Mr Dimitrios Logizidis > Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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125 OLD BROAD STREET
LONDON
EC2N 1AR
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Mr Dimitrios Logizidis
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Dimitrios Logizidis, partner in Gide’s London office, specialises in banking and structured finance where he advises financial institutions, private equity funds and corporates on a wide range of asset-backed financing, securitisation, covered bonds and general corporate finance deals. In particular, Dimitrios has acted for arrangers, private equity funds and originators in major whole business and trade receivable securitisation transactions involving amounts of up to EUR 4 billion. He has also been involved in a number of multi-jurisdictional ABCP conduit deals, including in emerging countries, where securitisation was implemented for the first time.
He notably advised the arrangers on the Hertz and Fraikin whole business securitisations, and Europcar / Eurazeo and ALD Automotive / Société Générale on their respective whole business transactions. He has also advised BNP Paribas on a EUR 650 million international trade receivables ABCP securitisation programme arranged in twelve different jurisdictions worldwide (including Poland, Czech Republic and Canada) for Teva, the leading generic drugs manufacturer. He recently acted for KGHM in relation to a USD 2,5 billion revolving syndicated club deal, one of the most significant transactions of its type carried out in Europe for 2014.
Dimitrios is qualified both as an English solicitor and French avocat and advises on English and French law transactions.
Languages
French, English and Greek
Education
Gide Loyrette Nouel partner (since 2012)
Admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales (2010)
Admitted to the Paris Bar (2004)
Admitted to the Athens Bar (2003)
LL.M., University of London, King’s College (2001)
Postgraduate degree (DESS) in Banking and Finance, University of Sorbonne (Paris I) (2000)
Graduated from University of Sorbonne (Paris I) (1999)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Securitisation
Th securitisation team at Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP stands out for its ‘availability, approachability and friendliness‘. The firm’s London and Paris offices are home to a highly regarded securitisation and asset-backed finance practice, which handles whole-business, trade receivables, mortgage, lease, and CLO transactions on behalf of financial institutions and multinational corporates. Practice head Dimitrios Logizidis and the newly promoted Samir Bensaker are ‘very professional and knowledgeable partners‘. Logizidis frequently acts for Europcar Mobility Group in securitisations, a recent example being its €450m programme in the first transaction structured in England using two bankruptcy remote SPVs. Counsel Alexander Tompkins is ‘a fantastic lawyer, who responds super quick‘.
London > Finance > Derivatives and structured products
Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP has a strong derivatives practice in both Paris and London, the latter being home to both practice head Karine Imbrosciano and lead banking and finance partner Dimitrios Logizidis. The firm handles structuring, documentation, collateralisation and regulatory issues arising from derivatives and structured products transactions across a diverse range of asset classes, among them equity, credit, fixed income, fund, commodity, energy, inflation, weather, and property derivatives, repos and securities lending deals. Its clients are investment banks, financial sponsors and corporates, among them Citigroup and Natixis. Imbrosciano and Logizidis recently assisted Europcar Mobility Group with a €450m securitisation programme, which involved the negotiation of complex hedging arrangements.