly acts for venture capitals and private equity providers, covering the full spectrum of corporate and commercial law issues. In project finance transactions, she acts mainly for international and local financing institutions, advising on the financing and development aspects of major infrastructure projects (mainly in the RES industry and PPPs), including drafting and negotiation of finance and project agreements (EPC, O&MS, etc) and the conducting of project due diligence.
scale-ups (acting both on the buyer/lender and on the seller/borrower side), conducting due diligence and assisting in the negotiation of deal term sheets and implementation in long-form documentation, as well as all types of day-to-day corporate support.
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