Mrs Sonia Saranti > Machas & Partners Law Firm > Athens, Greece > Lawyer Profile
Machas & Partners Law Firm Offices
8, Koumpari Str
Athens 10674
Greece
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Mrs Sonia Saranti
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Sonia Saranti is Partner and Head of the Banking & Finance team. Sonia has several years of working experience both as in house and external counsel with focus in banking, finance, credit management and corporate transactions. She has led teams on the lending and borrowing side, as well on the origination and sell side of some of the largest and market significant transactions in these last transformational years for the Greek market.
Sonia has acted as advisor on some of the Greek market’s largest securitisations, largest bond issuances, as well as some of the most important acquisition, construction and development financings advising, among others, lenders, including credit institutions, issuers, sellers, financial advisors and alternative investment firms.
Sonia is characterized by her attitude to get things done. Although a primarily technical person, she pays particular attention to the dynamics of the transactions to achieve the best possible commercial results for her clients. She is available and flexible, yet primarily committed to deliver high end work.
Languages
Greek, English, French
Memberships
Admission:
Athens Bar Association, 2016
Education
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in Greece Law, Democritus University of Thrace, 2014
- Master of Laws (LLM) in Transactional and European Commercial Law and Energy Law, International Hellenic University, 2014
- Master of Science (MSc) in Law and Finance (finance major), Queen Mary University of Thrace, 2016
Lawyer Rankings
Greece > Banking, finance and capital markets
The ‘small but dynamic’ and ‘entrepreneurial’ team at Machas & Partners Law Firm
has a ‘wealth of knowledge and proficiency in handling the intricacies of financial structures’, both from a domestic and cross-border perspective. The scope of this work includes covenant-lite and high-yield debt products in relation to acquisition finance mandates, as well as highly structured products and NPL-related work, where the firm is noted for its ability to handle securitisations encompassing various receivable types, alongside synthetic and traditional securitisation activities. With an ‘unparalleled dedication to client success’, Petros Machas ‘leads the firm with aplomb’, with valuable support from the likes of the ‘ferociously bright and technically brilliant’ Sonia Saranti, who was promoted to partner in January 2024.