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Greece
Banking, finance and capital markets
Banking, finance and capital markets - ranked: tier 2
Norton Rose Fulbright
The highly regarded Dimitri Sofianopoulos leads a strong team at Norton Rose Fulbright, which recently advised Alpha Bank, Eurobank, NBG and the EBRD on a €40m secured bond loan facility to Greek flour milling company, Loulis Mills. Yianni Cheilas and Vassilis Koroxenidis are also recommended.
Leading individuals
Dimitri Sofianopoulos - Norton Rose Fulbright
Yianni Cheilas - Norton Rose Fulbright
Commercial, corporate and M&A
Commercial, corporate and M&A - ranked: tier 2
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright’s corporate team, headed by Elena Tsohou, recently advised the Hellenic Republic on the unbundling and privatisation of independent power transmission operator ADMIE, which involved the €327m sale of a 24% stake to the State Grid Corporation of China. Dimitris Assimakis is also recommended.
Dispute resolution
Dispute resolution - ranked: tier 2
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright's team advised Crédit Agricole (CASA) and Alpha Bank (formerly Emporiki Bank) on several lawsuits by former Emporiki shareholders concerning CASA’s voluntary tender offer for the Greek bank. John Liberopoulos is also known for his work in this area. Marie Kelly has relocated to the firm's London office.
Energy
Energy - ranked: tier 1
Norton Rose Fulbright
At Norton Rose Fulbright team head Dimitris Assimakis is a major figure in the Greek energy market. A key highlight was advising the Hellenic Republic on the unbundling and privatisation of ADMIE, which included the €327m sale of a 24% stake to SGID. Corporate finance partner Vassilis Koroxenidis is also recommended.
Leading individuals
Dimitris Assimakis - Norton Rose Fulbright
Projects and privatisation
Projects and privatisation - ranked: tier 1
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright recently advised the Hellenic Republic on the unbundling and privatisation of ADMIE, which included the €327m sale of a 24% stake to SGID. It also advised Eurobank, Alpha Bank and NBG, on the €127m financing of a 73MW wind power project in Agios Georios. Dimitris Assimakis is highly recommended.
Leading individuals
Dimitris Assimakis - Norton Rose Fulbright
Real estate and construction
Real estate and construction - ranked: tier 3
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright is praised for its ‘proactive and value-for-money service, and its knowledge of Greek laws’. The firm recently advised NBG on the €134m financing for Home Holding’s acquisition of Ionian Hotel Enterprises, the owner of the Athens Hilton. Elena Tsohou heads the team in which Of Counsel Dimitrios Rampos is commended for ‘his ability to explain Greek law in commercial terms’.
Restructuring and insolvency
Restructuring and insolvency - ranked: tier 1
Norton Rose Fulbright
Banking partner Yianni Cheilas leads the team at Norton Rose Fulbright. The firm recently advised Alpha Bank, Eurobank, Pireaus Bank and NBG on the €200m financial restructuring of Marinopoulos. It also acted for Piraeus Bank on the €720m restructuring of Marfin investment Group, which included a bridge financing and the issue of a €475m convertible bond.
Shipping finance
Shipping finance - ranked: tier 1
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright is one of the leading ship finance firms operating in the Greek market. Office head Dimitri Sofianopoulos has ‘very broad experience and a highly commercial approach to all kinds of complicated matters’, and is supported by several quality banking lawyers, including Yianni Cheilas. The firm recently advised Citigroup Global Markets and Nordea Bank on a $1.05bn loan to GasLog to refinance eight new LNG carriers chartered to Shell and British Gas.
Leading individuals
Dimitri Sofianopoulos - Norton Rose Fulbright
Shipping litigation
Shipping litigation - ranked: tier 1
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright is ‘a number one shipping litigation firm’, and its ‘highly professional team has good shipping insight’. The team includes John Liberopoulos, who ‘provides good guidance through complex legal issues’ and has a ‘good connection with Greek shipowners’. Recent cases include representing Equinox Maritime, the owners of Ton Hill II, and the ship’s insurers, in a dispute with the owners of the Western Seattle following the collision of the vessels in Bangladesh. Marie Kelly has relocated to the firm's London office.
Further information on Norton Rose Fulbright
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United Arab Emirates
Offices in Dubai
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration and international litigation
- Energy and infrastructure
- Investment funds
- Islamic finance
Australia
Offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, and Canberra
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and trade
- Construction
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution : Class actions
- Energy (transactions and regulatory)
- IT and telecoms
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- Labour and employment : Workplace health and safety (WHS)
- Media and entertainment
- Natural resources (transactions and regulatory)
- Project development
- Project finance
- Real estate
- Regulatory compliance and investigations
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Transport : Aviation
- Transport : Shipping
Belgium
Offices in Brussels
- Aviation
- Competition : EU and global
- Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping
- Industry focus : Transport
Bahrain
Offices in Manama
- Legal market overview
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Islamic finance
- Projects and energy
- Real estate and construction
China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
- Antitrust and competition : Foreign firms
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Foreign firms
- Intellectual property : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Regulatory/compliance : Foreign firms
- Shipping : Foreign firms
- TMT : Foreign firms
Canada
Offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary
- Aboriginal law
- Banking and finance
- Business immigration
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy : Mining
- Energy : Oil and gas
- Energy : Power
- Environment
- Infrastructure and projects
- Intellectual property
- International trade
- Labour and employment
- Pensions
- Public procurement
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Technology
- Transport : Aviation
- Transport : Other
- Transport : Shipping
Colombia
Offices in Bogota
Germany
Offices in Munich, Frankfurt, and Hamburg
- Antitrust
- Banking and finance : Financial services: regulatory
- Banking and finance : Investment funds
- Banking and finance : Lending and borrowing
- Banking and finance : Project finance
- Capital markets : Equity capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate
- Corporate and M&A : M&A: mid-sized international deals (€100m-€500m)
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Employment
- IT and outsourcing : Data protection
- Industry focus : Energy
- Insurance : Advice to insurers
- Public sector : PPP
- Real estate and construction : Real estate
- Tax
- Transport : Maritime and shipping
France
Offices in Paris
- Aviation : Aviation finance
- Banking and finance : Transactional work
- Capital markets : Equity
- Compliance
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : White-collar crime
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus : Energy
- Industry focus : Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus : IT, telecoms and the Internet
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Project finance
- Shipping : Shipping finance
- Tax
Ghana
Greece
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Energy
- Projects and privatisation
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Shipping finance
- Shipping litigation
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Antitrust and competition
- Asset finance (including aviation and shipping finance)
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Equity
- Construction
- Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Litigation
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Projects and energy
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Shipping
- TMT
Indonesia
Latin America: International firms
India
Italy
Offices in Milan
- Banking and finance : Borrower side
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Industry focus : Energy
- Real estate and construction
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Banking and finance : International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
- Projects and energy : International firms and joint ventures
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Equity capital markets
- Corporate and commercial : Financial services
- Corporate and commercial : Flotations: small and mid-cap
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £250m+
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Corporate and commercial : VAT and indirect tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: white-collar crime
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : Competition litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance : Acquisition finance
- Finance : Asset-based lending
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance : Commodities: derivatives
- Finance : Commodities: physicals
- Finance : Corporate restructuring and insolvency
- Finance : Debt capital markets
- Finance : Derivatives and structured products
- Finance : Emerging markets
- Finance : Islamic finance
- Finance : Securitisation
- Finance : Trade finance
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment: employers and senior executives
- Human resources : Health and safety
- Human resources : Pensions
- Insurance : Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance : Insurance: insolvency and restructuring
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Investment fund formation and management : Listed funds
- Investment fund formation and management : Private funds
- Investment fund formation and management : Retail funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Infrastructure (including PFI and PPP)
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction: contentious and non-contentious
- Real estate : Environment
- Real estate : Planning
- Real estate : Property finance
- Real estate : Property litigation
- Risk advisory : Brexit
- Risk advisory : Corporate governance
- Risk advisory : Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Risk advisory : Regulatory investigations and corporate crime
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment (including media finance)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- Transport : Aviation
- Transport : Rail
- Transport : Shipping
Myanmar
Morocco
Offices in Casablanca
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Projects and public law
- Tourism and real estate
Mexico
Offices in Mexico City
Malaysia
Netherlands
Offices in Amsterdam
- Banking and finance : Asset finance and structured finance
- Banking and finance : Financial services regulatory
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Employment
- Energy : Regulatory
- Energy : Transactional
- Environment and planning
- Industry focus : Food and beverages
- Insurance
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Project finance and PFI
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- Transport
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Debt
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Energy and natural resources
- Private equity
- Real estate
Asia Pacific: Regional international arbitration
Russia
Offices in Moscow
- Banking and finance : Borrower side
- Banking and finance : Lender or arranger side
- Commercial, corporate and M&A : Moscow
- Dispute resolution : Arbitration and mediation
- Dispute resolution : Litigation
- Energy and natural resources
- Real estate and construction
- Transport
South Africa
Offices in Cape Town, Sandton, Durban, and Johannesburg
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Asset finance : Foreign firms
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Energy : Foreign firms
- Financial services regulatory : Foreign firms
- International arbitration
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Restructuring and insolvency : Foreign firms
- Shipping : Foreign firms
- TMT : Foreign firms
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Offices in Riyadh
Thailand
Offices in Bangkok
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A (including capital markets)
- Projects and energy
- Restructuring and insolvency
Tunisia
Turkey
Offices in Istanbul
Tanzania
Offices in Dar es Salaam
United States
Offices in Washington DC, San Antonio, New York, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Denver, St Louis, Canonsburg, and San Francisco
- Antitrust : Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Antitrust : Merger control
- Dispute resolution : Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution : General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Dispute resolution : International litigation
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense
- Dispute resolution : Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense
- Dispute resolution : Securities litigation: defense
- Finance : Project finance
- Finance : Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance : Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Finance : Structured finance: securitization
- Industry focus : Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Energy: renewable/alternative
- Industry focus : Energy regulatory: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy regulatory: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Energy transactions: conventional power
- Industry focus : Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus : Healthcare: life sciences
- Industry focus : Healthcare: service providers
- Industry focus : Transport: aviation and air travel - finance
- Industry focus : Transport: shipping - finance
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property : Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- M&A/corporate and commercial : M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms : Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Real estate
- Tax : International tax
- Tax : US taxes: contentious
- Tax : US taxes: non-contentious
Venezuela
Offices in Caracas